Worth knowing
Solomon Islands
Two islanders, Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana, carried Kennedy's coconut message through enemy waters by canoe. He later kept the shell on his desk in the White House.
Where its story happens
Kennedy Island, at 8.11°S, 156.91°E. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about the Solomon Islands
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the hard countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's the Solomon Islands, in the South Pacific, east of Papua New Guinea. See the Solomon Islands on a map.
- Its capital, Honiara, is on Guadalcanal, an island known for a long battle in the Second World War.
- Spanish explorers reached it in 1568, and it was named after a biblical king famed for his gold.
- Some islanders here are born with naturally blond hair, thanks to a gene variant found only in the Pacific.
- A young John F. Kennedy was shipwrecked here in 1943 and sent for help with a message carved on a coconut.