Kalakaua, the Renaissance Man

Kalakaua was a skilled writer and composer, who had descended from ______, a famous chanter & musician.

• Ululani

• Kamehameha

• Liliuokalani

• Kapiolani

Ululani watched Kamehameha I lift the ______ stone that prophesied he would rule all the islands.

• Naha

• Pohaku

• Kauai

• Maui

David Kalakaua, William Pitt Leleiohoku, Lydia Lili’u Kamaka’eha, and Miriam Likelike led their own musical group with William being the better of the four. Kalakaua’s musical group was called ______.

• Healanai

• Na Lani Wahine

• Haleakala

• Kamehameha Serenaders

Kalakaua played the ukulele that was adapted from the Portuguese instrument ______. Augusto Dias taught Kalakaua to play the ukulele & allowed him to use the royal crown on the ukulele.

• braguinha

• mandolin

• guitar

• banjo

Kalakaua’s most famous song is ______, which is the state song.

• Hawaii Pono’i

• Aloha ‘Oe

• Kaulana Na Pua

• He Mele Lāhui Hawai‘i

Kalakaua composed & performed music, wrote a book, and drafted plans for several ______.

• inventions

• songs

• buildings

• festivals

Kalakaua wanted to preserve as much Hawaiian lore and invited many ______ to the palace so he could listen and record their stories.

• kapunas

• aliʻi

• kahunas

• haoles

Kalakaua wrote the “Legends and Myths of Hawaii” that was published in ______.

• 1888

• 1650

• 2020

• 1901

Kalakaua collected books written in many different ______.

• languages

• colors

• sizes

• shapes

In 1872, Kalakaua tried inventing things himself and unsuccessfully to get in investors to finance the building of a ______ torpedo that he designed.