`

In 2003, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie released her first novel; what

was it?
 From Quiz: African Novels Part Two (click to play it). Question by
author pericles34. 

Answer: Purple Hibiscus 

Adichie is a Nigerian of the Igbo people. "Purple Hibiscus" follows 15 year old Kambili as
she comes of age in a world bookended by her domineering father and free-spirited
aunt.

2 Who wrote the 1958 classic "Things Fall Apart"?

 From Quiz: African Novels (click to play it). Question by author pericles34. 

Answer: Chinua Achebe 

Achebe was born in 1930 in Nneobi, Nigeria. He is a member of the Igbo tribe. His other
well-known works include "Anthills of the Savannah", "Arrow of God", and "A Man of the
People".

3 The first line "Purple Hibiscus" is, "Things started to fall apart at
home when my brother, Jaja, did not go to communion and Pap
flung his heavy missal across the room and broke the figurines on
the etagere." To what novelist is this a subtle homage?
 From Quiz: African Novels Part Two (click to play it). Question by
author pericles34. 

Answer: Chinua Achebe 

Achebe is an Igbo like Adichie. His first great novel is titled: "Things Fall Apart."

4 In "Things Fall Apart," why is Okonkwo exiled from his home
village?
 From Quiz: African Novels (click to play it). Question by author pericles34. 

Answer: His gun explodes and it kills a boy 

While the killing was an accident somebody had to pay the price for a death. But
because it was only an accident Okonkwo is only exiled from his people for a few years.
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5 His 2004 novel "The Wizard of the Crow" was originally written in
Gikuyu but translated by the author into English. What is this
author's name?
 From Quiz: African Novels Part Two (click to play it). Question by
author pericles34. 

Answer: Ngugi wa Thiong'o 

"Murogi was Kagogo" was published in 2004. The English translation, "The Wizard of the
Crow" was published in 2006.

6 Who wrote the 1965 classic "The River Between"?

 From Quiz: African Novels (click to play it). Question by author pericles34. 

Answer: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o 

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o was born in Kenya in 1938. Ngũgĩ has refused to write in English
anymore. His 2006 novel "The Wizard and the Crow" was written in his native Kikuyu
and then translated by the author into English.

7 The Post-modern "Wizard of the Crow" can be seen as a critique

of the Moi regime in Kenya. What is the the name of the imaginary
country that is a stand in for Kenya in the novel?
 From Quiz: African Novels Part Two (click to play it). Question by
author pericles34. 

Answer: Abruria 

The "Wizard of the Crow" follows the lives of several people who are tied to the
authoritarian rule of the Leader in post-Cold War Africa.

8 Who wrote the 1948 novel "Cry, the Beloved Country"?

 From Quiz: African Novels (click to play it). Question by author pericles34. 

Answer: Alan Paton 

Paton was a South African teacher and Reform school administrator. From the 1940s
until the late 1960s Paton was leader of the anti-Apartheid South African Liberal Party.

9 In what 2006 novel does Lisa Fugard approach the dichotomies of
White/Black and Afrikaner/English in Apartheid and post-Apartheid
South Africa?
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 From Quiz: African Novels Part Two (click to play it). Question by

author pericles34. 

Answer: Skinner's Drift 

In "Skinner's Drift" the protagonist, Eva van Rensburg, returns to South Africa after being
gone for ten years. Looking through her dead mother's diaries, Eva must come to
understand the lives of her English mother and Afrikaner father.

10 In "Cry, the Beloved Country", to what city does Stephen Kumalo
travel to find his sister?
 From Quiz: African Novels (click to play it). Question by author pericles34. 

Answer: Johannesburg 

It is only once Kumalo is there that he finds out his son has murdered a white man in
Johannesburg.

11 In "Skinner's Drift," Fugard also exemplifies the isolation of

South Africa from its post-colonial neighbors. To do this she places
the van Rensburg farm on the border with which country?
 From Quiz: African Novels Part Two (click to play it). Question by
author pericles34. 

Answer: Botswana 

The van Rensburg farm is disconcerted when soldiers arrive to put up a fence dividing
the border between South Africa and Botswana.

12 Who wrote the 1962 novel "Ambiguous Adventure"?

 From Quiz: African Novels (click to play it). Question by author pericles34. 

Answer: Cheikh Hamidou Kane 

Cheikh Hamidou Kane was born in 1928 in Senegal. Like Samba Diallo, the hero of
"Ambiguous Adventure", he studied at a Koranic School and then later studied
philosophy in Paris.

13 The author of the series "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency,"

Alexander McCall Smith, was born in what African nation?
 From Quiz: African Novels Part Two (click to play it). Question by
author pericles34. 
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Answer: South Rhodesia (now, Zimbabwe) 

The first book in the series, "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" was written in 1998. It
is now a television series produced by the BBC and HBO.

14 In "Ambiguous Adventure" which member of the Diallobes

determines that Samba Diallo must go to the Western School?
 From Quiz: African Novels (click to play it). Question by author pericles34. 

Answer: Most Royal Lady 

The Most Royal Lady made many of the tough decisions since she felt her brother the
chief should not be allowed to make decisions that could turn out to be wrong.

15 In what country is "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series

set?
 From Quiz: African Novels Part Two (click to play it). Question by
author pericles34. 

Answer: Botswana 

While the first novel is from the 20th Century, as of 2009 Smith has published nine
sequels in the 21st.

16 Sembene Ousmane wrote which of the following novels?

 The Origin of Life and Death

 July's People
 Wings of Dust
 God's Bits of Wood

 From Quiz: African Novels (click to play it). Question by author pericles34. 

Answer: God's Bits of Wood 

Ousmane was born in Senegal in 1923. He served in World War II under the French
colonial forces. After the War he moved to Marseilles where he joined the Communist
Party and wrote many of his early novels, including "God's Bits of Wood." He went on to
be a well-known movie director/producer as well. Ousmane died in 2007.
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17 In 2006 Tsitsi Dangarembga released "The Book of Not." The

novel is a sequel to what 1988 work of Dangarembga's?
 From Quiz: African Novels Part Two (click to play it). Question by
author pericles34. 

Answer: Nervous Conditions 

"Nervous Conditions" won the 1988 Commonwealth Writer's Prize for Africa.

18 What event does the novel "God's Bits of Wood" chronicle?

 From Quiz: African Novels (click to play it). Question by author pericles34. 

Answer: Strike on the Dakar-Niger Railroad 

The novel travels up and down the entire line showing how different communities and
workers were reacting to the strike.

19 Chimamanda Adichie's second novel, 2007's "Half of the Yellow

Sun," is set during the War of Independence in what short-lived
unrecognized state?
 From Quiz: African Novels Part Two (click to play it). Question by
author pericles34. 

Answer: Biafra 

The breakaway Republic of Biafra existed from 1967-1970. The title, "Half of the Yellow
Sun," describes the flag of Biafra. It was only recognized by Gabon, Haiti, Côte d'Ivoire,
Tanzania and Zambia.

20 Who wrote the 1956 novel "Houseboy"?

 From Quiz: African Novels (click to play it). Question by author pericles34. 

Answer: Ferdinand Oyono 

Oyono was born in Cameroon in 1929. After his first two novels, he joined the Foreign
Service for Cameroon and has served as Ambassador to Liberia, France and the United
States. He has also headed the UNICEF New York Office.

1. How far back does African literature go?

 Ancient Rome
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 Ancient Greece

 Ancient Egypt

 Ancient Babylon

2. What helped develop Sub-Saharan African literature?

 Missionaries

 Boats

 Trade

 Hunting Parties

Question 1:
Albert Camus (Algerian) won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1957, but who was the first and so far only black African
writer to win this prestigious award?
Wole Soyinka   

Question 2:
The title of Michael Meegan’s All Will Be Well (Eye Books, August 2016) is taken from the writings of which Medieval
saint?
Julian of Norwich

Question 3:
Emily Joy’s Green Oranges on Lion Mountain is set in which West African country? (Clue in the title)
Sierra Leone

Question 4:
The writers Alan Paton, Nadine Gordimer and John Coetzee all come from which African country?
South Africa   « your answer

Question 5:
Real life in Africa often trumps fiction, especially when it comes to the characters’ names! The former president
Jonathan of Nigeria has an uplifting first name. Is it…?
Goodluck

Question 6:
Eye Books was privileged to publish Morgan Tsvangirai’s autobiography Morgan Tsvangirai: At the Deep End in
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2011. Of which southern African country was he the Prime Minister until he fell out of favour with the dictatorial
leader?
Zimbabwe   
Question 7:
Simon Fenton describes himself as the ‘Accidental African’, settling in Senegal by accident. The title of his first
book, Squirting Milk at Chameleons: An Accidental African is a reference to what?
Ensuring that babies do not grow up looking like lizards

Question 8:
Either you do as your neighbours do, or move away. As an introduction to each chapter of her book, Zohra's Ladder
and Other Moroccan Tales, Pamela Windo often quotes from the Koran and local proverbs. In which North African
country is this collection of short stories set?
Morocco

Question 9:
What do Mali, Chad and Togo have in common?
They are Africa's only four-letter countries (of which there are ten worldwide)

Question 10:
Haile Selassie was the last Emperor of which African nation?
Ethiopia
1. In 2003, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie released her first novel; what was it?
: Purple Hibiscus 

Adichie is a Nigerian of the Igbo people. "Purple Hibiscus" follows 15 year old
Kambili as she comes of age in a world bookended by her domineering father
and free-spirited aunt.

2. The first line "Purple Hibiscus" is, "Things started to fall apart at home when my
brother, Jaja, did not go to communion and Pap flung his heavy missal across the room
and broke the figurines on the etagere." To what novelist is this a subtle homage?

The correct answer  Chinua Achebe

Achebe is an Igbo like Adichie. His first great novel is titled: "Things Fall
Apart."

3. His 2004 novel "The Wizard of the Crow" was originally written in Gikuyu but
translated by the author into English. What is this author's name?
`

The correct answer  Ngugi wa Thiong'o

"Murogi was Kagogo" was published in 2004. The English translation, "The
Wizard of the Crow" was published in 2006.

66% of players have answered correctly.    I see an error - submit correction...
4. The Post-modern "Wizard of the Crow" can be seen as a critique of the Moi regime in
Kenya. What is the the name of the imaginary country that is a stand in for Kenya in the
novel?

Your Answer: Kush 

The correct answer was Abruria

The "Wizard of the Crow" follows the lives of several people who are tied to the
authoritarian rule of the Leader in post-Cold War Africa.

63% of players have answered correctly.    I see an error - submit correction...
5. In what 2006 novel does Lisa Fugard approach the dichotomies of White/Black and
Afrikaner/English in Apartheid and post-Apartheid South Africa?

The correct answer is Skinner's Drift

In "Skinner's Drift" the protagonist, Eva van Rensburg, returns to South Africa
after being gone for ten years. Looking through her dead mother's diaries, Eva
must come to understand the lives of her English mother and Afrikaner father.

6. In "Skinner's Drift," Fugard also exemplifies the isolation of South Africa from its
post-colonial neighbors. To do this she places the van Rensburg farm on the border with
which country?

The correct answer is Botswana

The van Rensburg farm is disconcerted when soldiers arrive to put up a fence
dividing the border between South Africa and Botswana.

7. The author of the series "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency," Alexander McCall
`

Smith, was born in what African nation?

The correct answer was South Rhodesia (now, Zimbabwe)

The first book in the series, "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" was written in
1998. It is now a television series produced by the BBC and HBO.

8. In what country is "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series set?

The correct answer was Botswana

While the first novel is from the 20th Century, as of 2009 Smith has published
nine sequels in the 21st.

9. In 2006 Tsitsi Dangarembga released "The Book of Not." The novel is a sequel to
what 1988 work of Dangarembga's?

correct answer: Nervous Conditions 

"Nervous Conditions" won the 1988 Commonwealth Writer's Prize for Africa.

10. Chimamanda Adichie's second novel, 2007's "Half of the Yellow Sun," is set during
the War of Independence in what short-lived unrecognized state?

The correct answer is Biafra

The breakaway Republic of Biafra existed from 1967-1970. The title, "Half of the
Yellow Sun," describes the flag of Biafra. It was only recognized by Gabon, Haiti,
Côte d'Ivoire, Tanzania and Zambia.

Chinua Achebe
One of the world’s most widely recognized and praised writers, Chinua Achebe wrote some of
the most extraordinary works of the 20th century. His most famous novel, Things Fall
Apart (1958), is a devastating depiction of the clash between traditional tribal values and the
effects of colonial rule, as well as the tension between masculinity and femininity in highly
patriarchal societies. Achebe is also a noted literary critic, particularly known for his passionate
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critique of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (1899), in which he accuses the popular novel of

rampant racism through its othering of the African continent and its people.
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Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe | Image Courtesy of Penguin Modern Classics

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Born in Nigeria in 1977, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is part of a new generation of African
writers taking the literary world by storm. Adichie’s works are primarily character-driven,
interweaving the background of her native Nigeria and social and political events into the
narrative. Her novel Purple Hibiscus (2003) is a bildungsroman, depicting the life experience of
Kambili and her family during a military coup, while her latest work Americanah (2013) is an
insightful portrayal of Nigerian immigrant life and race relations in America and the western
world. Adichie’s works have been met with overwhelming praise and have been nominated for
and won numerous awards, including the Orange Prize and Booker Prize.

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Ayi Kwei Armah
Ayi Kwei Armah’s novels are known for their intense, powerful depictions of political
devastation and social frustration in Armah’s native Ghana, told from the point of view of the
individual. His works were greatly influenced by French existential philosophers, such as Jean
Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, and as such hold themes of despair, disillusionment and
irrationality. His most famous work, The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born (1968) centers around
an unnamed protagonist who attempts to understand his self and his country in the wake of post-
independence.
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The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born | Image Courtesy of Heinemann

Mariama Bâ
One of Africa’s most influential women authors, Mariama Bâ is known for her powerful feminist
texts, which address the issues of gender inequality in her native Senegal and wider Africa. Bâ
herself experienced many of the prejudices facing women: she struggled for an education
against her traditional grandparents, and was left to look after her nine children after divorcing a
prominent politician. Her anger and frustration at the patriarchal structures which defined her life
spill over into her literature: her novel So Long A Letter(1981) depicts, simultaneously, its
protagonist’s strength and powerlessness within marriage and wider society.

Nuruddin Farah
Born in Somalia in 1945, Nuruddin Farah has written numerous plays, novels and short stories,
all of which revolve around his experiences of his native country. The title of his first
novel From a Crooked Rib (1970) stems from a Somalian proverb “God created woman from a
crooked rib, and anyone who trieth to straighten it, breaketh it”, and is a commentary on the
sufferings of women in Somalian society through the narrative of a young woman trapped in an
unhappy marriage. His subsequent works feature similar social criticism, dealing with themes of
war and post-colonial identity.

Aminatta Forna
Born in Glasgow but raised in Sierra Leone, Aminatta Forna first drew attention for her
memoir The Devil That Danced on Water (2003), an extraordinarily brave account of her
family’s experiences living in war-torn Sierra Leone, and in particular her father’s tragic fate as a
political dissident. Forna has gone on to write several novels, each of them critically acclaimed:
her work The Memory of Love (2010) juxtaposes personal stories of love and loss within the
wider context of the devastation of the Sierre Leone civil war, and was nominated for the Orange
Prize for Fiction.
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The Memory of Love, Aminatta Forna | Image Courtesy of Grove Press

Nadine Gordimer
One of the apartheid era’s most prolific writers, Nadine Gordimer’s works powerfully explore
social, moral, and racial issues in a South Africa under apartheid rule. Despite winning a Nobel
Prize in Literature for her prodigious skills in portraying a society interwoven with racial
tensions, Gordimer’s most famous and controversial works were banned from South Africa for
daring to speak out against the oppressive governmental structures of the time. Her
novel Burger’s Daughter follows the struggles of a group of anti-apartheid activists, and was
read in secret by Nelson Mandela during his time on Robben Island.
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Burger’s Daughter | Image Courtesy of Penguin Books

Alain Mabanckou
Originating from the Republic of Congo, Alain Mabanckou’s works are written primarily in
French, and are well known for their biting wit, sharp satire and insightful social commentary
into both Africa and African immigrants in France. His novels are strikingly character-focused,
often featuring ensemble casts of figures, such as his book Broken Glass, which focuses on a
former Congolese teacher and his interactions with the locals in the bar he frequents, or his
novel Black Bazar, which details the experiences of various African immigrants in an Afro-
Cuban bar in Paris.

World history trivia questions and answers.

What British royal spent over $26,000 on underwear in the 1980s?
A: Princess Diana.
What First Lady became the first wife of a sitting president to appear under subpoena before a grand
jury?
A: Hillary Rodham Clinton.
 What war was Lt. Hiroo Onoda ordered by his commanding officer to stop fighting, in 1974?
A: World War II.
What Beverly Hills 90210 star led the Pledge of Allegiance at the 1992 Republican convention?
A: Shannen Doherty.
Whose assassination resulted in the Lorraine Motel being named the National Civil Rights Museum?
A: Martin Luther King Jr's.
What Arab intoned: " I want a homeland even if the devil is the one to liberate it for me"?
A: Yasir Arafat.
 What name was the last word uttered by Napoleon?
A: Josephine.
What nation bid adieu to the United Kingdom in 1921?
A: Ireland.
History trivia questions and answers.
What Nazi propagandist said: "Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can
play"?
A: Joseph Goebbels.
What cleric addressed the U.N. in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic and Chinese in 1995?
A: Pope John Paul II.
What mobster sighed: "I've been accused of every death except the casualty list of the World War"?
A: Al Capone.
What was the first company in the world to post $1 billion in annual earnings, in 1995?
A: General Motors.
 What Uganda city's airport saw an Israeli commando raid rescue 103 hostages in 1976?
A: Entebbe's.
What 20th-century conflict saw U.S. soldiers "die for a tie"?
A: The Korean War.
What increased in the U.S. from 1.5 million to seven million in 1930?
A: Unemployment.
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What city had the first public school, college and newspaper in the thirteen British colonies?
A: Boston.
What scandal was the Tower Commission set up to investigate in 1986?
A: The Iran-Contra affair.
 
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What Filipino was acquitted of fraud charges in the U.S. in 1990?
A: Imelda Marcos.
What were the Soviet Union's symbols for work in the factory and on the land?
A: Hammer and sickle.
Who expected to be paid 2,000 pounds for surrendering West Point to the British?
A: Benedict Arnold.
What did an official U.S. investigation call " the greatest military and naval disaster in our nation's
history"?
A: The attack on Pearl Harbor.
Whose migraine headache vanished after he read Robert E. Lee's note of surrender?
A: Ulysses S. Grant's.
What did "loose lips" do, according to a popular rhyming World War II slogan?
A: "Sink Ships".
What city had North America's first medical school, bank and city-paid police force.
A: Philadelphia.
What Filipino was nicknamed the " iron butterfly".
A: Imelda Marcos.
What did Jack McCall fall off, seconds after he shot Wild Bill Hickok?
A: His Horse.
Who was the longest-serving president in French history?
A: Francois Mitterrand.
What country's rampant political corruption was probed by the Mani Pulite, or "Clean Hands," of the
1990s?
A: Italy's.
What flying ace averaged a kill every 11 days between September of 1915, and April of 1918?
A: Manfred von Richthofen, or "The Red Barron".
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Alain Mabanckou | ©ActuaLitté/Flickr

Ben Okri
Ben Okri’s childhood was divided between England and time in his native Nigeria. His young
experience greatly informed his future writing: his first, highly acclaimed novels Flowers and
Shadows (1980) and The Landscapes Within (1981) were reflections on the devastation of the
Nigerian civil war which Okri himself observed firsthand. His later novels met with equal
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praise: The Famished Road (1991), which tells the story of Azaro, a spirit child, is a fascinating
blend of realism and depictions of the spirit world, and won the Booker Prize.
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Infinite Riches | Image Courtesy of Vintage Publishing House

Ngugi wa Thiong’o
Ngugi wa Thiong’o is one of Africa’s most important and influential postcolonial writers. He
began his writing career with novels written in English, which nevertheless revolved around
postcolonial themes of the individual and the community in Africa versus colonial powers and
cultures. Wa Thiong’o was imprisoned without trial for over a year by the government for the
staging of a politically controversial play; after his release, he committed to writing works only
in his native Gikuyi and Swahili, citing language as a key tool for decolonizing the mindset and
culture of African readers and writers.

 1. Rivers Tigris and Euphrates are associated with ?

A. Mesopotamian Civilization
B. Egyptain Civilization
C. Harappan Civilization
D. Chinese Civilization
 Answer And Explanation
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Note : Modern area of Mesopotamian Civilization is Iraq.
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 2. Which is considered as oldest civilization of the world ?
A. Mesopotamian Civilization
B. Egyptain Civilization
C. Harappan Civilization
D. Chinese Civilization
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 3. Which among following is called "Gift of the Nile" ?
A. China
B. India
C. Iraq
D. Egypt
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 4. Who is considered as the master of Greek comedy ?
A. Aeschylus
B. Sophocles
C. Aristophanes
D. Philip
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 5. When ancient Olympic games first held ?
A. 776 BC
B. 780 BC
C. 790 BC
D. 800 BC
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 6. Who is known as the father of Modern Medicine ?
A. Euclid
B. Pythagoras
C. Hippocrates
D. Erastosthenes
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 7. Rome was founded around ?
A. 1000 BC
B. 1200 BC
C. 1400 BC
D. 1600 BC

World history trivia questions and answers.

What British royal spent over $26,000 on underwear in the 1980s?
A: Princess Diana.
`

What First Lady became the first wife of a sitting president to appear under
subpoena before a grand jury?
A: Hillary Rodham Clinton.
 What war was Lt. Hiroo Onoda ordered by his commanding officer to stop
fighting, in 1974?
A: World War II.
What Beverly Hills 90210 star led the Pledge of Allegiance at the 1992
Republican convention?
A: Shannen Doherty.
Whose assassination resulted in the Lorraine Motel being named the
National Civil Rights Museum?
A: Martin Luther King Jr's.
What Arab intoned: " I want a homeland even if the devil is the one to
liberate it for me"?
A: Yasir Arafat.
 What name was the last word uttered by Napoleon?
A: Josephine.
What nation bid adieu to the United Kingdom in 1921?
A: Ireland.
History trivia questions and answers.
What Nazi propagandist said: "Think of the press as a great keyboard on
which the government can play"?
A: Joseph Goebbels.
What cleric addressed the U.N. in English, French, Spanish, Russian,
Arabic and Chinese in 1995?
A: Pope John Paul II.
What mobster sighed: "I've been accused of every death except the casualty
list of the World War"?
A: Al Capone.
What was the first company in the world to post $1 billion in annual
earnings, in 1995?
A: General Motors.
 What Uganda city's airport saw an Israeli commando raid rescue 103
hostages in 1976?
A: Entebbe's.
`

What 20th-century conflict saw U.S. soldiers "die for a tie"?

A: The Korean War.
What increased in the U.S. from 1.5 million to seven million in 1930?
A: Unemployment.
What city had the first public school, college and newspaper in the thirteen
British colonies?
A: Boston.
What scandal was the Tower Commission set up to investigate in 1986?
A: The Iran-Contra affair.
 
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What Filipino was acquitted of fraud charges in the U.S. in 1990?
A: Imelda Marcos.
What were the Soviet Union's symbols for work in the factory and on the
land?
A: Hammer and sickle.
Who expected to be paid 2,000 pounds for surrendering West Point to the
British?
A: Benedict Arnold.
What did an official U.S. investigation call " the greatest military and naval
disaster in our nation's history"?
A: The attack on Pearl Harbor.
`

Whose migraine headache vanished after he read Robert E. Lee's note of

surrender?
A: Ulysses S. Grant's.
What did "loose lips" do, according to a popular rhyming World War II
slogan?
A: "Sink Ships".
What city had North America's first medical school, bank and city-paid
police force.
A: Philadelphia.
What Filipino was nicknamed the " iron butterfly".
A: Imelda Marcos.
What did Jack McCall fall off, seconds after he shot Wild Bill Hickok?
A: His Horse.
Who was the longest-serving president in French history?
A: Francois Mitterrand.
What country's rampant political corruption was probed by the Mani Pulite,
or "Clean Hands," of the 1990s?
A: Italy's.
What flying ace averaged a kill every 11 days between September of 1915,
and April of 1918?
A: Manfred von Richthofen, or "The Red Barron".

1. In which year did Semi-permanent settlements come up in Africa, Asia and Europe in the
year?
Ans : 10,000 BC
 
2. Greek civilization was flourished in the year ________ ?
Ans : 800 BC
 
3. Rome was founded in the year ___ ?
Ans : 753 BC
 
4. In the year ______, Victoria becomes queen of British empire.
Ans :  1837 AD
 
5. Suez canal opened in the year ______ .
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Ans : 1869 AD
 
6. Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubliee was held in the year ______.
Ans : 1887 AD
 
7. The Eiffel Tower is built in ________.
Ans : 1889 AD
 
8. New Zeland becomes first country to grant woman to right to vote in the year _____.
Ans : 1869
 
9. World War I commenced in
Ans : 1914
 
10. Who is considered the "Father of the Constitution"?
Ans : James Madison
 
11. Who was first to reach the South Pole?
Ans : Capt. Amundsen
 
12. Which was the Napoleon last battle in which he was captured and exiled to St Helena?
Ans : Battle of Waterloo
 
13. Around 1000 AD, which of these empires was the predominant power of mainland
southeast Asia?
Ans : Khmer
 
14. The first battle of which war was the Battle of Alma?
Ans : Crimean war
 
15. Buckingham Palace became the official royal residence during the reign of which British
monarch?
Ans : Queen Victoria
 
16. In which year Bangladesh was formed as Separate Country?
Ans : 1971
 
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17. The First Triumvirate was established in 60 B.C. by Julius Caesar, Marcus Licinius
Crassus, and this Roman general and consul. He was one of Caesar's many enemies and his
son-in-law,he became a ruler of Rome. Who was he?
Ans : Pompey
 
18. What was the other name given to the French and Indian War (1756-1763)?
Ans : The Seven Years' War
 
19. During which war in 1870 was the Battle of Sedan fought?
Ans : Franco Prussian war
 
20. The 1513 Battle of Flodden Field was the largest battle (in terms of numbers) ever
fought between which two countries?
Ans : England and Scotland
 
21. This Russian ruler was the first to be crowned Czar(Tsar) when he defeated the boyars
(influential families) in 1547. Who was he?
Ans : Ivan IV (the Terrible)
 
22. The dominant civilization in the central valley of Mexico was which of the following by
1000 AD?
Ans : Toltec
 
23. The Great Pyramid of Giza was built for which Egyptian ruler?
Ans : Cheops
 
24. The first king of modern Greece, Otto I, was the son of King Ludwig I of which state?
Ans : Bavaria
 
25. Name the person who built Fort Necessity.
Ans : George Washington
 
26. Bhumibol Adulyadej is the longest-reigning monarch in which country's history?
Ans : Thailand

1. What year was the world’s first mobile phone handset released for sale?
a) 1979 b) 1983 c) 1991 d) 2001
Answer: b  1983.

First-generation analogue systems started in 1979 in Japan, but the first commercially available mobile phone
handset didn’t appear until 1983 in the US. It weighed over 750 g, measured 300x44x89 mm and cost nearly
$4,000 US.
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Second-generation digital systems such as GSM and CDMA started in 1991 in Finland. 3G systems first became
available in Japan in 2001.
2. On average how many SMS messages are sent via mobile phone per phone user every day?
a) 0.5 b) 4.0 c) 2.5 d) 5.5
Answer: c  2.5

Text messaging is the most widely used data application on the planet. Over 1.8 billion people actively use SMS
and sent over 2.5 messages a day to over 3 billion mobile phones worldwide in September 2007.
The first SMS was sent in 1991, while the first person-to-person SMS from phone to phone was sent in Finland in
1993
3. Who designed the ‘first’ small computer for home use?
a) John Blankenbaker b) Steve Wozniak c) Chuck Peddle d) Steve Leininger
Answer: a  John Blankenbaker.

According to the Computer History Museum the world’s first computer small enough to be used at home was the
Kenbak-1 designed by John Blankenbaker in 1970.
The next development in computing was the invention of the microprocessor in the early 70s and the release of
MIT’s Altair 8800 in 1975.
But neither of these machines resembled what we know as a personal computer today. They only had 256 bytes
of memory, did not have a screen or keyboard and were used for basic programming using toggle switches.
Personal computers did not become commercially successful until 1977, when Steve Wozniak developed the
Apple 11, Chuck Peddle the Commodore PET and Steve Leininger the TRS-80. With video monitors, keyboards
and basic data storage, these are the ancestors of the computers we use today.
4. When was the first email sent over the internet?
a) 1961 b) 1965 c) 1971 d) 1988
Answer: c  1971.

While researchers at MIT discovered the possibility of leaving messages on a shared computer as early as 1961,
it wasn’t until 1971 that the first email was sent between computers by Ray Tomlinson across ARPANET, the
early version of the internet.
5. When was the internet created?
a) 1968 b) 1972 c) 1982 d) 1995
Answer: a  1968.

The US Defense Force commissioned a computer network for its think tank ARPRA in 1968, called ARPRAnet.
This was publicly demonstrated in 1972. In 1982 the TCP/IP protocol was adopted, allowing all the different
networks using the ARPRAnet model to communicate with each other. The term ‘internet’ didn’t become official
until 1995.
6. The World Wide Web was created in …
a) 1968 b) 1972 c) 1989 d) 1992
Answer: c  1989.

The World Wide Web was created in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee and scientists at CERN. However, it was not
made publicly available until 1992.
While we often refer to the terms interchangeably, the World Wide Web (WWW) is different to the internet. The
WWW refers to a collection of text, audio and video files that are connected by links and URLs, while the internet
refers to a collection of computer networks that can deliver services such as the WWW, email, chat etc.
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In 1993, CERN announced the World Wide Web would be free for anyone.
7. Colour TV was first broadcast in Australia in:
a) 1930 b) 1941 c) 1956 d) 1975
Answer: d  1975.

While colour television was first broadcast in the United States in 1941, it was not broadcast in Australia until
1975.
8. What percentage of Australian households have digital TV?
a) 28 per cent b) 42 per cent c) 62 per cent d) 80 per cent
Answer: b  42 per cent.

While the take up of digital television has more than doubled since 2005, still only just over two out of five
Australian households – 42 per cent – received digital TV as of the end of 2007. In the United Kingdom, 80 per
cent of households receive digital TV.
9. Which gases form the plasma in plasma TVs?
a) neon and hydrogen b) helium and oxygen c) neon and xenon d) xenon and hydrogen
Answer: c  Neon and xenon.

Neon and xenon are noble gases – stable, inert gases. In plasma televisions they are trapped in tiny cells
between two panels of glass. When you turn the TV on these gases are electrically stimulated and form a plasma
– an ionised gas with free electrons – and emit ultraviolet photons. These photons excite phosphorus which coats
the cells the gases are trapped in, to produce red, green or blue coloured light.
10. When did DVDs replace the VHS video cassette in popularity in the US?
a) 1993 b) 1997 c) 2003 d) 2006
Answer: c  2003.

The DVD was invented in 1993, and became commercially available in the United States in 1997. By 2003 the
DVD became more popular than VHS videos in the United States. By 2006 most major film studios had stopped
releasing movies in VHS format.

1. Solar power generates electricity from what source?

2. Did the Apple iPhone first become available in 2005, 2006 or 2007?
3. In terms of computing, what does CPU stand for?
4. True or false? Nintendo was founded after the year 1900.
5. The Hubble Space Telescope is named after which American astronomer?
6. Is the wavelength of infrared light too long or short to be seen by humans?
7. Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Safari and Explorer are types of what?
8. True or false? Gold is not a good conductor of electricity?
9. The technologically advanced humanoid robot ASIMO is made by which car company?
10. True or false? Atomic bombs work by atomic fission.
11. In terms of computing, what does ROM stand for?
12. Did the original Sony Playstation use CDs or cartridges to play games?
13. What is the Earth’s primary source of energy?
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14. IBM is a well known computer and information technology company, what does IBM stand for?
15. Along with whom did Bill Gates found Microsoft?
16. What science fiction writer wrote the three laws of robotics?
17. True or false? In computing, keyboards are used as input devices.
18. What does the abbreviation WWW stand for?
19. Nano, Shuffle, Classic and Touch are variations of what?
20. True or false? DNA is an abbreviation for ‘Deoxyribonucleic acid’.

Technology Quiz Answers

 

1. The Sun 2. 2007 3. Central Processing Unit 4. False - 1889

5. Edwin Hubble 6. Long 7. Web browsers 8. False
9. Honda 10. True 11. Read Only Memory 12. CDs
14. International Business
13. The Sun 15. Paul Allen 16. Isaac Asimov
Machines
17. True 18. World Wide Web 19. The Apple iPod 20. True

Which sound is unique to many African A click, made in the

Africa
languages including Xhosa? throat

 Africa What is the Harmattan? A wind

The Kalahari Desert lies chiefly in which

 Africa Botswana
country?

 Africa Of which country is Ouagadougou the capital? Burkina Faso

Which Moroccan city is the name of a famous

 Africa Casablanca
film?
Which substance, used to make a drink,  is
 Africa Cocoa
Ghana's main export?
Which man-made structures would you see at
 Africa Dams
Aswan and Kariba?

 Africa Which language is Afrikaans derived from? Dutch

Famine in which country triggered the Band

 Africa Ethiopia
Aid Charity?
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South Africa is the world's leading exporter of

 Africa Gold
what?

 Africa What is Africa's highest mountain? Kilimanjaro

In which African country is El Alamein,  scene

 Africa Libya
of a World War II battle?
Which country used to be called South West
 Africa Namibia
Africa?
Which country is the main economic power in
 Africa Nigeria
West Africa?

 Africa Which African country is the tiger native to? None

Does most of Africa lie to the north or to the

 Africa North
south of the Equator?
Organization of African
 Africa What do the initials OAU stand for?
Unity
Which European language is an official
 Africa Portuguese
language of Angola?
What is the administrative capital of South
 Africa Pretoria
Africa?
Which country is further north Rwanda or
 Africa Rwanda
Burundi?

 Africa What covers 85% of Algeria? Sahara Desert

What is the area of savanna in West Africa

 Africa Sahel
called?

 Africa Which country occupies the Horn of Africa? Somalia

In which country are the political parties ANC

 Africa South Africa
and Inkatha?

 Africa What is the largest country in Africa? Sudan

 Africa Which is further west, Uganda or Kenya? Uganda

Which lake lies between Kenya, Tanzania and

 Africa Victoria
Uganda?
Near which major landmark is the Boiling
 Africa Victoria Falls
Pot?

 Africa What is the Okavango Swamp famous for? Wildlife

The names of which three African countries Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 Africa
begin with the letter Z? Zaire
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Question Answer
What African capital city is the furthest south? Cape Town
What African capital city is the furthest north? Tunis
What island is home to lemurs? Madagascar
What country is completely surrounded by South Africa? Lesotho
Canary
What Spanish islands are located just off the coast of Morocco?
Islands
What is the second most populous city in Egypt? Alexandria
What disputed territory is divided between Morocco and the Sahrawi Western
Republic? Sahara
Zambia
What are the two African countries that start with the letter Z?
Zimbabwe
What is the largest dam on the Nile river? Aswan Dam
What Asian country is located less than 20 miles away from Djibouti? Yemen
Mount
What are the two tallest mountains in Africa? Kilimanjaro
Mount Kenya
What ethnic group of Tanzania and Kenya live a semi-nomadic life
Maasai
based on cattle herding?
What language of South Africa evolved from Dutch? Afrikaans
South African
What is the currency of South Africa?
Rand
What Egyptian city has been called the "world's greatest open-air
museum", and is Luxor
also the namesake of a Las Vegas casino?
What is the top export of Nigeria? Oil
What river separates the ranges of the chimpanzee and the bonobo? Congo River
What language, starting with S, is an official language of Tanzania,
Kenya, Swahili
Uganda, D.R. Congo and Comoros?

What is Africa's newest country?

 South Sudan
What alias did Nelson Mandela use while pretending to be a caretaker at Liliesleaf farm in
Johannesburg?
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 David Motsamayi
In what city is the Chinese-built headquarters of the African Union?
 Addis Ababa
Where is Nollywood, the second biggest movie industry in the world in terms of number of films
made?
 Nigeria
Who or what is Liberia's capital Monrovia named after?
 James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States
What is Ushahidi
A crowd-sourcing platform used to monitor violence in Kenya in 2008
Who was the first person convicted by the international criminal court?
 Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga
What did Gambian president Yahya Jammeh announce in 2007?
 That he could cure Aids in just three days with a special potion of secret herbs
Who performed at Zimbabwe's independence day celebrations in 1980?
 Bob Marley
How many black presidents have there been in South Africa?
Four
It cost $30m, stands taller than the Statue of Liberty and is built to last until 3200AD. What is it?
 The African Renaissance monument in Dakar, Senegal
Which former DJ came to power in a 2009 coup in Madagascar?
Andry Rajoelina
Who is Africa's longest serving leader?
Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea

Which publication described Africa as 'the hopeless continent' in 2000 and 'the hopeful continent'
in 2011?
 The Economist

Which is the highest mountain in Africa?

Answer: Kilimanjaro 

Aconcagua-South America's highest, Kosciuszko-Australia's highest, of course

you know Everest is the world highest.

2. Kano is a city in which country?

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Answer: Nigeria 

3. What is the capital of Senegal?

Answer: Dakar 

4. In 1897, what city was named as the capital of Eritrea?

Your Answer: Asmara 

5. In which country can you find Banco Tropical Forest Reserve?

The correct answer was Cote d'Ivoire

6. How about Nyika National Park?

 
The correct answer was Malawi

7. Victoria Falls is situated between which two countries?

Answer: Zambia and Zimbabwe 

8. Name the capital of Burundi.

Answer: Bujumbura 

Tripoli-Libya, Lusaka-Zambia, Khartoum-Sudan.

9. Africa is famous for its game reserves, where is Amboseli Game Reserve located?
Answer: Kenya 

10. In which country can you find the city of Sfax?

answer is Tunisia
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Antananarivo is the capital of?

Answer: Madagascar 

2. Saint-Denis is the capital of?

Answer: Reunion 

Reunion is a department of France rather than an independent nation, but it does

have a capital city i.e. Saint-Denis.

3. Nouakchott is the capital of?

Answer: Mauritania 

4. Kigali is the capital of?

Answer: Rwanda 

5. Conakry is the capital of?

Answer: Guinea 

6. Ouagadougou is the capital of?

Answer: Burkina Faso 

7. Harare is the capital of?

Answer: Zimbabwe
8. Windhoek is the capital of?
Answer: Namibia 

9. Ndjamena is the capital of?

Answer: Chad 
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10. Lusaka is the capital of?

Answer: Zambia

11. Asmara is the capital of?

Answer: Eritrea 

12. Niamey is the capital of?

Answer: Niger 

13. Bangui is the capital of?

Answer: Central African Republic 

14. Lome is the capital of?

Answer: Togo 

15. Libreville is the capital of?

Your Answer: Gabon 

 What African country was previously known as Upper Volta?

Answer: Burkina Faso 

The Volta River's three upper branches - The Volta Blanche (White VOlta), Volta
Rouge (Red Volta), and Volta Noire (Black Volta) - all originated within the
country, hence the earlier name.
2. What is the traditional mode of transportation in the Sahara Desert?

Answer: camel 
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3. Before South Sudan declared independence in 2011, what was Africa's newest
country?

Answer: Eritrea 

It is officially became independent on 1993. An Italian colony from 1890-1941, it

was captured by the British during WWII. In 1952, the UN awarded Eritrea to
Ethiopia under the condition that it be ruled as a self-governing territory. Ethiopia
violated this agreement and Eritrea declared independence in May 1993.

4. In what country would you find Africa's northernmost point?

Your Answer: Tunisia 

The northernmost point is cape Ben Sekka, which lies just of the continent's
northernmost town, Bechater.

5. What African country was founded in 1847 by freed American slaves?

Your Answer: Liberia 

Liberia - 'liber' meaning free. It is the only sub-Saharan Africa that has never
been ruled by a colonial power. Liberia's capital city, Monrovia, was named for
James Monroe, the fifth US president.
This country contains Africa's highest point and the island of Zanzibar.

Answer: Tanzania 

On many maps the official capital of Tanzania is Dar es Salaam, but its official
capital is Dodoma.

2. This country, the northernmost in Africa, is the site of the ancient city of Carthage.

Answer: Tunisia 

Tunisia is farther north than some points in Europe.

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3. This small country, a former French colony, is strategically located on the Bab el
Mandeb strait and contains Africa's lowest point.

Answer: Djibouti 

Lake Assel, the lowest point in Africa, is 515 feet, or 157 meters, below sea level.
There is even a river which flows from the sea into the lake!

4. Victoria Falls are on the border between Zimbabwe and what other country?

Answer: Zambia 

The famous waterfall is on the Zambezi River.

5. Which of these is a perforated state?

Your Answer: South Africa 

A perforated state is a country that has a 'hole' in it. That is, it completely
surrounds another country. In South Africa's case, the other country is Lesotho.

6. This West African country contains one of the largest man-made lakes in the world,
Lake Volta.

Your Answer: Ghana 

7. This country contains the beautiful Ahaggar Mountains, which rise above the Sahara.

Your Answer: Algeria 

The Ahaggar Mountains are made of phonolith, which means 'sound stone'. If hit
with a hammer, phonolith emits a musical note.
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8. This country's capital is on Lake Victoria.

Your Answer: Uganda 

Uganda is a mountainous country. Its highest point is Margherita Peak, 16,763

feet high.

9. This former Portuguese colony is on an archipelago in the Atlantic.

Answer: Cape Verde 

Cape Verde's capital, Praia, is on the island of Santiago.

10. This French territory, which is one of the largest volcanoes in the world, holds the
world record for rainfall amount in 24 hours. It is located east of Madagascar.

answer  Reunion

Which of these African countries is - except for its sea outlet - completely surrounded
by one other African country ?

Your Answer: The Gambia 

The Gambia is surrounded by Senegal.

2. On which of the Canary Islands would you find the capital of the Canaries, Las
Palmas?

The correct answer  Gran Canaria

3. What's the name of the city in Africa near which the Blue and the White Nile come
together to form the Nile?

Answer: Khartoum 
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4. On which of the popular Canary Islands would you find the Pico de Teide?

Answer: Tenerife 

5. What's the name of the river that constitutes a borderline between South Africa and
Zimbabwe?

Answer: the Limpopo 

The Vaal is the border between Transvaal and Orange Free State. The Zambesi is
between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Orange River is the border between South
Africa and Namibia.

6. Which African river flows through all of these African countries -Guinea, Mali, Niger
and Nigeria?

Your Answer: the Niger 

The Benue is an affluent of the Niger

7. Which of these towns became the official capital of Nigeria in 1991?

The correct answer was Abuja

Though largest city, Lagos is NOT the capital. There is no doubt however that it is
the financial nerve of the country. As to Enugu, it was meant to be the capital of
the rebellious Biafra, which was created in May 1967, by General Ojukwu, who
declared the independence of the eastern region of Nigeria. The attempt to secede
led to a bloody conflict, but in the end, it failed. The breakaway state was never
recognised by more than five nations. After Enugu had fallen to the Nigerian
troops, Aba, Umuahia and Owerri successively served as provisional capitals. Port
Harcourt is the centre of the oil industry in Nigeria and the capital of the Rivers
State. It's nicknamed the Garden State because of its array of parks and gardens.

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8. Which of these towns is the centre of one of South Africa's wine regions?
 
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The correct answer  Paarl

Paarl near Capetown, on the Berg River is where in 1690 French Huguenots tried
their luck in the vintners' trade. The Co-operative Wine Growers' Association
(better known by its Afrikaans initials KWV is here. Also Stellenbosch is a wine-
centre.It is the second-oldest city of South Africa, and is only 35 minutes away
from Cape Town. Already in 1679 Commander van der Stel recognised the
fertility of this long valley located at the Eerste River, and decided not only to
establish a city but also a wine growing region. Stellenbosch opened the first
Wine Route of the Cape in 1971. - Kimberley is the heart of Diamond Country.-
Welkom and Witwatersrand are typically 'Afrikaans' place names.

9. Which of these towns is the legislative capital of South Africa?

The correct answer Cape Town

Bloemfontein is the judicial capital. Pretoria the administrative capital.The

legislative capital is of course Capetown.

10. Which province of South-Africa are Pietermaritzburg and Durban situated in?

Answer: KwaZulu-Natal 

1. This country's lowest point is Sabkhat Ghuzayyil. What is the name of this
country?

The correct answer is Libya

Sabkhat Ghuzayyil is Libya's lowest point at 47 meters below sea

level.

2. This country's natural resources are petroleum, phosphates, iron ore, lead,
zinc, salt, arable land. Its coastline is 1,148 km. What is the name of this
country?

Answer: Tunisia 
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This country's area is slightly larger than Georgia.

3. Which country is bordered by Mali, Niger, and Mauritania to the south?

Answer: Algeria 

Algeria's other borders are with Tunisia, Libya, Morocco, and

Western Sahara.

4. This country's natural hazards are its northern mountains that are geologically
unstable and subject to earthquakes. What is the name of this country?

Answer: Morocco 

Morocco is also known to have periodic droughts.

5. This country gained its independence from France on March 20, 1956. Its
National Independence Day is also on March 20th. What is the name of this
country?

Answer: Tunisia 

Its constitution was established on June 1, 1959.

6. This country's means of transportation include no waterways, 4,820 km of

railways, and 104,000 km of highways. What is the name of this country?

The correct answer was Algeria

Its other means of transportation include heliports, airports, ports and

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harbors, and pipelines (for crude oil, petroleum, and natural gas).

7. This country's name used to be the United Arab Republic. What is the current
name for this country?

The correct answer was Egypt

It shared its name with Syria.

8. This country's military branches include the Royal Armed Forces (Army,
Navy, Air Force), Gendarmerie, and the Auxiliary Forces. What is the name of
this country?

Answer: Morocco 

The military age in Morocco is 18, although, if needed, boys as young

as 15 can be included in their army.

9. Which one of these countries gained its independence from Italy?

The correct answer is Libya

Morocco, Algeria and Burkina Faso all gained their independence from
France, and Egypt gained its independence from the U.K.

10. Which of these country's flags does not have a star on it?

Answer: Egypt 

Tunisia and Algeria both have a moon and a star on them and Morocco is a
red flag with the green outlined star.
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. What African capital is located next to the Table Mountain?

Answer: cape town 

Cape Town is one of South Africa's three capital cities.

2. What African capital was named after U.S. President Monroe?

Answer: monrovia 

Monrovia is the capital city of Liberia.

3. Although this country has territory in mainland Africa, its capital city is on an island.
What city are we talking about?

answer is Malabo

Malabo is the capital city of Equatorial Guinea. It is located in the island of

Bioko.

4. Which two African capital cities are located on opposite sides of the Congo River?

The correct answer is Brazzaville and Kinshasa

Brazzaville is the capital of the Republic of the Congo and Kinshasa is the capital
of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

5. Which one of the following African capital cities, current or former, is NOT located
on the coast?
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The correct answer is Antananarivo

Although Antananarivo is the capital city of the island-country of Madagascar, it

is not located on the coast.

6. Which African city was formerly known as Fort Lamy?

Your Answer: N'Djamena 
N'Djamena is the capital of Chad.

7. Brazzaville is the capital city of the Congo. What is the second largest city in the
country?

Your Answer: Pointe-Noire 
Pointe-Noire is on the coast. It is the most important port in the country.

8. Yammoussoukro is the capital city of Cote d'Ivoire but it is not the largest in the
country. What's the largest city in Cote d'Ivoire?

The correct answer is Abidjan

Abidjan used to be the capital city but it was changed to Yammoussoukro a few
years ago.

9. If you're driving from Accra (Ghana) to Porto Novo (Benin), what capital city do you
have to drive through?

Answer: lome 
Lome is the capital city of Togo.

10. Which capital city is located within 10 kilometres of the shore of Lake Victoria?

Answer: kampala 

Kampala is the capital of Uganda.

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11. Which one of the following cities is NOT in an island?

Answer: Mbabane 

Mbabane is the capital city of Swaziland. Praia is in Cape Verde, Moroni in

Comoros and Victoria is in Seychelles.

12. Which African city has the busiest airport in the continent?

The correct answer is Johannesburg

The busiest airport used to be Cairo in Egypt, but it was replaced by Johannesburg
after the end of apartheid in South Africa.

13. What African capital city is located on the western tip of the continent?

The correct answer is Dakar

Dakar is the capital city of Senegal.

14. Ouagadougou is the capital city of what country?

Answer: Burkina Faso 

15. The name of this city means 'the new flower'. What African city are we talking
about?

Answer: Addis Ababa 

Addis Ababa means 'the new flower' in the Amharic language.

16. Which one of the following cities has Spanish as the official language?

Answer: Ceuta 
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Ceuta is a Spanish city on the mediterranean. It borders Morocco.

17. In which African city can you enter the Red Castle Museum through an entrance in
Martyr's Square?
 

The correct answer was Tripoli

Tripoli's Red Castle Museum was an old castle converted into a museum in 1919
during the time Libya was part of Italian North Africa. Relics of nature, and
human artefacts dating back 5,000 years can be seen there.

18. The official capital of Malawi is Lilongwe.

Your Answer: True 

19. This city became the capital city of what was formerly known as South West Africa
on 23rd March 1990. What city are we talking about?

The correct answer is Windhoek

Windhoek is the capital city of Namibia.

20. Only one capital city in Africa has the exact same name as the country it is in.
Which one are we talking about? Example: Mexico and Mexico City

Answer: djibouti