Friday, October 2, 2009

The envelope please ...

The Great Ethiopian quiz answers:

2: Five African countries border the Mediterranean. Can you name 3 of them?

Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco all border the Mediterranean.

3: What African country is on its own island?

Madagascar.

4: Other than South Africa, name 2 of the 4 most southern countries in Africa.

Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia, and Botswana are the 4 other most southern countries in Africa.

5: What country is the USA's 44th president "from", even though he was born in Hawaii?

Kenya.

6: The names "Rob" and "Robert" share the same root ... "Rob". Two African countries, which border on one another, use the same root for their name; one of these countries tacks the letters "ia" on the end of its name. What are these two countries?

Niger and Nigeria.

7: What southern Afican country was mentioned in the title of a song that Bob Dylan recorded on his Desire album?

Mozambique.

8: The famous 1976 raid on Entebbe took place in what country in Africa?

Uganda.

9: Match up the following countries with their previous names (the matches below are/may be wrong):

   Ethiopia ==> Abyssinia
   Zimbabwe ==> Rhodesia
   Zambia ==> Rhodesia
   Chad ==> French Equatorial Africa
   Burkina Faso ==> Upper Volta
   Tanzania ==> Tanganyika and Zanzibar

10: In 1960, led by Patrice Lumumba, the Congo declared independence from what country?

Belgium.

1 comment:

Shauna said...

#4 - Does Lesotho not count, as it is totally surrounded by South Africa?
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