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. |
Friday, October 2, 2009
The envelope please ...
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- Addis to Nairobi
- Sayonara soon for 7 days
- The countdown continues
- Hobbling around Addis
- Poor timing, but WTF?
- Safari preamble
- Another classic at Edna Mall
- Friday off #2
- Merkato money to the max
- Seems like Friday
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- Kenya trip
- Back in business
- Awassa great weekend
- And on the sixth day I shopped
- Out of town again with Tagel
- Off the big hill
- The first top 10
- The NHL on ETC
- A mental health day Addis style
- More Amharic
- As I suspected ... trash containers for Addis streets
- Other country's customs
- It ain't Queen Mary road
- Ultra ultrasound
- Truth is stranger than fiction
- A trip to the hospital
- A perfect Sunday ...
- A play date with Tagel
- And on the 7th day we rested
- It never rains in Addis in the summer!!
- Start your engines
- Yesterday's post (courtesy of ETC)
- Out of town with Tagel
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1 comment:
#4 - Does Lesotho not count, as it is totally surrounded by South Africa?
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