Ultimate Somalia Quiz - Statistics

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The average score is 18 of 72

Answer Stats

Hint	Answer	% Correct
Capital and Largest City	Mogadishu	69%
Ideology used by Somalia between 1969-1991	Communism	62%
War against Ethiopia for it's Western Region	Ogaden War	62%
Event during Operation Gothic Serpent where two helicopters were shot down by rebels	Black Hawk Down	54%
Second Largest City in Somalia, and capital of Somaliland	Hargeisa	54%
Main ethnic group of Somaliland	Ishaaq	54%
1969-1991	Siad Barre	54%
Year that the Battle of Mogadishu was fought in	1993	46%
Main port of Puntland and the location of Bender Qassim International Airport	Bosaso	46%
Marginal water body of the Indian ocean located to the north of Somalia	Gulf of Aden	46%
Script that the Somali Language uses	Latin	46%
Yemeni Island located off the coast of Somalia	Socotra	46%
2000-2004	Abdiqasim Salad Hassan	38%
Most famous Somali sultanate centered around Mogadishu	Ajuran Sultanate	38%
Country who's airborne regiment beat that teenager to death	Canada	38%
System that includes groups like the Dir and the Darod	Clan System	38%
Word given to Somalia as it is more than 85% percent Somali, the highest in Africa	Homogenous	38%
Stimulant originating from a flowering plant first grown in the Harar Area of Ethiopia	Khat	38%
Southern port city that is the capital of the Jubaland region	Kismayo	38%
Resource that is being searched for in the Dharoor and Nugaal valleys	Oil	38%
Food that is spiced with cumin and cardamom known as baasto in Somali	Pasta	38%
Sultanate which fought wars with Ethiopia and Portugal	Sultanate of Adal	38%
Second largest city and main port of Somaliland	Berbera	31%
Somali Clan that was the first to arrive in Somalia, and led most of the sultanates	Hawiye	31%
Sultanate also known as the Sultanate of Obbia	Hobyo Sultanate	31%
Historical kingdom located in Puntland with capital at Alula	Majeerteen Sultanate	31%
2017-2022	Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed	31%
Strait separating the Red sea from the Indian Ocean	Bab el Mandeb	23%
State in central Somalia that attempted to break away with capital at Dusmareb	Galmudug	23%
2012-2017 and 2022-Present	Hassan Sheikh Mohamud	23%
Cave Complex where rock art of cattle and herders can be found	Laas Geel	23%
New Type of ideology promoted by Somalia's dictator	Scientific Socialism	23%
Sultanate also known as the Sultanate of Wafat and Awfat	Sultanate of Ifat	23%
Clan and Sultanate centered in the Sanaag region of Somaliland	Warsangali Sultanate	23%
1967-1969	Abdirashid Shermarke	15%
2004-2008	Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed	15%
1960-1967	Aden Adde	15%
1991-1997	Ali Mahdi Muhammad	15%
City home to the palace of Osman Mahamuud in Puntland	Bargal	15%
Battle which began the Ethiopian Invasion phase of the Somali civil war	Battle of Baidoa	15%
Battle between Ethiopia and Somalia in the Somali Region's capital	Battle of Jijiga	15%
Cape which is the Northeastern most point of the Horn of Africa	Cape Guardafui	15%
Resource used in religious rituals that the majority of is produced in Somalia	Frankincense	15%
City which is the regional capital of Puntland	Garoowe	15%
Semi-Desert plain located in Northwest Somalia	Guban	15%
Title that means "Victorious Leader"	Guulwade	15%
Imamate centered in Mogadishu established after the fall of the Ajuran Sultanate	Hiraab Imamate	15%
Main river of Southern Somalia	Jubba River	15%
Range in Somaliland also known as the Golis Mountains	Karkaar Mountains	15%
Nickname given by the British to Mohammed Abdile Hassan	Mad Mullah	15%
Ship that was hijacked off the coast of Alabama, captained by Richard Phillips	Maersk Alabama	15%
Secret Police of Somalia	National Security Service	15%
Ancient Trading city which is suggested to be the location of Punt	Opone	15%
Script formerly used by the Somali Language before transitioning to its present Script	Osmanya Script	15%
Epithet that was given to Mogadishu before the first civil war	Pearl of the Indian Ocean	15%
2009-2012	Sharif Sheikh Ahmed	15%
River translated as "Leopard River"	Shebelle River	15%
Country that was converted to Islam by Somali scholar Yusuf al-Kawneyn	the Maldives	15%
Somali trade city located near the border with Djibouti	Zeila	15%
Battle where Somali rebels under Ibrahim Xoorane defeated British officer Corfield	Battle of Dul Madoba	8%
Trade good that was brought to the city of Mosylon before it's transport to the Roman Empire	Cinnamon	8%
Movement that wanted independence from the British in the late 1800s	Dervish Movement	8%
Mosque in Mogadishu that is the second oldest in Somalia	Fakhr al-Din Mosque	8%
18th and 19th century state ruled by the Ishaaq people before conquest by Britain	Habr Yunis Sultanate	8%
Political corporation that ruled much of Somalia until the Battle of Jilib	Islamic Courts Union	8%
Airplane Company who's Flight 181 was hijacked and landed in Mogadishu	Lufthansa	8%
Type of tree found near the border with Kenya	Mangrove	8%
Man who survived a helicopter crash in Mogadishu, subsequently writing a book and insipiring a movie by Ridley Scott	Mike Durant	8%
Mountain range located in the northernmost part of Somalia	Ogo Mountains	8%
Operation that resulted in a scandal where a teenager was beat to death	Operation Deliverance	8%
Sultanate that was first colonized by Italy and centered around Afgooye	Sultanate of the Geledi	8%
Paramilitary Group that supported a Somali Dictator in the 70s	Victory Pioneers	8%

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