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History of Ghana Quiz - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 49 times
- The average score is 11 of 20
Answer Stats
| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What was Ghana's name during its colonial era? | {Gold} Coast | 98%
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| What country colonised Ghana between 1874–1957? | United Kingdom | 98%
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| Six European nations colonized Ghana. Which was the first, in 1481? | Portugal | 90%
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| What prize did that person win in 2001? | Nobel Peace Prize | 83%
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| What movement was the above an iconic figure of? | {Pan}-Africanism | 73%
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| What country controlled border areas in eastern Ghana between 1884–1914? | Germany | 63%
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| What J word refers to a ruling military clique, such as the one that ruledGhana from 1981–1993 and twice before that? | Junta | 63%
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| What Ghanaian diplomat led the United Nations between 1997–2006? | Kofi Annan | 63%
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| Which two African countries was Ghana in a "union" with between 1958–1963,called the Union of African States (name either)? | Guinea | Mali | 58%
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| What city, today Ghana's second-largest, was the capital of that empire? | Kumasi | 58%
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| What "shocking" lake was formed in the early 20th century by the Akosombo Dam? | Lake Volta | 53%
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| What Akan empire and kingdom controlled southern Ghana between 1701–1901? | {Ashanti} Empire | 48%
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| Who served as the first President of Ghana between 1960–1966? | Kwame {Nkrumah} | 45%
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| What "type" of castles did Ghana have during its colonial era, some including Elmina Castle and Fort Christiansborg Castle? | {Slave} Castle | 40%
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| What did Ghana get its name from? | Ghana {Empire} | 38%
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| What city served as the first capital of colonial Ghana? | {Cape} Coast | 33%
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| What common male name is shared by three of Ghana's presidents since 2001,those include Kufuor, Atta Mills and Mahama? | John | 30%
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| What group of pallbearers became an internet meme in 2020? | {Dancing} Pallbearers | 28%
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| What was the name of Ghana's de facto leader between 1981–2001? | Jerry {Rawling}s | 28%
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| What socialist African–American intellectual emigrated to Ghana in 1961at the invitation of that president? | W.E.B. Du Bois | 28%
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