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History of Kenya - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 202 times
- The average score is 11 of 20
Answer Stats
| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What European country controlled Kenya from 1895–1963? | United Kingdom | 99%
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| The father of what U.S. president originally came from Kenya? | Barack Obama | 91%
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| What revolt took place between 1952–1960 against that country? | {Mau} {Mau} Uprising | 84%
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| At what country's embassy in Nairobi did Al-Qaeda kill 213 people in 1998? | United States | 82%
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| What country began ruling much of coastal Kenya after 1505 for trade purposes? | Portugal | 70%
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| What was Kenya named after? | {Mount} Kenya | 65%
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| What prize did Wangari Maathai become the first African woman to win in 2004? | Nobel Peace Prize | 64%
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| What national game reserve was established in 1961? | {Maasai} Mara | 63%
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| What killed 28–31 people building a railroad over the Tsavo river in 1898? | Lions | 60%
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| Who was the first President of Kenya? | Jomo Kenyatta | 59%
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| What novel, set in Kenya, was published by Karen Blixen in 1937? | {Out} {of} Africa | 51%
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| What was the name of Kenya between 1895–1920 when under that country's rule? | {East} {Africa} Protectorate | 45%
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| The Arabs from what Middle Eastern empire, or country, defeated the aboveto establish its own authority in Kenya in 1698? | {Oman}i Empire | 45%
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| What Kenyan-Mexican actress won an Oscar for "12 Years a Slave" in 2014? | Lupita Nyong'o | 41%
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| What group of people migrated and settled in what is today Kenya around 1000 BCE? | Bantu people | 40%
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| What famous British ethologist and outspoken atheist was born in Nairobi in 1941? | Richard {Dawkins} | 32%
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| Into what third-world country did a 2023 UN ruling authorize a Kenya-led "multinational security support mission"? | Haiti | 31%
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| Who became the first European to explore the region of current-day Kenya? | Vasco da Gama | 30%
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| What Kenyan athlete broke the marathon record in 2018, with a time of 2:01:39? | Eliud Kipchoge | 29%
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| Who was the first documented European to have explored Lake Victoria? | John Hanning {Speke} | 9%
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