| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What country's war with the Zanzibar Sultanate in 1896 was the shortest in recorded history? | United Kingdom | 90%
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| What country colonized Tanzania between 1885–1918? | Germany | 87%
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| What was the capital of Tanzania until 1996? | Dar es Salaam | 84%
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| What former country conjoined to form the modern-day Tanzania with Zanzibar in 1964? | Tanganyika | 82%
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| What Arab country once had its capital moved to Zanzibar in 1832? | Oman | 75%
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| What British band lead vocalist was born in Zanzibar in 1946? | Freddie Mercury | 73%
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| What country did Tanzania defeat and overthrow its notorious dictator in theaftermath of the Kagera War between 1978–1979? | Uganda | 73%
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| What two famous explorers found each other in the town of Ujiji in 1871? | David Livingstone | 69%
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| What famous primatologist documented the Gombe Chimpanzee War,that took place in Tanzania, in the 1970s? | Jane Goodall | 52%
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| What two famous explorers found each other in the town of Ujiji in 1871? | Henry Morton Stanley | 51%
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| What type of nut did the British government attempt to cultivate in Tanzania, but failed? | Peanut | 50%
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| What cash crop did that country order Tanzanian villagers to grow, which sparked the Maji Maji Rebellion between 1905–1907? | Cotton | 41%
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| Who became the father of the nation and was President of Tanzania between 1964–1985? | {Julius} Nyerere | 30%
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