Lagos City Trivia

Based on the clues, name the facts about the city of Lagos and its outskirts.
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Last updated: April 26, 2026
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Major gulf that Lagos overlooks
Gulf of Guinea
The only megacity in Africa that is more populous than Lagos
Cairo
Nickname for the Nigerian film industry
Nollywood
Lagos was the capital of Nigeria until 1991 before relocating to this city
Abuja
Meaning of the word "Lagos"
Lakes
Language from which that word derives
Portuguese
Lagos emerged as a home to the Awori subgroup of this ethnic group
Yoruba
Name of Lagos in the language of the above (hint: a sound repeated or returned due to the reflection of sound waves)
Èkó
Lagos overtook this city as Nigeria's most populous in early 1970s
Ibadan
Body of water that borders Lagos to the east
Lagos Lagoon
Mokoko is the world's largest floating ____, located on the edge of the above
Slum
The British bombarded Lagos in early 1850s in order to suppress this trade, since the King of Lagos refused to end it
Atlantic slave trade
Music style popularized by Fela Kuti
Afrobeat
Singer of that music style who released "Ojuelegba" and was featured in Drake's "One Dance"
Wizkid
Affluent and financial center area that is named after a British royal figure
Victoria Island
Lagos is home to five major startup _______ – being dubbed as "Africa's Silicon Valley"
Unicorns
The Beatles member who recorded most of his album "Band on the Run", in a studio in Lagos in 1973
Paul McCartney
Lagos hosted the final matches of this tournament in both 1980 and 2000
Africa Cup of Nations
Lagos creates a transnational megalopolis with this Ivorian city, called the _______-Lagos Corridor
Abidjan
After being annexed by the British in 1861 under the threat of force, the Lagos Colony was incorporated into this protectorate in 1906
Southern Nigeria
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Level 64
Apr 28, 2026
Think AFCON should be accepted for third bottom :)