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West African Geography Quiz - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 491 times
- The average score is 13 of 20
Answer Stats
| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What is the most populous city in Nigeria? | Lagos | 97%
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| Liberia was founded as a place for freed slaves from what country? | United States | 94%
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| What island nation was uninhabited until it was colonized by Portugal in the 1400's? | Cape Verde | 89%
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| What is the longest river in West Africa? | Niger River | 88%
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| What is the French name of Ivory Coast? | Côte d'Ivoire | 87%
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| What city in Mali was once a prosperous center of trans-Saharan trade? | Timbuktu | 84%
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| What gulf does the above empty into? | Gulf of Guinea | 81%
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| What is the capital of Burkina Faso? | Ouagadougou | 72%
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| What religion, starting with V, does 17% of the Benin residents follow? | Vodun | 70%
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| What city was the terminus of a famous rally that took place from 1972-2007? | Dakar | 67%
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| What was Ghana formerly known as? | Gold Coast | 67%
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| Gambia is built on the edges of what river? | Gambia River | 60%
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| What type of animal killed 25 fisherman over a ten-year period on the Senegal River? | Hippopotamus | 60%
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| What are the three largest ethnic groups in Nigeria? (name any) | Yoruba | Igbo | Hausa | 60%
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| What type of yellow element represents about 91% of Niger's exports? hint: it was falsely claimed that Saddam Hussein tried to buy it | Uranium | 57%
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| What "shocking" lake in Ghana is world's largest artificial reservoir by surface area? | Lake Volta | 46%
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| What is the staple crop of West Africa? | Yam | 44%
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| By what other name is Mauritania's Richat Structure also known? hint: an organ | {Eye} of Africa | 36%
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| What former independent country existed in southeastern Nigeria between 1967–1970? | Biafra | 34%
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| What type of forest covers most of West Africa's coastal areas? | Mangrove | 32%
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