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D.R. Congo True or False?
Can you guess whether these statements about the country of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are true or false?
Also try the Moldova one.
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Last updated: November 14, 2021
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| First submitted | November 14, 2021 |
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1. The D.R. Congo was a Belgian colony until 1960.
True
False
2. The D.R. Congo and the Republic of the Congo were the same country until 2011.
It's the case for Sudan and South Sudan.
True
False
3. The country was renamed Zaire in 1971.
Following a military takeover. It was also the case for the river of the same name.
True
False
4. Okapi, an endangered species living in D.R. Congo, is also called "forest zebra".
This animal is also called "forest giraffe".
True
False
5. The D.R. Congo is the biggest country in Africa.
Algeria is about 40,000 km² bigger.
True
False
6. D.R. Congo is a landlocked country.
It has a 40 km coastline on the Atlantic Ocean.
True
False
7. The D.R. Congo's currency is only officially used in this country.
It's the Congolese Franc (the Republic of the Congo uses CFA Franc).
True
False
8. Kinshasa is the biggest French-sepaking city in the world.
With more than 17,000k, 4,500k more than Paris.
True
False
9. There are less than 10 km between Kinshasa and Brazzaville.
They're the second closest capital cities in the world, after Rome and the Vatican City.
True
False
10. Tintin visited the D.R. Congo.
In Tintin in the Congp published in 1931.
True
False
11. With 213 languages spoken, D.R. Congo is the country with the most languages spoken in the world.
10 countries speak more languages (like Papua New Guinea, where more than 800 languages are spoken).
True
False
12. One of the Mobutu's nickname, who led the country between 1965 and 1997, was "the cock that leaves no hen untouched".
"Kuku Ngbendu wa Zabanga", given by himself
True
False
13. A Congolese has already won a Peace Nobel Prize.
Denis Mukwege, in 2018 (the only Nobel Prize of the country).
True
False
14. Ebola is named for the biggest moutain range of the country.
It's named for a river of the country.
True
False
15. D.R. Congo is the country which won the most Olympic medals in Africa.
It's the second most populous country (after Bangladesh) which never won one.
True
False
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It should be an instead of and:
4. Okapi, and endangered species living in D.R. Congo, is also called "forest zebra".
You are completely true. I fixed it. It was a stupid little typo I forgot when I checked the quiz before the submission. Thank you!