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Quiz questions about the Democratic Republic of the Congo

15 questions in the archive are about the Democratic Republic of the Congo or mention it. Here are 14 of them; New mix gives another lot.

  • 15 questions
  • Africa

1. Which of the world's ten longest rivers flows both north and south across the equator, and over Stanley Falls, besides?

2. In 1960, Patrice Lumumba became the first elected Prime Minister of which country?

3. What nation did Niger, Algeria, the Congo and Tunisia all gain independence from?

4. Name three of the six mainland African countries that are crossed by the Equator?

5. What river has the alternative name of Zaire?

6. Outside of Paris, which city contains the most French-speaking people?

7. What was The Democratic Republic of the Congo called between 1971 and 1997?

8. The names of which three African countries begin with the letter Z?

9. What are the three most populated cities in Africa?

10. Africa's four great rivers Nile, Congo Zambezi and what?

11. What is the second largest French-speaking city? (African cities excluded)

12. The famous Ali Foreman fight nicknamed 'Rumble in the Jungle' took place in which city?

13. Che Guevara fought as an armed combatant in which three countries?

14. Measured in area, what are the four largest countries in Africa? One point for each correct answer

ANSWERS

1. Congo

2. Democratic Republic of the Congo

3. France

4. Gabon, Congo Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Somalia.

5. The Congo River

6. Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

7. Zaire

8. Zambia, Zimbabwe, Zaire

9. Cairo, Lagos and Kinshasa.

10. Niger

11. Montreal, Canada (It is now claimed that Kinshasa holds the honoure world wide)

12. Kinshasa

13. Cuba, Congo and Bolivia

14. Algeria, DR Congo, Sudan, Libya

Where these questions come from
  1. Steven's Quiz 3
  2. QuizMiz Quiz 4
  3. Geography Quiz 16
  4. Africa Quiz 3
  5. People and Places Quiz 1
  6. Pauls Quiz 301
  7. Africa Quiz 2
  8. Pub Quiz 128
  9. Pub Quiz 21
  10. Pauls Quiz 23
  11. Pauls Quiz 404
  12. Pub Quiz 149
  13. Pauls Quiz 249

Questions are chosen because they name the country, its people, its language or its capital.

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