1. Which Nigerian wrote The Ant Hills of the Savannah?

2. What have Ireland and Nigeria in common?

3. True or False: Lagos is the capital city of Nigeria?

4. The Nigerian Civil War ended in January 1970 with the capitulation of which secessionist state?

5. Which was the only football team from a commonwealth country to play in the 1994 World Cup Final tournament in the USA?

6. Which African country has the most population?

7. Which two colours are found on the flag of Nigeria?

8. Which tropical disease was named after a Nigerian village where it was first reported in the 1960s?

9. Which rugby player (now a forwards coach) was born in Nigeria, and made his debut in the Five Nations for England against Ireland in 1994?

ANSWERS

1. Chinua Achebe. His first book is Things Fall Apart, 1958 and he is one of the most read African novelists.

2. Both have St. Patrick as their Patron Saint.

3. False (Abuja)

4. Biafra

5. Nigeria

6. Nigeria. A 2006 estimate shows 132 million.

7. Green and white

8. Lhassa

9. Stephen (Steve) Ojomoh