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9 for 10 - Ethiopia Trivia Quiz

Answer the first nine questions on Africa's oldest independent nation correctly and the first letters of these answers will spell the answer to the last question.

A multiple-choice quiz by minch. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
minch

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
170,905

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
4922

Awards
Top 5% quiz!

Question 1 of 10

1. What is the capital of Ethiopia?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 2 of 10

2. What tributary of the Nile rises in Ethiopia?

Answer: (One or two Words)

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Question 3 of 10

3. What color is the middle band of Ethiopia's flag? Hint

blue

red

yellow

green

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Question 4 of 10

4. In what direction would you travel from the capital city to go to Kenya? Hint

south

north

east

west

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Question 5 of 10

5. What country lies between Ethiopia's eastern border and the Indian Ocean?

Answer: (One word)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which country invaded Ethiopia in 1935?

Answer: (One word)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Does Ethiopia have a sea coast on the Indian Ocean?

Yes

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who of these was not an Ethiopian leader? Hint

Haile Selassie

Idi Amin

Menelik II

Iyasus the Great

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is the official language of Ethiopia? Hint

Aymara

Amharic

Sindi

Swahili

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Question 10 of 10

10. If you answered the first nine questions correctly the first letters of the answer spell a former name of Ethiopia.

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the capital of Ethiopia?

Answer: Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa is situated in central Ethiopia and is 8,000 feet above sea level. It has a population of around one and a half million.

2. What tributary of the Nile rises in Ethiopia?

Answer: Blue Nile

The Blue Nile rises in northwest Ethiopia and flows across the country to Sudan. It merges with the White Nile at Khartoum to become the Nile.

3. What color is the middle band of Ethiopia's flag?

Answer: yellow

The top band is green and the bottom band is red. In the centre is a blue circle with a star in it.

4. In what direction would you travel from the capital city to go to Kenya?

Answer: south

Ethiopia is also bordered by Sudan, to the west; Eritrea to the north and northeast; Somalia to the east and Djibouti which lies between Somalia and Eritrea.

5. What country lies between Ethiopia's eastern border and the Indian Ocean?

Answer: Somalia

Somalia lies between Ethiopia and the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden. This area of northeast Africa is known as the Horn of Africa.

6. Which country invaded Ethiopia in 1935?

Answer: Italy

Mussolini's troops invaded Ethiopia in 1935. The country was freed in 1941 by British troops. An earlier Italian invasion occurred in 1880.

7. Does Ethiopia have a sea coast on the Indian Ocean?

Answer: No

At one time Ethiopia extended to the Red Sea, but when the country of Eritrea was created Ethiopia became landlocked.

8. Who of these was not an Ethiopian leader?

Answer: Idi Amin

Haile Selassia was emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 until 1974. When the Italians invaded in 1935 he fled to England. he returned to Ethiopia in 1941. Menelik II was emperor from 1889 - 1913. Iyasus the Great reigned from 1682 - 1706. Idi Amin was the dictator of Uganda from 1971 to 1979.

9. What is the official language of Ethiopia?

Answer: Amharic

Amharic is a semitic language. Ayamara is spoken in Bolivia and Peru. Swahili is spoken in Kenya, Uganda and other African countries. Sindi is spoken in Pakistan and India.

10. If you answered the first nine questions correctly the first letters of the answer spell a former name of Ethiopia.

Answer: Abyssinia

The name Abyssinia is believed to come from the Arabic word 'habishat'. The name Ethiopia is thought to come from the Greek word for sunburned faces, although some think it comes from Eliopik who was a descendant of Noah.

Source: Author minch

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