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  Living in Liberia   top quiz  
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These questions on Liberia have been inspired by my experiences during the two years I lived there from 1987-9. Not your typical geography quiz!
Average, 10 Qns, bucknallbabe, Jul 16 14
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  Liberia    
Multiple Choice
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Time for a quick tour around this equatorial country in West Africa.
Average, 10 Qns, suomy, Jun 09 14
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  Liberia: A Troubled Nation    
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Liberia is one of the places in Africa where civil wars will remain in their history books and would present a scar left in their cultural and political history.
Average, 10 Qns, GOP_Bush, Sep 02 21
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trivia question Quick Question
Taking its name from a spice, what name was given to the coast of Liberia by Portuguese traders?

From Quiz "Liberia "





Liberia Trivia Questions
1. What does "Liberia" means?

From Quiz Liberia: A Troubled Nation

Answer: Land of the free

Liberia means the land of the free as it was formed by freed slaves from the United States. Essentially, it is the United States of America that created this nation.

2. Who colonised the country in the early nineteenth century?

From Quiz Liberia

Answer: Former American slaves

The name of the country is perhaps a hint and the colonisation period may also have had something to do with the country's motto: "The love of freedom brought us here." The American Colonisation Society (founded in 1816) assisted in the 'repatriation' of former American slaves. A colony was established in what became Liberia and former slaves were sent there, regardless of where their roots actually lay.

3. On the list of recommended reading for my trip to Liberia was a book about a famous author's visit to the area in the 1930s. Which book was it?

From Quiz Living in Liberia

Answer: "Journey Without Maps" by Graham Greene

"Journey Without Maps" recounts the story of a 4-week trip Greene made with his cousin in 1935. He passed through Nimba County, where I worked, and his descriptions of the places he visited did not differ greatly from what I found in the late 1980s. This book proved to be the most accurate and informative preparation for living in the area. "Heart of Darkness" is a work of fiction set in the Belgian Congo where Conrad had worked. I read William Boyd's hilarious "A Good Man in Africa" when I was in Liberia and could recognise many of the characters and situations. Karen Blixen's "Out of Africa" is the story of her life in what is now Kenya in East Africa.

4. In square miles, what is the total area of Liberia?

From Quiz Liberia: A Troubled Nation

Answer: 43,000 sq. mi

Liberia is just a little larger than the state of Ohio.

5. Monrovia is the capital of Liberia; it was named after an American president. What is the first and last name of that president?

From Quiz Liberia: A Troubled Nation

Answer: James Monroe & Monroe

Monrovia is named after the American president James Monroe. Early settlements were established on Providence Island, near present-day capital Monrovia.

6. The capital of the country takes its name after an early American President. Who was that President?

From Quiz Liberia

Answer: James Monroe

Monrovia is the capital and was named after James Monroe for his support of the colonisation programme. Freetown, capital of neighbouring Sierra Leone, was also established for former American slaves.

7. When was the first settlement of freed slaves established in Liberia?

From Quiz Liberia: A Troubled Nation

Answer: 1822

A settlement on Providence Island was made in 1822, but shortly thereafter, settlements were also made in Greenville and Harper.

8. What phrase would best describe the terrain of the country?

From Quiz Liberia

Answer: Mostly flat and rolling hills

The coastal mangrove swamps give way to rolling hills and large amounts of rainforest. Forty percent of the tropical rainforest in West Africa is said to be in Liberia. It is also the habitat for the rare pygmy hippopotamus as well as elephants, chimpanzees, gorillas and ... hairy frogs.

9. Who became the first president of Liberia?

From Quiz Liberia: A Troubled Nation

Answer: Joseph Jenkins Roberts

Joseph Jenkins Roberts, who was born in Virginia, proclaimed Liberia an independent state in 1847.

10. Taking its name from a spice, what name was given to the coast of Liberia by Portuguese traders?

From Quiz Liberia

Answer: Melegueta Coast

The trading in melegueta pepper gave rise to these names. The Portuguese preferred Melegueta Coast, whereas the British and Dutch often referred to the spice as "grains of paradise" and eventually used the Grain Coast for the area. Pepper Coast was another name used. but not by the Portuguese. The melegueta pepper is peppery in taste and has been used as a substitute for black pepper (from the Piperaceae family). The melegueta pepper is from the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. The similar sounding malagueta pepper is an unrelated chilli pepper from Central or South America.

11. Although Liberia was an established country in 1847, the United States did not formally recognize it as a sovereign nation. When did the United States finally recognize Liberia as an independent, sovereign country?

From Quiz Liberia: A Troubled Nation

Answer: 1862

For some reason, the United States only recognized Liberia 15 years after they had their first president. This is quite unusual considering that they were the ones who formed the same nation.

12. What seasonal phenomenon causes problems for residents during the winter months?

From Quiz Liberia

Answer: Harmattan winds

The Harmattan is a dry, dusty wind that blows off the Sahara Desert. It carries a lot of dust and causes a haze, severely restricting visibility at times and disrupting aircraft movements. It blows from the end of November to mid-March.

13. For 133 years after the first president was sworn in, all the presidents were descended from freed American slaves. However, in a 1980 coup, this all ended. Who was the president who broke the ruling class?

From Quiz Liberia: A Troubled Nation

Answer: Samuel Doe

He was part of the Krahn ethnic group and broke the 133 rule of the freed slaves when he staged a 1980 coup.

14. During the darker times of civil war, Liberia got a poor reputation for trading what natural resource?

From Quiz Liberia

Answer: Diamonds

'Blood diamonds' is a name given to diamonds mined in a war zone and used to fund the fighting. From 1991, there was an eleven year war in neighbouring Sierra Leone. Liberia was accused of supplying weapons and training to one side in exchange for diamonds. Liberia has since been able to establish a legitimate diamond mining industry. The 2006 film "Blood Diamond" starring Leonardo DiCaprio is a story which takes place during this conflict.

15. What is the national language of Liberia?

From Quiz Liberia: A Troubled Nation

Answer: English

Although it is the national language, only a fifth of the population speaks English.

16. Named after a fish, which is the longest river in Liberia?

From Quiz Liberia

Answer: Cavalla River

All of these rivers in Liberia were named by the Portuguese. The Cavalla (also known as Cavally, Youbou, or Diougou) emerges north of the Nimba Range in Guinea and flows south forming part of the Liberia-Côte d'Ivoire border. It is 515 kilometres long. The fish is the cavalla, a kind of horse mackerel.

17. What was the literacy rate of Liberia in 2003?

From Quiz Liberia: A Troubled Nation

Answer: 58

Although the Compulsory Education Act of 1912 ensures education for children 6 to 16, only 58 percent of the total population was literate by 2003.

18. In which perhaps surprising area of the economy is Liberia a highly ranked country?

From Quiz Liberia

Answer: Ship registries

Liberia produces all of these but it is as a flag of convenience that it nears the top of the world rankings. In January 2010, just over twenty-two per cent of all shipping tonnage was registered through Panama. Liberia's share was half of that. Flags of convenience help reduce operating costs, give owners some anonymity and allow them to avoid regulations of the owner's country, which no doubt helps to explain their popularity.

19. Who was the president of Liberia that started a revolt in 1989, and gained power in a special election in 1997? (In 2003, he faced charges from the UN International Court of Justice and resigned.)

From Quiz Liberia: A Troubled Nation

Answer: Charles Taylor

Charles Taylor was a descendant of the freed slave ruling class. Rebels wanted a return to democracy, so they wanted him to resign his power. This started (although there was a war long before) a heated civil war in his own country hampering its economy. He left the country and ceded the presidency in 2003.

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