Q 01/05

Since 2019, which city has been the political capital of Burundi?

A) Gitega

B) Ngozi

C) Bujumbura

D) Kigali

Answer · why

A) Gitega

Gitega was the seat of Burundi's kings for centuries and sits near the centre of the country; parliament made its return as capital official in Januar...

Q 02/05

Which is Burundi's largest city and economic capital?

A) Rumonge

B) Bujumbura

C) Ngozi

D) Muyinga

Answer · why

B) Bujumbura

Bujumbura kept the trade when it stopped being the political capital in 2019: it is still the country's commercial hub and its main port on Lake Tanga...

Q 03/05

Lake Tanganyika, on Burundi's southwestern border, holds which world record?

A) Longest freshwater body

B) Largest inland water by area

C) Deepest body of water on Earth

D) Highest large water body by altitude

Answer · why

A) Longest freshwater body

Longest freshwater body: Tanganyika runs more than 650 km from north to south, far enough to give four countries a shore, and only Siberia's Baikal is...

Q 04/05

Which three countries border Burundi?

A) Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania

B) Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania

C) Rwanda, Tanzania and DR Congo

D) Tanzania, Zambia and DR Congo

Answer · why

C) Rwanda, Tanzania and DR Congo

Rwanda, Tanzania and DR Congo leave Burundi without a coast, so everything it trades abroad must cross a neighbour or Lake Tanganyika before it reache...

Q 05/05

Which European power colonised Burundi first, ruling it until the First World War?

A) Belgium

B) Britain

C) Germany

D) Portugal

Answer · why

C) Germany

Germany held it as a corner of its East African colony until 1916, when Belgian troops marched in during the First World War and stayed for more than ...