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

It was the old royal capital; the lakeside port city remains the economic capital and largest city.

Q 02/05

Which is Burundi's largest city and economic capital?

A) Gitega

B) Bujumbura

C) Ngozi

D) Muyinga

Answer · why

B) Bujumbura

Called Usumbura under colonial rule, it was renamed at independence in 1962 and has the biggest port on the lake.

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

It is second deepest and second largest by volume, both behind Siberia's Baikal.

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

Zambia is a fourth neighbour only across the waters of the lake.

Q 05/05

Under which colonial power was Burundi governed as part of German East Africa from 1885?

A) Belgium

B) Britain

C) Germany

D) Portugal

Answer · why

C) Germany

Belgian troops took it in 1916, and Belgium ran it under League of Nations and UN mandates until 1962.