Q 01/05

What is the capital city of Cameroon?

A) Yaoundé

B) Bamenda

C) Douala

D) Garoua

Answer · why

A) Yaoundé

Yaoundé, about 750 m up in the Centre Region, became the capital of French Cameroun in 1922 and kept the role at independence.

Q 02/05

Which port city is regarded as Cameroon's economic capital?

A) Yaoundé

B) Douala

C) Limbe

D) Kribi

Answer · why

B) Douala

Douala sits on the Wouri estuary, and its port handles most of Cameroon's exports of oil, cocoa, coffee and timber.

Q 03/05

Cameroon's name comes from the Portuguese Rio dos Camarões, meaning river of what?

A) Gold

B) Crocodiles

C) Mangroves

D) Shrimp

Answer · why

D) Shrimp

The Portuguese named the Wouri estuary for its swarms of ghost shrimp, Lepidophthalmus turneranus, which periodically fill the river in huge numbers.

Q 04/05

Because it has coast, desert, mountains, rainforest and savanna, Cameroon is often nicknamed what?

A) Africa in miniature

B) Africa's Crossroads

C) The Switzerland of the Sahel

D) The Green Heart of the Continent

Answer · why

A) Africa in miniature

The nickname Africa in miniature captures that variety; Cameroon straddles West and Central Africa and its people speak around 250 native languages.

Q 05/05

Who became president of Cameroon in 1982?

A) Paul Biya

B) John Fru Ndi

C) Ahmadou Ahidjo

D) Teodoro Obiang

Answer · why

A) Paul Biya

Paul Biya, born in 1933 and prime minister from 1975, took over the presidency on 6 November 1982 when his predecessor resigned.