Q 01/05

What is the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic?

A) Bambari

B) Berbérati

C) Bangui

D) Bouar

Answer · why

C) Bangui

Founded as a French outpost in 1889, it sits on the country's southern border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Q 02/05

Under what name was the country a French colony from 1903 until 1958?

A) Sangha-Lobaye

B) Upper Congo

C) Ubangi-Shari

D) Equatoria

Answer · why

C) Ubangi-Shari

The name combined the two great rivers of the territory; the first prime minister replaced it because he dreamed of a wider Central African union.

Q 03/05

Which colonial federation, run from Brazzaville, did the territory belong to from 1920?

A) French West Africa

B) The Belgian Congo

C) French Sudan

D) French Equatorial Africa

Answer · why

D) French Equatorial Africa

Concession companies forced locals to gather rubber and coffee, and thousands died building the Congo-Ocean Railway.

Q 04/05

In what year did the Central African Republic gain full independence from France?

A) 1975

B) 1960

C) 1962

D) 1965

Answer · why

B) 1960

Independence Day is 13 August; the country had been an autonomous republic since December 1958.

Q 05/05

Which defrocked priest, the country's founding father, was its first prime minister and designed its flag?

A) André Kolingba

B) Abel Goumba

C) David Dacko

D) Barthélemy Boganda

Answer · why

D) Barthélemy Boganda

He died months before independence in an air disaster that was never fully explained.