Q 01/05

What is the capital and largest city of Chad?

A) N'Djamena

B) Moundou

C) Faya-Largeau

D) Abéché

Answer · why

A) N'Djamena

Roughly one in twelve Chadians lives there, on the Chari River opposite Cameroon's Kousséri.

Q 02/05

Under what name did the French found Chad's capital in 1910?

A) Fort-Archambault

B) Fort-Lamy

C) Fort-Crampel

D) Fort-Foureau

Answer · why

B) Fort-Lamy

It honoured army officer Amédée-François Lamy, killed fighting the warlord Rabih in 1900.

Q 03/05

Chad is named after the great water body on its western border, whose Kanuri name simply means what?

A) Salt

B) Reeds

C) Fish

D) Lake

Answer · why

D) Lake

The modern water body is the remnant of a mega-lake that covered 330,000 km2 some 7,000 years ago.

Q 04/05

Which two languages are official in Chad?

A) French and English

B) Arabic and Hausa

C) French and Arabic

D) French and Sara

Answer · why

C) French and Arabic

More than 100 regional tongues are also spoken, and the Chadic branch of the Afroasiatic family is named after the country.

Q 05/05

Chad's vertical tricolour flag is often noted for its similarity to the flag of which European country?

A) Belgium

B) Romania

C) Moldova

D) Andorra

Answer · why

B) Romania

The blue was chosen instead of green to avoid confusion with Mali.