Q 01/05

What is the capital and largest city of the Comoros?

A) Moroni

B) Mutsamudu

C) Fomboni

D) Domoni

Answer · why

A) Moroni

It sits on the west coast of Grande Comore, and its name means 'at the river' in the local Shingazidja language.

Q 02/05

In which year did the Comoros proclaim independence from France?

A) 1978

B) 1975

C) 1982

D) 1990

Answer · why

B) 1975

The Comorian parliament declared independence unilaterally on 6 July; France did not recognise the new state until 31 December.

Q 03/05

Alongside Comorian and French, which language is official in the Comoros?

A) Swahili

B) Arabic

C) Malagasy

D) Portuguese

Answer · why

B) Arabic

It is the language of Quranic teaching, and more Comorians are literate in the Arabic script than in the Latin one.

Q 04/05

The Comoros is the only member of which organisation to lie entirely in the Southern Hemisphere?

A) Commonwealth of Nations

B) Association of Southeast Asian Nations

C) OPEC

D) Arab League

Answer · why

D) Arab League

It is also a member of the African Union, the Francophonie, the OIC and the Indian Ocean Commission.

Q 05/05

The Comoros is Africa's third-smallest country by area, behind São Tomé and Príncipe and which other?

A) Cape Verde

B) Mauritius

C) Seychelles

D) The Gambia

Answer · why

C) Seychelles

At 1,659 square kilometres the whole country is smaller than Greater London, yet it is one of the most densely populated on Earth.