Q 01/05

Gambian voters have long chosen a president by dropping which object into a drum bearing their candidate's picture?

A) A pebble

B) A cowrie shell

C) A marble

D) A wooden token

Answer · why

C) A marble

A marble goes into the chosen candidate's drum and a bell confirms each vote, a system introduced in the 1960s.

Q 02/05

The Gambia, a ribbon of land following a single river, holds which record among the countries of mainland Africa?

A) Smallest by area

B) Longest coastline

C) Most densely populated

D) Newest to independence

Answer · why

A) Smallest by area

Smallest by area on the African mainland, The Gambia covers about 11,300 square kilometres and has an Atlantic shoreline of only 80 kilometres.

Q 03/05

The Gambia is one of only two countries whose official short name begins with 'The'; which is the other?

A) The Netherlands

B) The Philippines

C) The Maldives

D) The Bahamas

Answer · why

D) The Bahamas

The Bahamas is the only other country that officially keeps the definite article in its short English name, a detail Gambian leaders asked Britain to ...

Q 04/05

Which bestselling 1976 novel follows Kunta Kinte, a young man captured in The Gambia and sold into slavery in America?

A) Roots

B) Beloved

C) Kindred

D) Jubilee

Answer · why

A) Roots

Roots, by Alex Haley, made the Gambian village of Juffureh, named in the book as Kunta Kinte's birthplace, a major tourist destination.

Q 05/05

Domoda, widely regarded as The Gambia's national dish, is a stew thickened with a paste made from what?

A) Cassava

B) Okra

C) Peanuts

D) Plantain

Answer · why

C) Peanuts

Peanuts, known locally as groundnuts, give domoda its thick sauce, and the same crop was long The Gambia's main export earner.