Q 01/05

What is the capital and most populous city of Ghana?

A) Kumasi

B) Accra

C) Tamale

D) Lagos

Answer · why

B) Accra

The wider metropolitan area holds about 4 million people, and the Prime Meridian passes through nearby Tema.

Q 02/05

On 6 March 1957 Ghana became the first colony in sub-Saharan Africa to do what?

A) Hold a general election

B) Achieve sovereignty

C) Join the United Nations

D) Abolish the monarchy

Answer · why

B) Achieve sovereignty

It united the Gold Coast, Ashanti, the Northern Territories and British Togoland as one dominion.

Q 03/05

By what name was Ghana known as a British colony?

A) Ivory Coast

B) Gold Coast

C) Slave Coast

D) Grain Coast

Answer · why

B) Gold Coast

The name Ghana was borrowed from a medieval empire that lay hundreds of kilometres away in the Sahel.

Q 04/05

Who led Ghana to independence and served as its first prime minister and president?

A) J. B. Danquah

B) Jerry Rawlings

C) Kofi Annan

D) Kwame Nkrumah

Answer · why

D) Kwame Nkrumah

He founded the Convention People's Party in 1949 with the motto 'self-government now' and was overthrown in 1966.

Q 05/05

The title Kaya Maghan, held by rulers of the empire Ghana is named after, is thought to mean what?

A) Master of salt

B) Lord of the river

C) King of kings

D) Ruler of gold

Answer · why

D) Ruler of gold

The empire of Wagadu flourished from the 3rd to the 12th centuries far to the north-west of modern Ghana.