Q 01/05

Which city has been the official capital of Ivory Coast since 1983?

A) San-Pédro

B) Yamoussoukro

C) Bouaké

D) Grand-Bassam

Answer · why

B) Yamoussoukro

Yamoussoukro was named the capital in 1983, but the transfer went so slowly that most of the government stayed put in the old capital on the coast.

Q 02/05

Which port city is Ivory Coast's largest city and economic centre?

A) Sassandra

B) San-Pédro

C) Abidjan

D) Grand-Bassam

Answer · why

C) Abidjan

Abidjan was cut off from the sea by a sandbar until a canal opened its lagoon to ocean ships, and it soon became the main port and financial centre of...

Q 03/05

As of 2023, Ivory Coast was the world's largest exporter of which commodity?

A) Palm oil

B) Coffee beans

C) Rubber

D) Cocoa beans

Answer · why

D) Cocoa beans

Cocoa beans have come at a cost: most of the country's forest has been cleared within living memory, with cocoa plantations the leading cause.

Q 04/05

Which Ivorian midfielder was named African Footballer of the Year four years running, from 2011 to 2014?

A) Yaya Touré

B) Kolo Touré

C) Gervinho

D) Didier Zokora

Answer · why

A) Yaya Touré

Yaya Touré won all four while at Manchester City, where his goals from midfield helped the club end a 44-year wait for the English league title in 201...

Q 05/05

In the 1970s Ivory Coast overtook which neighbour as the world's top grower of its main crop?

A) Nigeria

B) Ghana

C) Cameroon

D) Liberia

Answer · why

B) Ghana

Ghana had long led the world, but its harvests fell sharply in the 1970s as ageing, diseased trees and low prices paid to farmers took their toll, and...