Q 01/05

What is the capital and largest city of Kenya?

A) Kisumu

B) Mombasa

C) Nairobi

D) Nakuru

Answer · why

C) Nairobi

Its name comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, "place of cool waters", and it is nicknamed the Green City under the Sun.

Q 02/05

Kenya's capital is the only capital city in the world to contain what within its boundaries?

A) A glacier

B) An active volcano

C) A coral reef

D) A national park

Answer · why

D) A national park

The park was established in 1946 about 7 km from the city centre, with an open southern boundary for migrating wildlife.

Q 03/05

Which port city is Kenya's second-largest and oldest?

A) Lamu

B) Mombasa

C) Kilifi

D) Malindi

Answer · why

B) Mombasa

It sits on an island and served as capital of the British East Africa Protectorate from 1889 to 1907.

Q 04/05

Kenya's highest peak, Batian, rises to what height?

A) 4,985 m

B) 4,565 m

C) 4,795 m

D) 5,199 m

Answer · why

D) 5,199 m

That makes it the second-highest mountain in Africa; the summit sits just 16.5 km south of the equator.

Q 05/05

In 1920 the East Africa Protectorate became a colony renamed after what?

A) Its highest mountain

B) A British governor

C) Its longest river

D) A Maasai chief

Answer · why

A) Its highest mountain

Kikuyu speakers call the peak Kĩrĩnyaga, "the mountain with brightness".