Q 01/05

The great wildebeest migration crosses into Kenya's Maasai Mara from which neighboring country?

A) Uganda

B) Ethiopia

C) Tanzania

D) Somalia

Answer · why

C) Tanzania

Tanzania's Serengeti herds loop north into the Maasai Mara each year, following fresh grazing.

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 lake forms part of Kenya's western border?

A) Lake Tanganyika

B) Lake Victoria

C) Lake Malawi

D) Lake Chad

Answer · why

B) Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria is where explorer John Hanning Speke believed he had found the Nile's origin, a claim that set off a bitter feud with Richard Burton.

Q 04/05

Mount Kenya, crowned by Kenya's highest peak, Batian, is Africa's second-highest mountain after which?

A) Mount Stanley

B) Kilimanjaro

C) Mount Meru

D) Ras Dashen

Answer · why

B) Kilimanjaro

Kilimanjaro stands taller, but Mount Kenya matters more at home: its forested slopes feed many of the rivers that supply Kenya's water.

Q 05/05

Which famous imaginary line runs through Kenya?

A) The Tropic of Capricorn

B) The equator

C) The Tropic of Cancer

D) The Prime Meridian

Answer · why

B) The equator

The equator runs through Kenya, yet the country's highest peaks are cold enough to stay snow-capped.