Q 01/05

What is the capital and largest city of Malawi?

A) Blantyre

B) Lilongwe

C) Mzuzu

D) Zomba

Answer · why

B) Lilongwe

It became capital in 1975, replacing Zomba, though parliament stayed in the old capital until 1994.

Q 02/05

Which city was Malawi's capital until 1975, and before that the colonial capital?

A) Zomba

B) Lilongwe

C) Mangochi

D) Blantyre

Answer · why

A) Zomba

The city in the Shire Highlands is known for its British colonial architecture.

Q 03/05

Malawi's commercial capital, Blantyre, was named after the Scottish birthplace of which explorer?

A) Mungo Park

B) Richard Burton

C) Henry Morton Stanley

D) David Livingstone

Answer · why

D) David Livingstone

The city grew from a Church of Scotland mission founded in 1876 and is now the country's second-largest.

Q 04/05

What does the name Malawi mean in the local languages?

A) Great water

B) Flames

C) Land of the lake

D) Warm heart

Answer · why

B) Flames

Hastings Banda chose the name at independence in 1964; it derives from the Maravi people who arrived around 1400.

Q 05/05

By what affectionate nickname is Malawi widely known?

A) The Pearl of Africa

B) The Rainbow Nation

C) The Land of a Thousand Hills

D) The Warm Heart of Africa

Answer · why

D) The Warm Heart of Africa

It refers to the perceived loving nature of the Malawian people.