Q 01/05

What is the capital and largest city of Mali?

A) Bamako

B) Timbuktu

C) Gao

D) Mopti

Answer · why

A) Bamako

It sits on the Niger River and has more than four million residents.

Q 02/05

What currency does Mali use?

A) Malian dinar

B) Malian franc

C) Sahel shilling

D) CFA franc

Answer · why

D) CFA franc

It is issued by the Central Bank of West African States, giving Mali low inflation but little monetary control.

Q 03/05

Which two great rivers flow through southern Mali?

A) The Congo and the Volta

B) The Nile and the Niger

C) The Niger and the Senegal

D) The Gambia and the Benue

Answer · why

C) The Niger and the Senegal

Seasonal flooding of the larger of the two creates the Inner Niger Delta.

Q 04/05

Which country borders Mali to the north?

A) Libya

B) Algeria

C) Morocco

D) Chad

Answer · why

B) Algeria

Mali touches seven countries in all, from Algeria round to Mauritania.

Q 05/05

Mali ranks where in size among African countries?

A) Third-largest

B) Eighth-largest

C) Fifteenth-largest

D) Largest

Answer · why

B) Eighth-largest

At 1.24 million square kilometres it is the 23rd or 24th largest country in the world.