Q 01/05

Nairobi lies just south of which imaginary line, which crosses Kenya?

A) The Equator

B) The Tropic of Cancer

C) The Prime Meridian

D) The International Date Line

Answer · why

A) The Equator

The Equator crosses Kenya north of the capital, yet Nairobi is no steamy tropical city: its setting high in the highlands keeps the days mild and the ...

Q 02/05

From which people's language does the name Nairobi come?

A) Swahili

B) Maasai

C) Luo

D) Kikuyu

Answer · why

B) Maasai

Maasai speakers called the place Enkare Nairobi, 'cold water', for the stream and water hole there, and the railway camp pitched beside it in the 1890...

Q 03/05

Nairobi is famous among capital cities for having what on its doorstep, in sight of its skyscrapers?

A) A soda lake

B) A coral reef

C) A national park

D) An active volcano

Answer · why

C) A national park

A national park begins a few kilometres from the city centre, fenced on three sides and left open to the south so that herds can still migrate, while ...

Q 04/05

Nairobi began in the 1890s as a supply depot on which colonial railway?

A) Tanganyika Railway

B) Benguela Railway

C) Cape to Cairo Railway

D) Uganda Railway

Answer · why

D) Uganda Railway

The Uganda Railway took its name from its goal, not its route: the original line ran from the Indian Ocean to Lake Victoria, all of it in what is now ...

Q 05/05

In 1989 Kenya's president set fire to twelve tons of what on the edge of Nairobi?

A) Ivory

B) Rhino horn

C) Illegal firearms

D) Leopard skins

Answer · why

A) Ivory

Ivory, a whole stockpile of it, went up in a blaze that made headlines around the world and recast Kenya as a champion of wildlife; far bigger pyres h...