Q 01/05

What is the capital of Niger?

A) Niamey

B) Zinder

C) Agadez

D) Maradi

Answer · why

A) Niamey

It sits in the south-west corner of the country on the Niger River.

Q 02/05

Roughly what share of Niger's land lies within the Sahara?

A) About 30%

B) About 50%

C) About 65%

D) Over 80%

Answer · why

D) Over 80%

Most of the 29 million people live in clusters in the south and west.

Q 03/05

Which of these countries does NOT border Niger?

A) Libya

B) Chad

C) Ghana

D) Mali

Answer · why

C) Ghana

The neighbours are Libya, Chad, Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Algeria.

Q 04/05

Niger ranks where in size among African countries?

A) Largest

B) Sixth-largest

C) Tenth-largest

D) Twentieth-largest

Answer · why

B) Sixth-largest

Only Chad is a bigger landlocked country on the continent.

Q 05/05

Niger takes its name from what?

A) A mountain

B) A river

C) A Berber tribe

D) A Latin word for black

Answer · why

B) A river

Linguists agree it does not come from the Latin niger, despite early belief.