Q 01/05

What is the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo?

A) Libreville

B) Kinshasa

C) Pointe-Noire

D) Brazzaville

Answer · why

D) Brazzaville

Brazzaville, on the north bank of the Congo River, holds more than a third of the national population and was named a UNESCO City of Music in 2013.

Q 02/05

The Congolese capital sits directly across the Congo River from which other national capital?

A) Bangui

B) Kinshasa

C) Luanda

D) Yaoundé

Answer · why

B) Kinshasa

Kinshasa, capital of the DR Congo, faces Brazzaville across the Congo River; they are the world's closest pair of national capitals after Rome and Vat...

Q 03/05

The Republic of the Congo gained full independence from which colonial power in 1960?

A) France

B) Portugal

C) Belgium

D) Germany

Answer · why

A) France

France granted the Republic of the Congo independence on 15 August 1960; the neighbouring Congo across the river had been a Belgian colony.

Q 04/05

By what nickname is the country commonly distinguished from its larger neighbour across the river?

A) Congo-Brazzaville

B) Congo-Kinshasa

C) Congo-Léopoldville

D) Congo-Libreville

Answer · why

A) Congo-Brazzaville

Congo-Brazzaville, after its capital, sets the smaller republic apart from the far larger Democratic Republic of the Congo across the river, which is ...

Q 05/05

Which country does NOT share a land border with the Republic of the Congo?

A) Nigeria

B) Cameroon

C) Central African Republic

D) Gabon

Answer · why

A) Nigeria

Nigeria lies beyond Cameroon to the north-west; the republic's actual neighbours are Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the DR Congo and A...