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

It is home to 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

It is the only place on Earth where two national capitals grew up on opposite banks of a river within sight of each other.

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

Independence day was 15 August 1960; the neighbouring Congo across the river had been Belgian.

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

The larger, formerly Belgian country across the river is Congo-Kinshasa, or the DR Congo.

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

Its neighbours are Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the DR Congo and Angola's Cabinda exclave, plus an Atlantic coastline.