Q 01/05

Senegal almost completely surrounds which small country?

A) Guinea-Bissau

B) The Gambia

C) Cape Verde

D) Mauritania

Answer · why

B) The Gambia

The Gambia is a narrow strip along its river, cutting the south off from the rest of Senegal; the two briefly formed a nominal confederation in 1982-8...

Q 02/05

Senegal is the westernmost country of which landmass?

A) The Sahel

B) Mainland Afro-Eurasia

C) The Maghreb

D) The Gulf of Guinea coast

Answer · why

B) Mainland Afro-Eurasia

The Pointe des Almadies on the Cap-Vert peninsula is the westernmost point of continental Africa; Cape Verde lies 560 km offshore.

Q 03/05

What is the capital and largest city of Senegal?

A) Saint-Louis

B) Dakar

C) Touba

D) Thies

Answer · why

B) Dakar

It sits on the Cap-Vert peninsula with over two million people; the second city, Touba, is legally a 'rural community'.

Q 04/05

The country takes its name from which waterway?

A) The Gambia River

B) The Senegal River

C) The Casamance River

D) The Niger River

Answer · why

B) The Senegal River

It forms the border with Mauritania; the name may come from the Zenaga Berbers or the Wolof phrase 'sunuu gaal', 'our canoe'.

Q 05/05

Which language is Senegal's lingua franca, spoken by roughly four in five people?

A) French

B) Wolof

C) Pulaar

D) Serer

Answer · why

B) Wolof

French is official but understood by only about a quarter of people; over 30 languages are spoken in all.