Q 01/05

Sierra Leone borders Guinea and which other country?

A) Mali

B) Liberia

C) Senegal

D) Guinea-Bissau

Answer · why

B) Liberia

Liberia's civil war spilled over to ignite Sierra Leone's own conflict in 1991.

Q 02/05

Which British actor was born in London to a Sierra Leonean father and a Ghanaian mother?

A) Chiwetel Ejiofor

B) John Boyega

C) Idris Elba

D) David Oyelowo

Answer · why

C) Idris Elba

Idris Elba: he worked as a DJ under the name Big Driis before The Wire made his name.

Q 03/05

Explorers from which country gave Sierra Leone its name?

A) Spain

B) Portugal

C) France

D) England

Answer · why

B) Portugal

Portugal, not Spain: one very early account traces the name to thunder roaring in the mountains.

Q 04/05

The 1787 settlement founded by the British Crown for London's 'Black Poor' was called what?

A) Liberty Town Colony

B) The Province of Freedom

C) New Albion Settlement

D) Granville Bay Plantation

Answer · why

B) The Province of Freedom

Of the 411 who sailed in April 1787, 96 died on the voyage; the settlement collapsed and Freetown was refounded in 1792.

Q 05/05

Freetown was founded by Black Loyalists who sailed from which Canadian province?

A) Nova Scotia

B) New Brunswick

C) Quebec

D) Ontario

Answer · why

A) Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia: facing racial discrimination there, nearly 1,200 Black Loyalists moved to Sierra Leone in 1792.