Q 01/05

Somalia occupies the tip of which region, so called because of its shape on the map?

A) The Horn of Africa

B) The Heel of Africa

C) The Cape of Africa

D) The Spur of Africa

Answer · why

A) The Horn of Africa

The peninsula is said to resemble a rhinoceros horn and sits at the mouth of the Bab el Mandeb, the gateway to the Red Sea and Suez.

Q 02/05

Somalia's coastline holds what distinction in Africa?

A) Only one on two oceans

B) Shortest on the mainland

C) Longest on the mainland

D) Only one with no ports

Answer · why

C) Longest on the mainland

It runs more than 3,300 km along the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, which is one reason the country became a piracy hotspot in the 2000s.

Q 03/05

Which small country borders Somalia to the north-west?

A) Burundi

B) Djibouti

C) Eritrea

D) Rwanda

Answer · why

B) Djibouti

Ethiopia lies to the west and Kenya to the south-west. Djibouti voted in a 1958 referendum to stay with France rather than join Somalia.

Q 04/05

Somalia has the largest population of which animal in the world?

A) Camels

B) Goats

C) Ostriches

D) Donkeys

Answer · why

A) Camels

The camel is thought to have been domesticated in the Horn region between the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC, and one theory derives 'Somali' from words me...

Q 05/05

In which year did the former British and Italian territories unite as the Somali Republic?

A) 1970

B) 1963

C) 1966

D) 1960

Answer · why

D) 1960

The British north became independent on 26 June and the Italian south on 1 July, the date now marked as Independence Day.