Q 01/05

The river that joins the White Nile at Sudan's capital is named after which colour?

A) Green

B) Red

C) Black

D) Blue

Answer · why

D) Blue

The Blue Nile meets the White Nile at Khartoum, a name often said to mean 'elephant's trunk', after the spit of land between the two rivers.

Q 02/05

Which country borders Sudan to the west, along the edge of Darfur?

A) Niger

B) Mali

C) Chad

D) Nigeria

Answer · why

C) Chad

Chad shares a long desert border with Darfur, and hundreds of thousands of people fled across it to refugee camps after war broke out there in 2003.

Q 03/05

Sudan's coastline lies on which body of water?

A) The Red Sea

B) The Indian Ocean

C) The Gulf of Aden

D) The Mediterranean

Answer · why

A) The Red Sea

The Red Sea coast holds Port Sudan, the main harbour, built between 1905 and 1909 to replace the old coral-choked port of Suakin.

Q 04/05

Ful medames, widely eaten in Sudan, is a stew made from which ingredient?

A) Lentils

B) Fava beans

C) Chickpeas

D) Sorghum

Answer · why

B) Fava beans

Fava beans are stewed and dressed with oil in a dish that came south from Egypt and became a standard Sudanese breakfast.

Q 05/05

Sudan won independence a year before which West African country?

A) Nigeria

B) Guinea

C) Senegal

D) Ghana

Answer · why

D) Ghana

Ghana's independence in March 1957 is usually called the first south of the Sahara, yet Sudan raised its own flag on 1 January 1956, months after an a...