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

It rises in Ethiopia and runs nearly 800 km through Sudan. One folk etymology says 'Khartoum' means 'elephant's trunk', after the strip of land betwee...

Q 02/05

Which country lies directly north of Sudan?

A) Libya

B) Egypt

C) Eritrea

D) Chad

Answer · why

B) Egypt

Lake Nubia straddles the border. Egypt ruled Sudan in the 19th century and shared sovereignty with Britain from 1899 to 1956.

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 853 km coast includes Port Sudan, the outlet for South Sudan's oil pipeline and the country's main harbour.

Q 04/05

Sudan was the largest country in Africa until which event in 2011?

A) Flooding of Lake Nubia

B) Loss of Darfur

C) Secession of the south

D) Border deal with Egypt

Answer · why

C) Secession of the south

It is now third, behind Algeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and lost about three-quarters of its oilfields in the split.

Q 05/05

In which year did Sudan become independent?

A) 1963

B) 1960

C) 1969

D) 1956

Answer · why

D) 1956

The Egyptian and British flags came down on 1 January and prime minister Ismail al-Azhari raised a new blue, yellow and green tricolour.