Q 01/05

Which country borders Uganda to the east?

A) Rwanda

B) Tanzania

C) South Sudan

D) Kenya

Answer · why

D) Kenya

South Sudan lies to the north, the DR Congo to the west, Rwanda to the south-west and Tanzania to the south. Uganda's sea trade runs through Kenya to ...

Q 02/05

Uganda shares which lake, the world's second-largest freshwater lake, with two neighbours?

A) Tanganyika

B) Turkana

C) Victoria

D) Malawi

Answer · why

C) Victoria

The Victoria Nile flows out of it at Jinja, through Lake Kyoga and Lake Albert, then north into South Sudan.

Q 03/05

Which British statesman visited in 1907 and dubbed Uganda the 'Pearl of Africa'?

A) Cecil Rhodes

B) Winston Churchill

C) David Lloyd George

D) Lord Kitchener

Answer · why

B) Winston Churchill

The phrase from his book 'My African Journey' is still the national tourism slogan.

Q 04/05

Uganda takes its name from which kingdom, which still covers much of the south including the capital?

A) Buganda

B) Ankole

C) Bunyoro

D) Toro

Answer · why

A) Buganda

Its king is the Kabaka and its language, Luganda, is widely spoken. Britain sided with it against Bunyoro and rewarded it with half of Bunyoro's land.

Q 05/05

In which year did Uganda gain independence from Britain?

A) 1962

B) 1966

C) 1964

D) 1970

Answer · why

A) 1962

Independence Day is 9 October.