Q 01/05

Which country borders Uganda to the east?

A) Rwanda

B) Tanzania

C) South Sudan

D) Kenya

Answer · why

D) Kenya

Kenya lies along Uganda's entire eastern border; the DR Congo lies to the west, and Uganda's route to the sea runs east through Kenya's railways and r...

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

Lake Victoria covers about 68,800 square kilometres, making it Africa's largest lake and the world's second-largest freshwater lake by area; Uganda ho...

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

Winston Churchill, then a junior colonial minister, toured the protectorate in 1907 and praised it in his 1908 book 'My African Journey'; the phrase b...

Q 04/05

Which kingdom, whose king is the Kabaka, covers much of southern Uganda including Kampala?

A) Buganda

B) Ankole

C) Bunyoro

D) Toro

Answer · why

A) Buganda

Buganda, the kingdom of the Baganda people, is ruled by the Kabaka; its language, Luganda, is widely spoken, and Britain rewarded its help against Bun...

Q 05/05

In which year did Uganda gain independence from Britain?

A) 1962

B) 1966

C) 1964

D) 1970

Answer · why

A) 1962

Uganda became independent from Britain on 9 October 1962; a year later Kabaka Mutesa II became the new state's ceremonial first president.