So they toyed with having a new flag that used Costa Rica’s colour scheme. Who knew?
Questions
Adapted into a not highly rated Netflix series narrated by Jada Pinkett Smith called “African Queens: Njinga”, Nzinga was Queen of which two Ambundu kingdoms? The kings of these two entities held the title of ‘ngola’.
NDONGO & MATAMBA
Which Nigerian-American actress, who also starred as Bilquis in the TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s “American Gods”, will play the role of Queen Nzinga in a Starz series?
YETIDE BADAKI
Also responsible for the Starz TV series “Power”, G-Unit is a production company founded by which famous rapper? “Queen Nzinga” is one of its upcoming shows.
50 CENT
Along with Namibia, DR Congo and Zambia, which other country does Angola border, with one of the four countries only bordering Cabinda?
REPUBLIC OF CONGO (The one that borders Cabinda)
Making up around 37% of Angola’s population, what is the largest ethnic group, mainly speaking Portuguese and Umbundu?
OVIMBUNDU
As well as Portuguese, what language do the second largest ethnic group the Ambundu primarily speak? They make up about 25% of the population.
KIMBUNDU
Who became the 3rd president of Angola when he succeeded José Eduardo dos Santos in 2017? He represents the ever governing MPLA and shares a nickname with an A-list pop-star.
JOÃO LOURENÇO (JLo)
The new Angolan flag that was proposed in 2003 featured what design in the centre, being inspired by the ancestral Tchitundo-Hulo rocks paintings in Angola’s south-western Namibe province?
SUN
The kingdom of Ndongo lay between the Lucala and which other river, Angola’s largest and recognisable for giving ita name to something else?
KWANZA
Attracted by the prospect of the silver mines at Cambambe, Luanda was founded in 1576 by the grandson of which famous explorer, with his descendent also being the country’s first Captain-Governor?
BARTOLOMEU DIAS (He was called Paulo Dias de Novais)
What title was given to the rules of the Kingdom of the Kongo, with a notable example being João I who after converting to Christianity had to abandon it for practical reasons, one such being that his role was elective and those doing the voting would not embrace monogamy?
MANIKONGO
Believed to be one of the earliest cultivated plants, Bantu people introduced what staple crop to the Angolan region that goes by the binomial ‘Colocasia esculenta’, with the genus name coming from the Greek for ‘lotus root’? When grown as an ornamental plant, it is popularly known as ‘elephant ears’.
TARO
Angola established trade routes with the Zimbabwe-based Mutapa empire that existed from 1430 to 1760, with the gold from there leading Europeans to believe that it was the location of the legendary King Solomon’s Mines, which were associated with what land in the Bible?
OPHIR
The leader of the Kongolese civilisation in the 4X video game “Civilisation VI”, which successor to João I wrote long letters in Portuguese to the House of Aviz kings Manuel I and João III?
AFONSO I
What does 4X stand for in the strategy sub-genre that includes the “Civilisation” games, with another example being the “Master of Orion” series?
EXPLORE, EXPLOIT, EXPAND, EXTERMINATE
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