To date the only African country I have been to and also the only time I’ve been to a desert.
Questions
Home to a team that won the Cape Verdean Football Championship six times in the 2010s, what is the largest city on the island of São Vicente?
MINDELO (The team is CS Mindelense)
The airport serving the city of Mindelo on Cape Verde’s São Vicente island is named for which 2004 Grammy Award winner who is known as the ‘Queen of Morna’?
CESÁRIA ÉVORA
In which sport did Cape Verde have to withdraw from the 2021 World Championship after they couldn’t field the minimum number of players for their second match after too many of their squad tested positive for Covid? They qualified again in 2023, on that occasion registering a win against Uruguay.
HANDBALL
Mindelo is named after a Portuguese place north of Porto where an important landing took place during a conflict that ended in 1834. Sometimes known as the Portuguese Civil War, War of the Two Brothers or Miguelite War, what other name are these wars known by, this coming from the name of the faction that fought against the Miguelites?
LIBERAL WARS
Made up of western and eastern parts, what name is given to the northern group of islands in Cape Verde that includes São Vicente, Sal and Boa Vista? Their name is a Portuguese term that means ‘windward’.
BARLAVENTO (ISLANDS)
Each represented by a star on the country’s flag, how many main islands make up the archipelago of Cabo Verde?
TEN
Helping to determine the vertical direction, which object dangled from a piece of string that consists of a weight with a pointed tip at the bottom can be found at the top of Cape Verde’s emblem? Builders and decorators are among those who might it useful.
PLUMB BOB
“Esta É a Nossa Pátria Bem Amada” was replaced by “Cântico da Liberdade” as Cape Verde’s national anthem in 1996, but which other country still uses it? The lyrics were written by Amílcar Cabral, an independence leader who was born within its modern day borders.
GUINEA-BISSAU
Elected as president in 2021, which Cape Verdean politician had a long spell as Prime Minister from 2001 to 2016? He represents the PAICV, a former Marxist-Leninist Party with a longer name that translates as African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde.
JOSÉ MARIA NEVES
The Cape Verdean escudo is represented by a dollar sign with two strokes that is known by what Portuguese term? It was formerly used with Portugal’s escudo before that country moved to the Euro.
CIFRÃO
Sharing its name with the country’s fourth largest island on which it can be found, what is the highest point on Cape Verde?
(PICO DE) FOGO
Appealing to hikers as it features mountainous terrain and stunning scenery such as the Ribeira da Garça, which largest of the Barlavento Islands lies to the north-west of São Vicente?
SANTO ANTÃO
Super sunny Sal is a Cabo Verdean tourist hotspot that has its largest settlement named after the Portuguese word for which vegetable? The ‘squarrosus’ version of this plant is endemic to the country and finds use in traditional medicine.
ASPARAGUS (It’s called Espargos)
One of the largest settlements in Cape Verde, Assomada can be found on which of its islands, the largest within the Sotavento grouping?
SANTIAGO
Previously known as Ribeira Grande, what is the two word name of the settlement on the south coast of Santiago that became Cape Verde’s first World Heritage Site in 2009? A colonial site set up in the tropics, the 15th century Nossa Senhora do Rosário church was built there and is still standing.
CIDADE VELHA
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