Another batch of old questions that I’ve re-written because they were awful. Truly. It was no wonder William Tubman meant nothing to me when he came up the other week. They are still devilishly hard, but should at least be a bit more interesting.
Questions
Removing one letter from the German word for a type of religious building can provide the name for what largest ethnic group of Liberia? Making up around a fifth of the population at over 1 million people, a similar number can also be found in the more populous country of Guinea.
KPELLE
Giving its name to a ‘Grand’ county that has Buchanan as its capital, a place that honours US President James Buchanan’s cousin Thomas, which second largest Liberian ethnic group behind the Kpelle make up the highest proportion of the population in Monrovia?
BASSA
Included in the title of a couple of Pop Will Eat Itself songs, which British subgenre of alternative rock shares its name with a sub-group of the Kru who would often chip their teeth to create an intimidating face, this people mainly being found in Liberia?
GREBO
Having been the 3rd governor of Liberia when he succeeded Thomas Buchanan, who was elected Liberia’s first president in 1848? He had a second spell in charge from 1872 to 1876.
JOSEPH JENKINS ROBERTS
Taking over from the country’s longest serving president William Tubman following his death in 1971, which president of Liberia was killed in a 1980 coup led by Samuel Doe?
WILLIAM TOLBERT
Having a significant influence on the ethnic development of the countries though the exact nature of the events is a bit sketchy, who were the Mandé invaders that brought their warrior-like approach to Sierra Leone and Liberia during the 16th century?
MANE / MANI / MANNEH
Possibly modelled on a syllabary used by the Cherokee, which Mandé people are known for their writing system developed in the first half of the 19th century by Momolu Duwalu Bukele?
VAI
Founded in 1816 by Robert Finley, what does the acronym ACS stand for in an organisation that was involved in sending free people of colour to Liberia?
AMERICAN COLONISATION SOCIETY
Abraham Lincoln described Liberia as a success only in a certain sense, even suggesting that coloured people be transported to which Panamanian province on that country’s western coast, with the name Linconia having been proposed for the colony? The province sits on a namesake gulf where the World Heritage listed Coiba National Park can be found.
CHIRIQUÍ
First coming to power in 1870 when Edward James Roye was elected, which party was the most powerful political entity in Liberia until William Tolbert’s assassination in 1980, having ruled the entire interim period except for 1872 to 1878?
TRUE WHIG PARTY / LIBERIAN WHIG PARTY
Unoriginally named for a political figure, what is the name of Liberia’s international airport in Monrovia?
ROBERTS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Usually known by a two-word French term, which mountainous region in Guinea extends into Sierra Leone and is situated on the border with Liberia? The World Heritage listed Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve makes up part of this natural region.
GUINÉE FORESTIÈRE
Making up part of its border with Côte d’Ivoire and named after a type of horse mackerel, what is the longest river of Liberia?
CAVALLA
Located in the Guinea Highlands, what is the highest point in Liberia? The higher Mount Nimba lies just over the border and only gets the nod as the elevation king for Guinea and Côte d’Ivoire, narrowly missing out on being the only peak to be the highest in three separate countries.
MOUNT WUTEVE
The birthplace of the assassinated William Tolbert, Bensonville in the capital of which Liberian county, the smallest in the country and also home to Monrovia?
MONTSERRADO
Named after a mountain rather than any other potentially suspicious activities, which third most populous county in Liberia’s north has a flag that pays homage to its mining industry?
BONG
Sharing its name with an opera by Handel and a cute creature found in “League of Legends”, what is a secret society for men found in Liberia?
PORO
Adding an accent to the last letter providing the surname of a singer, which Liberian secret society is the female equivalent of poro?
SANDE
In 2012 a film was released based on “Murder in the Cassava Patch”, a 1968 work by which Liberian writer that is seen as an important depiction of his country’s culture?
BAI T MOORE
An African Championships bronze medallist in the 2016 200m, which Liberian athlete narrowly missed out on a place in the final of the 2022 World Athletics Championship 100m, an event where he has a best of under 10 seconds?
EMMANUEL MATADI
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