Nigeria

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Questions

Looking like quite a heavy carbohydrate, the staple food eba is made from what dried grated cassava flour?

GARRI

Which ex-governor of Hong Kong merged the Northern Nigerian Protectorate and Southern Nigerian Protectorate in 1914, giving Nigeria its modern shape? His 1922 work “The Dual Mandate in British Tropical Africa” discussed indirect rule in Colonial Africa.

LORD LUGARD

Including Nigeria among its members, what does the N in the name of the N-11 group of emerging countries stand for?

NEXT

What name is shared by a dam and the consequential largest man-made lake in Nigeria, also the largest lake entirely within its borders? In 1976 this lake gave its name to Nigeria’s first national park, situated in Niger state in the west.

KAINJI

The Nsukka region archaeological sites of Opi and Lejja that show evidence of iron smelting can be found in which south-eastern state that is known as the ‘Coal City State’ with a namesake capital? It is predominantly home to Igbo people.

ENUGU

Bronze artifacts from Igbo-Ukwu have been found in which south-central state that takes its name from the Anglicisation of the Omambala river? This ‘Light of the nation’ has its capital at Awka.

ANAMBRA

What term is used for the seven Hausa kingdoms such as Daura, Kano and Gobir that were founded according to legend by Bayajidda?

BAKWAI

With the spread of Islam in the 7th century, the area around Nigeria became known as Bilad al Sudan, which means what in Arabic?

LAND OF THE BLACKS

Which Igbo kingdom existed from around the 10th century until 1911 when it lost its sovereignty to the British? Its ruler was known as an ‘eze’ and it is considered to be the founder of Igbo culture.

NRI

Legend has it that which original cultural head of the Igbo people was the son of Gad, who was the son of Joseph? He established a community in the Anambra valley at Aguleri, seen as the cultural heart of the Igbo people.

ERI

According to the traditions of the Yoruba religion, which city was founded on the order of Supreme God Olodumare by Obatala? With a population of over 500,000, is it situated in the south-west of the country in Osun state.

IFE

The third-most populous city in Nigeria is Ibadan, which is also the capital of which south-western state that shares its name with a major power in West Africa over many centuries?

OYO

What name is given to the traditional ruler of Ile-Ife and the spiritual head of the Yoruba people?

OONI

Which Youtube channel founded by TB Joshua in Lagos is the most subscribed Christian missionary channel on the website with over 1 million subscribers?

EMMANUEL TV

Founded by TB Joshua and based in Lagos, what does SCOAN stand for?

(THE) SYNAGOGUE, CHURCH OF ALL NATIONS

Named by the Portuguese, which capital of Cross River State was often described as a huge tourist draw, though it seems that might be a bygone era? Its port on the Bight of Biafra became one of the area’s largest slave trading posts.

CALABAR

Badagry is a city of over 200,000 people situated in which state that is the south-westernmost in Nigeria, bordering the country of Benin?

LAGOS (STATE)

Badagry and Lagos are situated on which body of water, a sub-region of the Atlantic Ocean?

BIGHT OF BENIN

How is the Bight of Biafra better known in Nigeria, named for an island that was a major slaving port?

BIGHT OF BONNY

Benin City was formerly known by what name that was the capital of the Kingdom of Benin, sharing its name with Benin City’s current state?

EDO

An Igbo sub-group that existed from 1690 to 1902, which Confederacy that was situated in south-east Nigeria sounds like a weapon?

ARO

Fulani scholar Usman Dan Fodio founded which Caliphate in 1803 after a jihad which defeated the Hausa kingdoms? Arabic was its official language and by the 1890s it had the largest slave population in the world.

SOKOTO (CALIPHATE)

Ilorin is Nigeria’s 7th largest city and capital of what western state that was a part of the Oyo kingdom, with part of Kainji National Park situated in its north-west?

KWARA

Which Royal Navy officer and abolitionist founded the city of Freetown, with smuggled slaves intercepted by Britain’s West Africa Squadron being taken there to settle?

JOHN CLARKSON

Reigning twice as Oba of Lagos, who was re-installed by the British in 1851, later signing an agreement with them to abolish the slave trade?

AKITOYE

Britain intervened in the Lagos power struggle when they helped Akitoye retake the throne in 1851 at the expense of which pro-slavery Oba of Lagos?

KOSOKO

Previously sold into slavery, which first African Anglican bishop of West Africa prepared a Yoruba grammar and worked on translating the most important Christian religious texts into that language?

SAMUEL CROWTHER

As well as the inevitable Union Jack in the upper left hand corner, what animal featured on the flag of the Lagos Colony?

ELEPHANT

British claims to a West African sphere of influence received recognition at which 1885 conference, seen as a formalisation of the Scramble for Africa?

BERLIN CONFERENCE

A leader of the Royal Niger Company, which Manx administrator is considered analogous to Cecil Rhodes in West Africa, being played by Ian McDiarmid in the 2016 film “The Lost City of Z”?

GEORGE GOLDIE

Defeated by the British in 1903 partly through the intrigues of Lord Frederick Lugard, who was the last independent sultan of the Sokoto Caliphate, fleeing the city to go on a hijra to prepare for the coming of the Mahdi?

MUHAMMADU ATTAHIRU I

What were the years when Muhammadu Buhari had his first term in office as a military head of state, losing his position in a coup conducted by Ibrahim Babangida?

1983 TO 1985

A former governor of Lagos and having a degree in Accounting, who won the 2023 election to succeed Muhammadu Buhari as president, representing the same APC party?

BOLA TINUBU