Nigeria

Question 1

official name

Answer 1

federal republic of nigeria

Question 2

capital city

Answer 2

Abuja

Question 3

independence

Answer 3

1 october 1960

Question 4

declared a republic

Answer 4

1 october 1963

Question 5

president

Answer 5

Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Question 6

flag

Answer 6

green white green vertically

Question 7

fact about population

Answer 7

it is the most populated african state and the 7th most populated country in the world

Question 8

largest ethnic grps in Nigeria

Answer 8

Hausa
Yoruba
Igbo
Fulani

Question 9

what is found here (b)

Answer 9

The longest bridge in Africa- the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State

Question 10

the bridge connects

Answer 10

Lagos Island to the African mainland measuring a distance of 11.8km

Question 11

It is the – largest —…

Answer 11

12th largest producer of crude oil in the world and the 8th largest exporter in the world

Question 12

They also have (reserve)

Answer 12

the 10th largest reserve of petroleum worldwide

Question 13

in what year was an invasion

Answer 13

in 1897, the British invaded the Benin Kingdom, a pre-colonial nation that was located in what is now Southern Nigeria

Question 14

What ended up in museums

Answer 14

thousands of plaques and sculptures, commonly described as the Benin Bronzes, ended up in European and American museums

Question 15

Two of the famous Benin Bronzes

Answer 15

the Ahianwen-Oro artwork

Question 16

the artwork was returned

Answer 16

to their homeland in 2014

Question 17

Returned by who

Answer 17

British citizen, Dr Mark Walker, which led to calls for repatriation of more artefacts

Question 18

Dr Walker had inherited the artwork from

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his great-grandfather who took part in the pillaging of Benin

Question 19

Many of the known Benin Bronzes

Answer 19

Are still on display at the British Museum

Question 20

Nigeria continue to

Answer 20

request the return of its cultural heritage, without success