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Sharks Videos Past Question Bank Flashcards

1
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The famous Ghanaian Author, poet, playwright and academic was also a minister of education in Ghana under the Jerry Rawlings administration. She is the author of the book: dilemma of a ghost and changes.

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Ama Ata Aidoo

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This diplomat is the only Ghanaian Nobel Laureate, winning the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize and serves
as the chairman of The Elders, an international organization founded by Nelson Mandela. He also
served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1997 to December 2006.

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Kofi Annan

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Ghana gained its independence on March 6, 1957. In which year did The
Queen officially no longer represent as the head of state of the country?

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1960

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This Ghanaian football captain is credited as the all-time highest scoring
player of the Black Stars and famous for his missed penalty against Uruguay
at the 2010 World Cup held in South Africa

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Asamoah Gyan

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Which arm of government is responsible for implementing government
policies and programs

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The Executive

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Who is Ghanas longest serving First Lady?

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Nana Konadu Agyemang - Rawlings

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Established in 1997, which private TV station changed the independent television landscape and has the slogan First in News, Best in Entertainment

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TV3

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Which popular Accra Town hosts the internationally acclaimed Arts Festival known as Chalewote

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James Town

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In December 2015, who stepped down as Minister of Transport after the infamous Smarty’s Bus Branding Scandal?

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Dzifa Attivor

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The longest serving President of the Republic, this former head of state oversaw the peaceful transition from a military regime to a democracy.

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Jerry John Rawlings

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“It is Possible” Is the biography of which person, a famous media personality who is CEO of the ElB group

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Kwabena Adisi (/Bola Ray)

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The arm of government which concerns itself with making laws for the country is the …..

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Legislature (parliament)

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This player captained the Ghana Under 21 Team (the Black Satellites) to it’s first World Cup trophy in 2009.

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Andre Ayew

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Which Ghanaian patriot is credited for the saying: “If you educate a man you educate an individual but if you educate a woman you educate a whole nation”.

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Dr. James Emmanuel Kwegyir Aggrey

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This Park is located on the coast of southern Ghana and protects an area of rainforest, home to endangered mammals such as forest elephants, bongo antelopes and rich in butterflies and birds.

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Kakum National Park

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What is the minimum age, According to Chapter 8, Article 62 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana, that one can aspire to be a President?

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40 years

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Laying along the Greenwich meridian, and just six degrees of latitude north of the Equator, this man-made lake is one of the world’s largest at 250 miles long and covers 3,283 square miles, or 3.6 percent of Ghana’s area.

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Lake Volta

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This open air market in Kumasi is the largest single market in West Africa with over 45000 stores and stalls

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Kejetia market

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This National park is located in northwest Ghana on grassland savanna and riparian
ecosystems at an elevation of 150 m, with it’s entrance reached through the nearby town
of Larabanga . Name Ghana’s largest wildlife refuge

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Mole National park

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This cloth is the traditional garment worn by Akans and the Kingdom of
Ashanti royalty. The Ewe people especially those from Agortime-Kpetoe of
Ghana also have this cloth as their traditional cloth

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Kente

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This festival is a cultural event with the intention of increasing the notion of Pan-Africanism and African development. It consists of the festival itself as well as the celebration surrounding Emancipation Day. It primarily takes place in two cities. Elmina and Cape Coast, which were the largest slave-trading forts in the nation. Name this Festival

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PANAFEST

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The daughter of a former President, she is currently an MP for the Klottey Korle Constituency

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Zanetor Rawlings

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Nominated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000, this village overlooks the Lake Tadane, roughly 90 km west of Takoradi and is entirely made up of stilts and platforms. Name this major tourist attraction area

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Nzulezo (/nzulezu)

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This Ghanaian architect was knighted in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to architecture. Some of his works include the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, the Nobel Peace Centre in Oslo and the Skolkovo Moscow School of Management, completed in 2010

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David Adjaye

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In 1974, this Ghanaian became the first Ghanaian full professor of mathematics and head of the
Department of Mathematics at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. He has a “formalism” named after him from his work with soft X-ray spectroscopy

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Professor Francis Allotey

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This festival is celebrated in the Dagomba lunar month, corresponding to the third month of the Islamic calendar, Rabia al-Awwal by the chiefs and peoples of Nalerigu Tamale and Wa in the Northern region and Upper West

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Damba festival

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This 28 year old dental surgeon is famous for coming in third in the Miss World 2013 competition. She also won the Miss World Africa 2013 title and was crowned Miss Ghana 2012

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Carranzar Naa Okailey Shooter

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This fort, built by the Dutch, served both as a prison and a place for sending slaves unto ships. Some famous prisoners it has housed include the first president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah and J.H.
Mensah, a former senior minister under the Kufour government. It currently serves as a museum

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Ussher fort

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A well-known English academic, she’s a former Minister of Education who previously was the first female vice chancellor of the University of Cape Coast

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Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang

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30
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This industry was started in 1942 by the late Mrs. Esther Ocloo to create employment for herself after leaving Achimota School. It has become a household name in food processing in Ghana with flagship
products such as jam and marmalade, palm soup base and bottled palm wine

A

Nkulenu

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This institution is known as the lender of last resort in Ghana. It is also responsible
for transmitting the Government’s monetary policy and is in charge of regulating all financial institutions

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The bank of Ghana

32
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In which year did Accra replace Cape Coast as

the capital of Ghana?

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1877

33
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Born on 1 February 1969, she is the current chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, first female to serve in this office since the independence of Ghana. Before her appointment she was the chairperson of the National Commission for Civic Education

A

Charlotte Kesson-Smith Osei

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Named as one of the 100 most influential Africans of 2013 by New African magazine, which Ghanaian journalist worked for BBC World News, was the main presenter of its programme Focus
on Africa and passed on in January 2014

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Komla Dumor

35
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Often referred to as the “Bread Basket of Ghana, People in this region are principally farmers and raise important cash crops such as cocoa, cassava, yams and maize in addition to a variety of fruits. It rains about 9 months during the year in this region

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Brong Ahafo region

36
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Who performed the first open-heart surgery in Ghana using the heart-lung-machine?

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Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng

37
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When the President and Vice President are both out of the country, who acts as the President of the Republic?

A

Speaker of parliament

38
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This Court has original jurisdiction over all matters, criminal and civil and also responsible for enforcing the Fundamental Human Rights and Freedoms guaranteed by the constitution. Name This Court

A

High court

39
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Question: Hailed by former US president Barack Obama in his 2009 visit to Ghana, what famous Ghanaian investigative journalist is also the CEO of Tiger Eye Private Investigations?

A

Anas Amereyaw Anas

40
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Which African Country made Osagyefo Dr. Kwame

Nkrumah an honorary co-President?

A

Guinea

41
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Who is the current Chief Justice of Ghana and has been a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ghana since 1995

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Sophia Akuffor (outdated it’s now Anin- yeboah)

42
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What former Burkinabe military captain, famous for his strides in pan-Africanism and Marxist revolution was assassinated on October 15, 1987 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso?

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Thomas sankara

43
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Beneath the Supreme Court is this Court, which serves as the appellate body for all of Ghana’s High Courts, Regional Tribunals and Circuit Courts. It has no original jurisdiction; it only deals with hearing cases that have already been heard by another court

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Appeal court

44
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Known as one of the foremost investigative journalists and a staunch anti-corruption crusader, what
prominent Ghanaian journalist born in Bongo in the Upper East Region of Ghana was described by
Rev Dr. Mensa Otabil as a ‘treasure’ to Ghana?

A

Manasseh Azure

45
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Question: Born in the late 1600’s in Awukugua-Akuapim in the Eastern region of Ghana, what fetish priest became famous for conjuring a golden stool from the sky?

A

Okomfo Anokye

46
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Known as Kompa Nazi in the islands of Curaçao, Aruba, and Bonaire, which famous character known in folklore for his cunningness and ability to take the shape of man and spider originated from the Akan people of present day Ghana?

A

Kweku Ananse

47
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According to Child labor laws, What is the minimum age for engagement of persons in hazardous work

A

18

48
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What Ghanaian musician and composer born in 1904 in Vodza in the Volta Region, was instrumental in the establishment of the Arts Council of Ghana, was Director of Music and conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra and composed the national anthem?

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Phillip Gbeho

49
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This body was set up in 1973 to establish and promote standards for the manufacturing of high quality goods and services in Ghana?

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GSA - Ghana standards authority

50
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The President is the Head of the Executive. He is also the 'Head of State and Head Of Government
and Commander in-Chief of the ....
a) Judiciary
b) Parliament
c) legislature
d) armed forces
A

d

51
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What ace Ghanaian presenter was the host of Joy Fm’s super morning show and later presenter of BBC’s focus on Africa before his death in 2014?

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52
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Which National body is responsible for safeguarding the internal and external security of Ghana
and to ensure the integration of domestic, foreign and security policy to allow the security services
and other government departments to cooperate on matters of national security?

A

National security council

53
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What Ghanaian film-maker and director born in 1941 is known for the critically acclaimed movie “Love Brewed in the African Pot” in 1980?

A

Kwaw Ansah

54
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In what year was the redenomination of the Ghana Cedi done?

A

2007

55
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A winner of the prestigious International Women’s Forum Leadership Foundation Fellowship in
2011, who has been the Quiz Mistress of the Ghana National Maths and Science Quiz programme
since 2006?

A

Dr Elsie Effah Kaufmann

56
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The only Ghanaian president ever named honorary co-president of another country, which former
Ghanaian head of state pushed the agenda of Pan-Africanism and helped Ghana achieve independence?

A

Kwame Nkrumah

57
Q

Which prominent twin waterfall in Ghana located in Manya Krobo in the Eastern Region
of Ghana is referred to as male and female?

A

Boti Falls

58
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What is the full name of the body … EOCO

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Economic and Organized Crime Office

59
Q

When was the university of Ghana built

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1948

60
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Which year did Rwanda gain independence

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1962

61
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Guans are said to have migrated from

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62
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Which century was the fante confederacy formed?

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63
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Capital of the old ghana empire

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Kombisale

64
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Organisation in ghana that supports poor households

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Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty Program (LEAP)

65
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I was built by the Chinese and was gifted to ghana and located in the victoriana district and I am used for social events

A

National Theatre

66
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Minister of interior

A

Ambrose dery

67
Q

Largest tree

A

Aprokumase

68
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Born and died on 24th May…contested the 1992 constitution

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Professor Albert Adu Boahen

69
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Which Ghanaian educationist won the wise price for 2017

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Dr Patrick Awuah Jnr

70
Q

Group of islands

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Archipelago

71
Q

The ground substance of cytoplasm is called

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Hyaloplasm

72
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The substance on the outside of the math box is

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Red phosphorus

73
Q

When pure sulphur is burnt in oxygen with a flame the colour is

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Bright blue

74
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The Accra International Airport was named after

A

Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka

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