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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.
Ama Ata Aidoo
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.
Kofi Annan
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Queen officially no longer represent as the head of state of the country?
1960
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
Asamoah Gyan
Which arm of government is responsible for implementing government
policies and programs
The Executive
Who is Ghanas longest serving First Lady?
Nana Konadu Agyemang - Rawlings
Established in 1997, which private TV station changed the independent television landscape and has the slogan First in News, Best in Entertainment
TV3
Which popular Accra Town hosts the internationally acclaimed Arts Festival known as Chalewote
James Town
In December 2015, who stepped down as Minister of Transport after the infamous Smarty’s Bus Branding Scandal?
Dzifa Attivor
The longest serving President of the Republic, this former head of state oversaw the peaceful transition from a military regime to a democracy.
Jerry John Rawlings
“It is Possible” Is the biography of which person, a famous media personality who is CEO of the ElB group
Kwabena Adisi (/Bola Ray)
The arm of government which concerns itself with making laws for the country is the …..
Legislature (parliament)
This player captained the Ghana Under 21 Team (the Black Satellites) to it’s first World Cup trophy in 2009.
Andre Ayew
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”.
Dr. James Emmanuel Kwegyir Aggrey
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.
Kakum National Park
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?
40 years
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.
Lake Volta
This open air market in Kumasi is the largest single market in West Africa with over 45000 stores and stalls
Kejetia market
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
Mole National park
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
Kente
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
PANAFEST
The daughter of a former President, she is currently an MP for the Klottey Korle Constituency
Zanetor Rawlings
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
Nzulezo (/nzulezu)
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
David Adjaye
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
Professor Francis Allotey
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
Damba festival
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
Carranzar Naa Okailey Shooter
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
Ussher fort
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
Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang
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
Nkulenu
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
The bank of Ghana
In which year did Accra replace Cape Coast as
the capital of Ghana?
1877
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
Charlotte Kesson-Smith Osei
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
Komla Dumor
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
Brong Ahafo region
Who performed the first open-heart surgery in Ghana using the heart-lung-machine?
Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng
When the President and Vice President are both out of the country, who acts as the President of the Republic?
Speaker of parliament
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
High court
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?
Anas Amereyaw Anas
Which African Country made Osagyefo Dr. Kwame
Nkrumah an honorary co-President?
Guinea
Who is the current Chief Justice of Ghana and has been a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ghana since 1995
Sophia Akuffor (outdated it’s now Anin- yeboah)
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?
Thomas sankara
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
Appeal court
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?
Manasseh Azure
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?
Okomfo Anokye
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?
Kweku Ananse
According to Child labor laws, What is the minimum age for engagement of persons in hazardous work
18
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?
Phillip Gbeho
This body was set up in 1973 to establish and promote standards for the manufacturing of high quality goods and services in Ghana?
GSA - Ghana standards authority
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
d
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?
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?
National security council
What Ghanaian film-maker and director born in 1941 is known for the critically acclaimed movie “Love Brewed in the African Pot” in 1980?
Kwaw Ansah
In what year was the redenomination of the Ghana Cedi done?
2007
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?
Dr Elsie Effah Kaufmann
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?
Kwame Nkrumah
Which prominent twin waterfall in Ghana located in Manya Krobo in the Eastern Region
of Ghana is referred to as male and female?
Boti Falls
What is the full name of the body … EOCO
Economic and Organized Crime Office
When was the university of Ghana built
1948
Which year did Rwanda gain independence
1962
Guans are said to have migrated from
Which century was the fante confederacy formed?
Capital of the old ghana empire
Kombisale
Organisation in ghana that supports poor households
Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty Program (LEAP)
I was built by the Chinese and was gifted to ghana and located in the victoriana district and I am used for social events
National Theatre
Minister of interior
Ambrose dery
Largest tree
Aprokumase
Born and died on 24th May…contested the 1992 constitution
Professor Albert Adu Boahen
Which Ghanaian educationist won the wise price for 2017
Dr Patrick Awuah Jnr
Group of islands
Archipelago
The ground substance of cytoplasm is called
Hyaloplasm
The substance on the outside of the math box is
Red phosphorus
When pure sulphur is burnt in oxygen with a flame the colour is
Bright blue
The Accra International Airport was named after
Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka
