Kenya
Nairobi is Kenya's capital and largest city. This topic is part of Countries within Geography. This page currently draws on 12 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Kenya trivia questions
What is the capital of Kenya?
Answer: Nairobi
Bonus fact: Nairobi is Kenya's capital and largest city.
Kenya lies on the coast of which ocean?
Answer: Indian Ocean
Bonus fact: Mombasa is a major Indian Ocean port.
Which imaginary line passes through Kenya?
Answer: Equator
Bonus fact: Kenya straddles the equator.
Uganda shares much of which huge lake with Kenya and Tanzania?
Answer: Lake Victoria
Bonus fact: Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake by area.
Mount Kenya is located in which country?
Answer: Kenya
Bonus fact: Mount Kenya is near the equator.
Mount Kenya is the second-highest mountain in Africa after what?
Answer: Kilimanjaro
Bonus fact: Kilimanjaro is Africa's highest peak.
Mount Kenya is what type of mountain?
Answer: Extinct volcano
Bonus fact: Its deeply eroded peaks are remnants of a large stratovolcano.
Lake Victoria is shared mainly by Uganda, Kenya, and which country?
Answer: Tanzania
Bonus fact: Tanzania has the largest share of the lake.
Kenya gained independence from which country?
Answer: Britain
Bonus fact: Kenya became independent in 1963.
Who became Kenya's first prime minister and later first president?
Answer: Jomo Kenyatta
Bonus fact: Kenyatta became the dominant independence-era leader.
Which continent contains Kenya?
Answer: Africa
Bonus fact: Kenya lies in East Africa.
Mount Kilimanjaro is located in which country?
Answer: Tanzania
Bonus fact: Mount Kilimanjaro is in northeastern Tanzania near the border with Kenya.