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.

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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.

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