Sudan
Sudan lies in northeastern Africa. This topic is part of Countries within Geography. This page currently draws on 11 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Sudan trivia questions
Sudan is located on which continent?
Answer: Africa
Bonus fact: Sudan lies in northeastern Africa.
What river system flows through Sudan?
Answer: Nile
Bonus fact: The Blue and White Nile meet at Khartoum.
Which city traditionally serves as Sudan's capital?
Answer: Khartoum
Bonus fact: Khartoum lies at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile.
What is the capital of South Sudan?
Answer: Juba
Bonus fact: Juba lies on the White Nile.
South Sudan became independent from Sudan in what year?
Answer: 2011
Bonus fact: South Sudan became the world's newest widely recognized sovereign state in 2011.
Which country is the largest in Africa by land area?
Answer: Algeria
Bonus fact: Algeria became Africa’s largest country by area after South Sudan became independent from Sudan in 2011.
Which two main branches meet at Khartoum?
Answer: White Nile and Blue Nile
Bonus fact: The White and Blue Nile join in Sudan's capital.
The Fashoda Incident was a colonial confrontation between Britain and which country?
Answer: France
Bonus fact: The crisis occurred in 1898 in Sudan.
The military background of "The Four Feathers" is tied most closely to British campaigns in which region?
Answer: Sudan
Bonus fact: The story reflects the late-19th-century Mahdist War and British imperial campaigning in Sudan.
The Mahdist War was fought mainly in which region?
Answer: Sudan
Bonus fact: The conflict began in the 1880s.
The Fashoda Incident took place in what modern country?
Answer: South Sudan
Bonus fact: Fashoda is now called Kodok.