Ugandan Utopia Trivia Quiz

Answer: Five

Uganda has borders with five countries. South Sudan on the north, Kenya on the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the west, Rwanda on the southwest, and Tanzania on the south.

Answer: Idi Amin

Idi Amin took power in 1971 after a military coup. Once in power, approximately 80,000 Asian people living in the country were deported. Their businesses were a major part of a weak economy, which further destroyed it. Throughout his rule, many Ugandans who opposed him were murdered. Different reports place the number of deaths during his reign from as low as 80,000 to as high as 500,000.

In 1979, Tanzanian forces along with Ugandan exiles overthrew Amin and power reverted to Milton Obote. In 1966, Milton Obote was prime minister and he then overthrew the constitution and declared himself president, ousting then president Edward Muteesa II.

This began a cycle of coups which lasted until the 1980's, one of which was Idi Amin taking power from Obote.

Answer: Entebbe

Early on July 4, 1976, an Airbus A300 carrying 248 people from Athens to Paris was hijacked and flown to Entebbe. At Entebbe, all the non-Jewish and non-Israeli hostages were released and the hijackers threatened to kill the remaining hostages if the demands were not met. Israel secretly sent 29 commandos to rescue the hostages during the night.

In all, one Israeli commando was killed, 45 Ugandan troops were killed, and three hostages were killed.

Answer: Great Britain

On October 9, 1962, Uganda gained its independence from Great Britain after the British had established themselves in the area in 1888.

Answer: President

The president is the head of state and government, and appoints a prime minister to help him in his tasks. Uganda does not have a king and the Althing is the name of the parliament of Iceland.

Answer: Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria is the largest lake on the African continent, the world's largest tropical lake, and the world's second largest freshwater lake. Lake Tanganyika and Lake Nyasa are other lakes in Africa's Rift Valley System and Lake Nasser is an artificial lake formed by the Aswan High Dam.

Answer: False

Lake Albert is Uganda's lowest point at 621 meters. It is Africa's seventh biggest lake and was discovered in 1864 by Samuel Baker. The lake was named for the recent death of Prince Albert, consort to Queen Victoria of England.

Answer: Coffee

Agriculture accounts for 80% of Uganda's income source, with the majority of that coming from exporting coffee.

Answer: Lord's Resistance Army

The Lord's Resistance Army is a rebel group founded in 1987 and ruled by Joseph Koney. The group has been blamed for numerous human rights abuses. Major combat operations began in 1991 when the Ugandan government launched "Operation North", an attack against the LRA.

At first, the government encouraged local villages to protect themselves with bows and arrows, however, the LRA possessed modern weapons, and that plan quickly failed.

Answer: False

Actually, Uganda is one of the few African countries that is aware and doing something about the AIDS epidemic. The government is working hard to provide AIDS information to every citizen in the country through advocating condom use and extensive sex education programs.(From WHO report) Due to these actions, Uganda has far fewer AIDS cases than most other African nations.