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Quiz about Rhonda Goes to Rwanda

Rhonda Goes to Rwanda Trivia Quiz


Meet Rhonda, a nice woman, but one who does not know much about world geography. She booked a trip to Rwanda, simply because she thought it was cute that 'Rwanda' sounds like Rhonda! Take this quiz and join Rhonda in learning about Rwanda!

A multiple-choice quiz by guitargoddess. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
319,723
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
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Question 1 of 10
1. Rhonda's travel agent told her that she would be flying to Rwanda's capital city. Rhonda has no idea what the capital of Rwanda is, so she logged onto trusty old Wikipedia to find out. "Huh", she mused, "the capital city used to be Nyanza...and the colonial centre was in Astrida...Well, that doesn't tell me much...Oh, here we go - 'upon reaching independence in 1962, ___ became the capital city of Rwanda!'" What city's name belongs in the blank? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. While glancing at her travel itinerary, Rhonda suddenly noticed that the travel agent had scheduled a day-long trip across Rwanda. "What!" Rhonda exclaimed, "Surely I can't travel across a whole country in one day! When I drove from New York to Las Vegas, it sure took a lot longer than one day! I'd better check this out..." Rhonda went over to the big world map she recently bought and searched the continent of Africa, looking for Rwanda. When she finally found it, she gasped. "Oh! It's tiny! I guess I can travel through a lot of it in one day!" Yes, Rwanda is pretty small, but is it the smallest country in Africa?


Question 3 of 10
3. While Rhonda was lunching with her friend Anna, they started talking about what Rhonda needed to buy for her upcoming trip to Rwanda. "I need a new bathing suit!" said Rhonda, "I think...Are there beaches in Rwanda? Ooh, will I get to swim in the Mediterranean Sea?" Anna, who was just a tad more knowledgeable about geography than her friend, thought and said "Um, no, I don't think so." "Oh," Rhonda was a little disappointed. "Then, in the Pacific Ocean?" Anna thought again. "Um, yeah, no...isn't that in, like, California?" "Oh yeah...hmm..." Rhonda was puzzled. "I'll have to look at my map when I get home!" In which ocean can Rhonda swim in while in Rwanda? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. A couple days later, Rhonda headed to a bookstore. "Excuse me," she got the clerk's attention. "I'm looking for an English-Rwandinian dictionary. I am taking a trip to Rwanda soon!" The clerk smirked. "Um, dear, they don't speak 'Rwandinian' in Rwanda..." "They don't?" Rhonda was surprised. "Then what kind of dictionary do I need?" Which of these is NOT widely considered an official language of Rwanda? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. On her way home, Rhonda ran into her neighbour, Sue. "Rhonda, darling!" Sue greeted her, "We simply must get together for dinner next week!" Rhonda replied, "I would love to, but I am taking a trip, starting tomorrow!" "Oh, how lovely. Where are you off to?" Sue asked. "Rwanda," Rhonda answered happily. "My goodness!" Sue gasped, "are you sure it's safe?" "What do you mean?" asked Rhonda puzzled. "Well, darling, the genocide wasn't all that long ago..." "What? I don't know anything about that!" Rhonda exclaimed. When Rhonda goes to read about the 1994 Rwandan genocide online, she'll discover that the two conflicting ethnic groups in Rwanda have traditionally been who? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Despite her new-found knowledge about the political instability in Rwanda, Rhonda gathered up her luggage the next morning and embarked on her trip. At the airport, she bought a factbook about Rwanda and once she was comfortably seated on the plane, started reading it. "There's so many interesting facts in here!" she thought to herself. "Wow!" she exclaimed, turning to her seat mate, "Did you know that Rwanda exports some of the best coffee and tea in the world?" The man next to her scoffed, "I'm sure that's incorrect, Rwanda does not export coffee or tea." Is Rhonda's factbook correct?


Question 7 of 10
7. Rhonda gave up talking to her snooty seat mate on the plane and slept most of the way to Brussels, where she had a layover before catching another plane to Rwanda. In the airport at Brussels, she sat down to wait for her flight, smiling at an older lady sitting nearby. The lady smiled back and asked "Where are you headed, dear?" "Rwanda," Rhonda answered. "In November?" asked the older lady incredulously. "Are you ready for the weather there?" "Um, I think so," replied Rhonda slowly, trying to remember if she'd read anything in her factbook about the weather in Rwanda. What is the climate like in Rwanda? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Rhonda landed safely at the airport in Rwanda, and checked into her hotel. After a bit of a rest, she decided not to waste any sightseeing and adventure time, and set out in a taxi. As she gazed out the window, she could see a body of water. "Oh!" she exclaimed, "What a nice river!" The taxi driver chuckled. "No ma'am, that's not a river. That is the biggest lake in Rwanda, an African Great Lake. It's on the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and it's known as an exploding lake!" "Wow," said Rhonda, not really knowing what that meant. What was she looking at? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. On another day of her trip, Rhonda is looking forward to visiting one of the country's national parks, but she is having trouble deciding which one. She looked over all the brochures, surveying what each park had to offer. What is not something Rhonda could see at one of Rwanda's national parks? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. After passing a lovely week vacationing in Rwanda, it is time for Rhonda to head home again. As she boards the plane to leave the country, the Rwandan flight attendant smiles and says, "I hope you enjoyed your stay in the ___." Rhonda is puzzled and tells the woman, "No...I've been in Rwanda all week!" The flight attendant laughs and says, "Yes, I used a nickname for Rwanda!" Which of these nicknames describes Rwanda? Hint



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1. Rhonda's travel agent told her that she would be flying to Rwanda's capital city. Rhonda has no idea what the capital of Rwanda is, so she logged onto trusty old Wikipedia to find out. "Huh", she mused, "the capital city used to be Nyanza...and the colonial centre was in Astrida...Well, that doesn't tell me much...Oh, here we go - 'upon reaching independence in 1962, ___ became the capital city of Rwanda!'" What city's name belongs in the blank?

Answer: Kigali

The city of Kigali was founded in 1907, but was not always the nation's capital. Nyanza was traditionally considered to be the capital, because it was where the mwami (the monarch) resided. When Rwanda was colonized by Germany in the late 19th-century, and then ruled by Belgium after WWI when Germany lost the territory, the colonial centre was the city of Astrida, later called Butare. Rwanda was granted independence from Belgium on July 1, 1962. Kigali is located more or less in the middle of the country and is the commercial and cultural centre of Rwanda.
2. While glancing at her travel itinerary, Rhonda suddenly noticed that the travel agent had scheduled a day-long trip across Rwanda. "What!" Rhonda exclaimed, "Surely I can't travel across a whole country in one day! When I drove from New York to Las Vegas, it sure took a lot longer than one day! I'd better check this out..." Rhonda went over to the big world map she recently bought and searched the continent of Africa, looking for Rwanda. When she finally found it, she gasped. "Oh! It's tiny! I guess I can travel through a lot of it in one day!" Yes, Rwanda is pretty small, but is it the smallest country in Africa?

Answer: No

It's pretty small, but there are several African countries smaller in area than Rwanda, including Djibouti, Gambia, Comoros and the Seychelles. As a comparison, Rwanda is a bit more than 26,000 square kilometres in area, while the Seychelles, an archipelagic country, is around 450 square kilometres. Rwanda doesn't sound that tiny compared to the Seychelles, but it's just a little bit smaller than the U.S. state of Massachusetts, and a teeny bit bigger than the state of Vermont.
3. While Rhonda was lunching with her friend Anna, they started talking about what Rhonda needed to buy for her upcoming trip to Rwanda. "I need a new bathing suit!" said Rhonda, "I think...Are there beaches in Rwanda? Ooh, will I get to swim in the Mediterranean Sea?" Anna, who was just a tad more knowledgeable about geography than her friend, thought and said "Um, no, I don't think so." "Oh," Rhonda was a little disappointed. "Then, in the Pacific Ocean?" Anna thought again. "Um, yeah, no...isn't that in, like, California?" "Oh yeah...hmm..." Rhonda was puzzled. "I'll have to look at my map when I get home!" In which ocean can Rhonda swim in while in Rwanda?

Answer: There are no oceans bordering Rwanda

Rwanda is landlocked, in the middle of Africa. It is bordered by Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi and Uganda, but no ocean. Rwanda is, however, located in the Great Lakes region of Africa, and there are in fact beaches.
4. A couple days later, Rhonda headed to a bookstore. "Excuse me," she got the clerk's attention. "I'm looking for an English-Rwandinian dictionary. I am taking a trip to Rwanda soon!" The clerk smirked. "Um, dear, they don't speak 'Rwandinian' in Rwanda..." "They don't?" Rhonda was surprised. "Then what kind of dictionary do I need?" Which of these is NOT widely considered an official language of Rwanda?

Answer: Dutch

Kinyarwanda is the mother tongue of most Rwandans. Until 2008, French was the second official language of the country, a result of being a colony of Belgium. French was the language of the country's school system, and thus most educated Rwandans are fluent.

A much lesser percentage of the population spoke English well, but the Rwandan government gave English equal status as Kinyarwanda in 2008 and changed the official language of the school system to English. Many people also consider Swahili to be an official language of Rwanda; it is spoken mostly in commercial areas of the country.
5. On her way home, Rhonda ran into her neighbour, Sue. "Rhonda, darling!" Sue greeted her, "We simply must get together for dinner next week!" Rhonda replied, "I would love to, but I am taking a trip, starting tomorrow!" "Oh, how lovely. Where are you off to?" Sue asked. "Rwanda," Rhonda answered happily. "My goodness!" Sue gasped, "are you sure it's safe?" "What do you mean?" asked Rhonda puzzled. "Well, darling, the genocide wasn't all that long ago..." "What? I don't know anything about that!" Rhonda exclaimed. When Rhonda goes to read about the 1994 Rwandan genocide online, she'll discover that the two conflicting ethnic groups in Rwanda have traditionally been who?

Answer: Hutus and Tutsis

The majority of Rwandans are of the Hutu ethnic group, and the Tutsis are a minority. The genocide took place in the aftermath of the Rwandan Civil War Habyarimana, a Hutu, and the Rwandan Patriotic Front, founded by Tutsis. After Habyarimana was assassinated in April 1994, the Hutus, under the Hutu Power ideology, executed thousands and thousands of Tutsis (and anyone considered to (1990-1993, officially), which was fought between then-President Juvénal be a Tutsi supporter). The death toll estimate varies greatly, from at least 500,000 killed up to maybe 1,000,000 deaths.

A very small minority of Rwandans (and people who live in Burundi) belong to a third ethnic group: the Twa. The Twa are pygmy people and are the oldest known inhabitants of the Great Lakes region of Africa.
6. Despite her new-found knowledge about the political instability in Rwanda, Rhonda gathered up her luggage the next morning and embarked on her trip. At the airport, she bought a factbook about Rwanda and once she was comfortably seated on the plane, started reading it. "There's so many interesting facts in here!" she thought to herself. "Wow!" she exclaimed, turning to her seat mate, "Did you know that Rwanda exports some of the best coffee and tea in the world?" The man next to her scoffed, "I'm sure that's incorrect, Rwanda does not export coffee or tea." Is Rhonda's factbook correct?

Answer: Yes

Rwanda's economy is based largely on agriculture, and mostly internal subsistence agriculture at that. They do export some products, however. Rwanda has historically been Africa's ninth largest producer of Arabica (a species of coffee bean), though for a long time the exporting did not make it much further than Belgium and a few other select places in Europe.

The coffee and tea industries are being slowly nurtured in the aftermath of the economy's collapse during the civil war and genocide. Rwanda also exports, to a lesser extent, sugar, fish and plants.
7. Rhonda gave up talking to her snooty seat mate on the plane and slept most of the way to Brussels, where she had a layover before catching another plane to Rwanda. In the airport at Brussels, she sat down to wait for her flight, smiling at an older lady sitting nearby. The lady smiled back and asked "Where are you headed, dear?" "Rwanda," Rhonda answered. "In November?" asked the older lady incredulously. "Are you ready for the weather there?" "Um, I think so," replied Rhonda slowly, trying to remember if she'd read anything in her factbook about the weather in Rwanda. What is the climate like in Rwanda?

Answer: Fairly moderate, with an extensive rainy season

Rwanda's proximity to the equator and high elevation combine to give the country a pretty moderate climate. The average year-round temperature is approximately 24 degrees Celsius (and around 19 degrees Celsius in Kigali). There are two rainy seasons, the main one from February/March-May/June, and a shorter one from September-December (but mostly in October and November). During the wet seasons, heavy rainfalls happen nearly every day, alternating with periods of sunshine.

The climate does get colder and frosty, with some snow, in the mountainous regions.
8. Rhonda landed safely at the airport in Rwanda, and checked into her hotel. After a bit of a rest, she decided not to waste any sightseeing and adventure time, and set out in a taxi. As she gazed out the window, she could see a body of water. "Oh!" she exclaimed, "What a nice river!" The taxi driver chuckled. "No ma'am, that's not a river. That is the biggest lake in Rwanda, an African Great Lake. It's on the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and it's known as an exploding lake!" "Wow," said Rhonda, not really knowing what that meant. What was she looking at?

Answer: Lake Kivu

Lake Kivu is the biggest lake in Rwanda, and divides Rwanda from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The three main African Great Lakes are Lake Victoria, Lake Albert and Lake Edward, which all empty into the White Nile River. Lake Kivu, Lake Turkana, Lake Malawi, and Lake Tanganyika are also considered to be Great Lakes, as are some other smaller lakes, but there is not a great consensus on which others are included. Lake Kivu empties into the Congo River.

The total surface area of Lake Kivu is almost 1/10 of the area of Rwanda, and is the 15th deepest lake in the world.

It is known as an "exploding lake", along with Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun (both in Cameroon), because it experiences violent lake overturns, due to volcanic activity and the interaction of methane and carbon dioxide.
9. On another day of her trip, Rhonda is looking forward to visiting one of the country's national parks, but she is having trouble deciding which one. She looked over all the brochures, surveying what each park had to offer. What is not something Rhonda could see at one of Rwanda's national parks?

Answer: Glaciers

Akagera National Park is situated near the border with Tanzania, and has a swampy, savannah landscape filled with big game - elephants, buffalo, giraffes, zebras, leopards, lions, hippos and more!

Located in southeast Rwanda, Nyungwe National Park is known mostly for its 13 species of primates, including chimpanzees. It is also an important ornithological park, being home to 300 species of birds, including the great blue turaco, described as a "psychedelic turkey".

Le Parc National des Volcans (Volcanoes National Park) was Africa's first-established national park. The volcanoes in the park are the Virunga Mountains. One spectacular feature is the naturally-made Musanze bridge - it is made of solidified lava. While all kinds of birds and creatures can be found in Volcanoes National Park, it is most known for being home to the mountain gorillas; the Park is where Dian Fossey studied and lived among the gorillas from 1967 until she was killed by gorilla poachers in 1985.
10. After passing a lovely week vacationing in Rwanda, it is time for Rhonda to head home again. As she boards the plane to leave the country, the Rwandan flight attendant smiles and says, "I hope you enjoyed your stay in the ___." Rhonda is puzzled and tells the woman, "No...I've been in Rwanda all week!" The flight attendant laughs and says, "Yes, I used a nickname for Rwanda!" Which of these nicknames describes Rwanda?

Answer: Land of a Thousand Hills

Rwanda is known as the Land of a Thousand Hills (or Pays des Mille Collines), simply because of its topography - much of the country is quite mountainous. One of Kigali's international class hotels is named The Mille Collines; it's the famous hotel which provided refuge to targets of the genocide in 1994, as shown in the 2004 movie "Hotel Rwanda".

The Land of the Upright Men is Burkina Faso, and the nickname is an English translation of 'Burkina Faso'. The Land of Milk and Honey is most often applied to Israel, while Land of the Midnight Sun is a nickname that belongs to Iceland (but has also been applied to other Nordic countries).
Source: Author guitargoddess

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