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Udzima wa Komori Union of the Comoros
  Udzima wa Komori (Union of the Comoros)   best quiz  
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This tiny island nation deserves to be better-known than it is. Care to learn more?
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Mar 04 21
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Comoros The Perfumed Islands
  Comoros: The "Perfumed Islands"   popular trivia quiz  
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Comoros is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean. They are known as the "perfumed islands" because they have many highly scented plants. Let's explore Comoros.
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  The Union of the Comoros    
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The Union of the Comoros is a former French colony located in the Indian Ocean. What do you know about Africa's third-smallest country?
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  Comoros   popular trivia quiz  
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Comoros is a small country located off the coast of Africa. How much do you know about the geography and history of Comoros?
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Comoros Trivia Questions

1. The Comoros Islands are located in which body of water within the Indian Ocean?

From Quiz
The Union of the Comoros

Answer: Mozambique Channel

The 1,000-mile long Mozambique Channel separates Mozambique from Madagascar. It is almost 600 miles across at its widest point. It is 286 miles across at its narrowest, between Angoche in Mozambique and Tambohorano on the Madagascar side. The Comoros Archipelago is at the northern end of the channel. The alternatives are all bodies of water within the Indian Ocean: the Kardiva Channel separates the northern and central atolls within the Maldives; the Geographe Channel is the northern part of Shark Bay, off the coast of Western Australia; and the Ten Degree Channel runs between the Andaman Islands and the Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal.

2. With an area of 719 square miles, Comoros is the third-smallest country in Africa. How does that compare with these American locations?

From Quiz The Union of the Comoros

Answer: About half the size of Rhode Island

At 719 square miles, only two African countries (both also island nations) are smaller... With an area of 372 square miles, São Tomé and Príncipe is about half the size of the Comoros; with an area of just 175 square miles, the Seychelles would fit just over four times into the Comoros. The smallest U.S. state, Rhode Island, has a total area of 1,545 square miles (almost a third of which is water), so the Comoros are just less than half of its size. Delaware is much larger, 2,489 sq miles, so the Comoros would fit more than three times into that state. Washington DC has an area of 68 square miles, so would actually fit more than ten times into the Comoros rather than just twice. Guam has an area of 571 square miles, so it only about 80% of the size of the Comoros.

3. The country of Comoros lies right in the water, with the Indian Ocean on one side, and what body of water on the other?

From Quiz Comoros

Answer: Mozambique Channel

The Mozambique Channel is a body of water that separates the country of Madagascar from the African continent. Comoros lies around 1,000 km north of Madagascar.

4. The name Comoros derives from an Arabic word meaning what?

From Quiz The Union of the Comoros

Answer: Moon

The Arabic word "qamar" means "moon".

5. What four consecutive letters in the word "Comoros" are also the first four letters of Comoros's capital?

From Quiz Comoros

Answer: Moro

Moroni, the capital of Comoros, is located on the island of Grande Comore, and has served as the country's capital since 1962.

6. At a height of 7.746 feet, which active volcano is the highest point in the Comoros Islands?

From Quiz The Union of the Comoros

Answer: Mount Karthala

Mount Karthala is the southernmost and the larger of the two shield volcanoes that formed the largest of the Comoros islands, Grande Comore. One of the world's most active volcanoes, Mount Karthala has erupted more than 20 times since the start of the 19th Century. The alternatives are three more active volcanoes: Mount Iraya is a 3,300-foot volcano on Batan Island in the Philippines; Mount Dempo is the highest strato-volcano in South Sumatra Province in Indonesia; Mount Eniwa is a 4,300-foot active volcano in the Shikotsu-Toya National Park in Hokkaidô, Japan.

7. What active volcano serves as the country's highest point?

From Quiz Comoros

Answer: Karthala

Mount Karthala, a shield volcano, is located on the island of Grande Comore. This volcano reaches 7,746 feet or 2,361 meters. In April 2005, the eruption of Mount Karthala caused 40,000 residents to evacuate.

8. A species of which type of animal, discovered in the Comoros by David Livingstone, can be found nowhere else?

From Quiz The Union of the Comoros

Answer: Bat

Livingstone's Fruit Bat, discovered in Comoros by the Scottish explorer in 1863, is the world's largest bat, with a wingspan of around six feet. Common when discovered in the 19th century, they have become critically endangered with their numbers down to around 120 individual animals exclusively on one of the Comoros islands (2012 data). More than 20 species of bird are also unique to the Comoros, including the Karthala Scops-Owl, the Anjouan Scops-Owl and the Humblot's Flycatcher. The Mongoose Lemur, originally introduced from Madagascar is also now found only on two islands in the Comoros.

9. Although many African countries include a star and crescent shape on their flag, the flag of Comoros is the only country to include more than one star. How many stars accompany the crescent on Comoros's flag?

From Quiz Comoros

Answer: 4 & four

A total of four stars are on the Comorian flag. Each star represents each of the islands that make up Comoros. Four horizontal stripes, colored yellow, white, red, and blue, also represent the four islands.

10. The capital of the Comoros, Moroni, is served by which international airport?

From Quiz The Union of the Comoros

Answer: Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport

Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport is located in Hahaia, ten miles north of the capital, which is why its IATA airport code is "HAH". The alternatives are three more international airports in East Africa: Yohannes IV International Airport (aka Asmara International) is the airport serving the Eritrean capital, Asmmara. Bole International Airport is the main airport for Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa. Bujumbura International Airport is the major route into Burundi, located on the outskirts of the capital, Bujumbura.

11. What is the Internet TLD for the Comoros?

From Quiz The Union of the Comoros

Answer: km

The Union of Comoros is "Udzima wa Komori" in the Comorian language. Consequently, Comoros uses the Internet TLD (Top Level Directory) 'km'. Similarly, the ISO (International Standards Organization) Code that identifies the world's currencies uses "KMF" for the Comoros Franc. Of the alternatives: "co" is used by Colombia, "cm" by Cameroon, and "cs" was originally allocated to Czechoslovakia prior to that country's breakup.

12. Comoros, Madagascar, and Seychelles all claim what small group of islands that have some economic value, including coconuts, maize, mangroves, and a coral reef?

From Quiz Comoros

Answer: Glorioso Islands

The Glorioso Islands today serves as a natural reserve and meteorological station garrisoned by the French Foreign Legion.

13. In meters, about how tall is the large plateau that connects two large volcanoes in Comoros?

From Quiz Comoros

Answer: 600 meters

This plateau connects the volcano Kartala with La Grille, an extinct volcano. Thanks for taking this quiz, and be sure to rate it!

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