Shake Djibouti Trivia Quiz

Answer: Equilateral

The flag of Djibouti has two equal bands of color, one blue and one green, vertically on the flag. There is a white triangle on the left, however. Inside the white triangle is a red star.

A scalene triangle has no equal sides, an equilateral triangle has all three equal sides, and a right triangle has a right angle in it. It is interesting to note that a right triangle can also be both a scalene or an isosceles triangle, but the triangle on the Djibouti flag is NOT a right triangle.

Answer: Unity

There is a blue band of color on the Djibouti flag, which represents the sky as well as the sea. The green band of color represents the earth. On the left of the flag, there is a white triangle. The white represents peace. Inside is the red star, which represents unity between the five locations.

These locations include British Somaliland, Italian Somaliland, French Somaliland, Ogaden, and the Northern Frontier District.

Answer: Mali

Mali is located in the central part of western Africa, on the complete opposite side of the Horn of Africa. Somalia (as well as Somaliland) makes up the actual horn-like tip of the Horn, and Ethiopia covers the largest portion of the Horn. Eritrea and Djibouti are both rather small countries in the Horn.

Answer: Franc

Djibouti gained independence from France on June 27, 1977. However gaining independence did not mean that French influences would all disappear. Djibouti kept many French customs and items, including using the franc as its currency. One Djiboutian Franc is split into 100 centimes.

Djibouti keeps close ties with France; in fact, they are close allies, and trade together.

Answer: Hot and dry

Most of Djibouti is covered in a hot, dry desert. There are some mountains with a little bit of forest in Djibouti, too. Djibouti is so hot, however, that not much can grow there and there is no arable land for permanent crops.

Answer: Northwest

A tri-point is where three countries meet. Djibouti is part of a tri-point, which also has Ethiopia and Eritrea, Djibouti's western and northern neighbors, respectively. Mousa Ali volcano sits right at the tri-point, so it is a volcano in all three countries, but is Djibouti's highest point.

Answer: Because it was created by a crater

Lac Assal is so low because it was created by a crater. Lakes such as these are known as "crater lakes", such as Crater Lake in the United States. Lac Assal isn't too far off the coast of Djibouti, but because it is a crater lake, it is quite a large depression in the surface of the land.

The entire crater isn't even completely full of water; there is a downwards slope before you even reach the water. In fact, the water is only 24 feet deep!

Answer: Gulf of Aden

The Gulf of Aden is to the east of Djibouti. A smaller gulf, the Gulf of Tadjoura, also borders Djibouti. In fact, the gulf is surrounded by nothing but Djibouti. There is also a small body of water called Ghoubet Kharab, which empties into the Gulf of Tadjoura, which empties into the Gulf of Aden.

The Gulf of Mexico is in, you guessed it, Mexico, the Persian Gulf borders Saudi Arabia, and the Gulf of Gabes is in Tunisia.

Answer: Goda Mountains

The Goda Mountains are a mountain range found within Djibouti. They aren't very large mountains, as they are only about 5,700 feet above sea level. This is nothing compared to the Asian monster mountains of the Himalayas, which are well over 25,000 feet in height.

Answer: Qat

Qat (or Khat, or Gat) is a flowering plant found in East Africa as well as the Arabian peninsula. Qat is targeted by the anti-drug organizations because it has effects similar to, but less than, that of tobacco and alcohol. While it is illegal in many countries, it is legal in countless others.