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Rwanda Country Quiz

🇷🇼 Can you guess these facts about the country of Rwanda?
Quiz by Aaron197
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Last updated: October 30, 2020
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First submittedAugust 20, 2019
Times taken16,260
Average score77.8%
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Capital city
Kigali
Bordering countries
Burundi
D.R. Congo
Tanzania
Uganda
Ethnic group who were the primary victims of genocide in 1994
Tutsis
Ethnic group who were the primary perpetrators
Hutus
Country from which Rwanda gained its independence in 1962
Belgium
The other European country which colonized Rwanda
Germany
President since 2000, often considered a "benevolent dictator"
Paul Kagame
Great Lake that Rwanda borders
Lake Kivu
Official languages
English
French
Kinyarwanda
Swahili
Rwanda is one of only three countries where the majority of
people in Parliament are _____
Women
Rwanda is one of only three countries where this primate lives in the wild
Mountain Gorilla
Rwanda is the 4th-smallest country on the African mainland.
Name one of the three countries that are smaller.
Gambia | Eswatini |
Djibouti
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Level 65
Jan 9, 2020
great series. Hope they get featured
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Level 75
May 21, 2020
still great series. It did get featured
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Level 82
May 21, 2020
The victims of the genocide were the Tutsis, not the Hutus.
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Level 88
May 21, 2020
I think you got the Hutus and the Tutsi switched around.
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Level 65
May 21, 2020
I agree with those above. Please can you switch the answers for the genocide.

"The Rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, was a mass slaughter of Tutsi, Twa, and moderate Hutu in Rwanda, which took place between 7 April and 15 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_genocide

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Level 72
May 21, 2020
I have already changed them. They need Quizmaster's approval before going live.
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Level ∞
May 21, 2020
Sorry about that. Now fixed.
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Level 79
May 21, 2020
"The other European colony which colonized Rwanda" I think you meant European country.
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Level ∞
May 21, 2020
Yes, fixed
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Level 74
May 21, 2020
Knew most of this after reading Immaculée Ilibagiza's "Left To Tell". Powerful book.
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Level 66
May 28, 2020
I was in the right direction but couldn't recall it well enough, tried Kyrwanda instead of Kinyarwnada
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Level 86
Jun 1, 2020
I thought it was Kirwanda... anyway, got it by simply typing "Rwanda" ^^.
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Level 79
Jul 15, 2020
Arrrggghhh.... I forgot about French as an official language.
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Level 52
Sep 7, 2020
GeographyNow made this easy.
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Level 82
Sep 15, 2020
I think simply "rwanda" was accepted for "kinyarwanda" on the official world languages quiz.
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Level 88
Sep 15, 2020
It worked for me just now.
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Level 82
Sep 15, 2020
so it does. I must have typed it in wrong.
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Level 46
Sep 15, 2020
14/18 I'm really surprised how well I did considering how bad I did other less obscure African countries!
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Level 43
Sep 15, 2020
You could have given me Paul Kigame
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Level 55
Sep 18, 2020
What are the other two countries that have majority women parliaments?
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Level 69
Sep 21, 2020
Bolivia and Cuba.
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Level 55
Feb 7, 2023
Hi. I made a comment on the Burundi quiz about this as well: Please include Watusi as a type in for Tutsi. Thanks.
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Level 60
Feb 10, 2023
14/18 couldnt think of great lake though