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Somalia Country Quiz

Can you answer these questions about the country of Somalia?
Quiz by Aaron197
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Last updated: July 23, 2022
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First submittedAugust 12, 2019
Times taken18,454
Average score80.0%
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What is the capital of Somalia?
Mogadishu
On what major peninsula is Somalia located?
Horn of Africa
Which ocean gulf is located between Somalia and Yemen?
Gulf of Aden
What are the two official languages of Somalia?
Arabic
Somali
Which three countries does Somalia border?
Djibouti
Ethiopia
Kenya
Which European country colonized the southern 3/4 of Somalia?
Italy
What desert animal is thought to have been domesticated in the region
of Somalia sometime around 3000 B.C.?
Camel
What crime did Somalia become famous for in the 21st century? hint: "Captain Phillips"
Piracy
What Somali-born supermodel married David Bowie in 1992?
Iman
What is the currency of Somalia? hint: a former British coin
Shilling
What ancient kingdom around northern Somalia was an essential
trading partner of ancient Egypt?
Land of Punt
To the nearest whole number, what percentage of Somalis are not Muslim?
0%
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Level 74
May 14, 2020
Surprised not to see any questions about Somaliland here.
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Level ∞
May 14, 2020
Can't because "Somali" already appears on the quiz.
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Level 87
May 14, 2020
Well, you could have had a question like:

Western 1/3 of Somalia is known as......Somali_____.

Btw it's a friendly and safe place. I had a great camel pizza there.

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Level 49
Sep 12, 2020
camel pizza? with camel meat or what
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Level 59
Jan 4, 2021
A camel delivered the pizza. Duh.
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Level 61
Nov 9, 2023
From what I hear it's pretty much independent from Somalia too.
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Level 80
May 14, 2020
I tried literally every number between 1-100. Was raging because I thought the quiz was broken. Man am I an idiot
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Level 75
May 14, 2020
Ha, I definitely started doing that too. Once I reached 30, I thought for a second and the correct answer dawned on me.
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Level 66
May 14, 2020
I did one through 100, once I hit 30 I was surprised, but sure I hadn't missed any so kept going. When I reached 100 I thought, em maybe I missed 1? oww wait... haha. Not raging but laughing, I fell for it.
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Level 45
May 14, 2020
I did 1 through 100, then tried 0.
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Level 73
Sep 12, 2020
Lol. While it only took me 1 and then 0, I can understand why you did what you did.
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Level 75
Sep 12, 2020
I misread it as '% who are muslim'.

I started at 100.

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Level 57
Apr 8, 2021
Yeah, I was down at 50% when I read the question again.. :p
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Level 76
Sep 12, 2020
There's another quiz about countries with highest percentage of Muslims, and I believed to remember Somalia having >99%. So here, I tried 0% first thing. :)
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Level 70
Nov 9, 2022
i saw another of these quizzes do that so i figured these questions are 0 or 100 and it's obviously gonna be 0
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Level 76
May 14, 2020
Iman is also featured in one of my older quizzes.
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Level 57
May 18, 2020
I was thinking "...Oh, man, it's probably piracy, but that sounds dumb." Then I gave up. No, piracy isn't stupid, but I sure am🤦
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Level 89
Sep 12, 2020
Good quiz. Only missed Land of Punt.
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Level 67
Sep 12, 2020
The state department's recommendations before traveling to Somalia are wild: draft a will, appoint a family member to be the point of contact with hostage takers, establish a proof-of-life protocol so your family knows how to confirm you're actually alive if you're taken hostage, leave a DNA sample with your medical provider in case they need to identify your body, draft a plan with loved ones regarding care of children and pets. Sounds like a good time.
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Level 74
Sep 12, 2020
You could add that Mo Farah was born in Somalia. You could include Siad Barre on the quiz as well, and/or al-Shabaab.
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Level 65
Sep 30, 2020
Yeah, missing al-Shaabab or anything related to the civil war and waves of terrorism is definitely relevant
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Level 62
Sep 13, 2020
Zero is not a number but a place holder
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Level 82
Sep 13, 2020
It's a number.
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Level 59
Dec 27, 2022
first sentence on wikipedia "0 (zero) is a number representing an empty quantity."
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Level 44
Jul 22, 2022
I like this quiz - but no one knows where Punt was. Archaeology’s best guess is that it could be anywhere around the southern Red Sea area (Although some place it much further afield) and not necessarily Somalia.
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Level 49
Sep 18, 2023
imo terrorism should also be accepted for piracy since its pretty prevalent there