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Burkina Faso Country Quiz

Can you guess these facts about the country of Burkina Faso 🇧🇫?
Quiz by Aaron197
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Last updated: February 19, 2024
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First submittedMay 26, 2019
Times taken18,247
Average score73.3%
Rating4.77
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Capital of Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
Bordering countries
Benin
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Mali
Niger
Togo
Former name of Burkina Faso (hint: a "shocking" river)
Upper Volta
European country that colonized Burkina Faso, 1896–1960
France
Metal that comprises 85.3% of exports
Gold
Fiber that comprises 5.2% of exports (next largest export)
Cotton
Most-spoken native language (hint: starts with M)
Mossi
Educational statistic that has increased from 9% to 41% in the last 40 years
Literacy Rate
Semi-arid region below the Sahara in which northern Burkina Faso lies
Sahel
Revolutionary known as the "African" Che Guevara.
Was also the nation's first President between 1983–1987
Thomas Sankara
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Level 65
Jun 1, 2020
My first instinct for the metal export was uranium just because that's a big thing in Mali next door.
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Level 60
Aug 29, 2020
Also Niger.
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Level 65
Jun 2, 2020
I was really happy that you added Sankara. Thanks for a great quiz.
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Level 67
Jun 26, 2020
I actually got 11/15, I thought I would do horible at this quiz
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Level 89
Aug 29, 2020
Same honestly.
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Level 68
Jul 8, 2020
In Burkina Faso Mossi would normally refer to the ethnicity while the language is referred to as Moré.
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Level 79
Jul 15, 2020
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English the language is either spelt More or Mooré.
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Level 76
Aug 29, 2020
feels slightly odd for the last question to have to supply his first name, when it’s just a common first name and not what he’d be referred to as. should this be changed?
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Level 74
May 3, 2021
I agree
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Level 50
Aug 31, 2020
Thomas Sankara is one of my socialist heroes, so thank you for including him. Shame that only 19% knew his first name.
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Level 80
Sep 7, 2022
So I'll be honest, I had never heard of him, but after a little bit of research, I find his contributions to be extremely impressive, especially considering his short presidency. It really is a shame that he was killed. It appears that Burkina Faso might have been a very different country now if he had survived.
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Level 46
Feb 9, 2021
WTH why only 20% of people got Thomas Sankara
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Level 60
Feb 19, 2023
I didn't know it, never heard of him
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Level 60
Jul 20, 2023
Definitely a leader worth reading about. Improved literacy and stood up for his people.
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Level 60
Jul 17, 2021
How do so few know Sankara???
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Level 55
May 20, 2022
Thank god it filled in the first 5 letters of the capital or else i was screwed lol.
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Level 60
Feb 19, 2023
13/15 I have never heard of Mossi nor Thomas whatever.
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Level 54
May 6, 2023
Ouagadougachougatougarougabougalougadougou
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Level 56
Jun 3, 2023
Can you accept education for literacy?
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Level 49
Jul 27, 2023
I wrote literature instead of literacy :(