Statistics for History of Tanzania Quiz

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What country's war with the Zanzibar Sultanate in 1896 was the shortest in recorded history?	United Kingdom	90%
What country colonized Tanzania between 1885–1918?	Germany	86%
What was the capital of Tanzania until 1996?	Dar es Salaam	82%
What former country conjoined to form the modern-day Tanzania with Zanzibar in 1964?	Tanganyika	79%
What country did Tanzania defeat and overthrow its notorious dictator in the aftermath of the Kagera War between 1978–1979?	Uganda	75%
What Arab country once had its capital moved to Zanzibar in 1832?	Oman	73%
What British band lead vocalist was born in Zanzibar in 1946?	Freddie Mercury	67%
What two famous explorers found each other in the town of Ujiji in 1871?	David Livingstone	62%
What type of nut did the British government attempt to cultivate in Tanzania, but failed?	Peanut	51%
What two famous explorers found each other in the town of Ujiji in 1871?	Henry Morton Stanley	45%
What famous primatologist documented the Gombe Chimpanzee War, that took place in Tanzania, in the 1970s?	Jane Goodall	44%
What cash crop did that country order Tanzanian villagers to grow, which sparked the Maji Maji Rebellion between 1905–1907?	Cotton	37%
Who became the father of the nation and was President of Tanzania between 1964–1985?	{Julius} Nyerere	29%