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Which city is Tanzania's official capital?

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  1. 1 Easy

    What animals did Jane Goodall study at Gombe?

    Answer: Chimpanzees

    Why: She watched a chimp she named David Greybeard strip leaves off twigs and use them to fish termites out of a mound.

  2. 2 Medium

    What is the world's longest freshwater lake?

    Answer: Lake Tanganyika

    Why: At about 673 km it beats Siberia's Lake Baikal, about 636 km long, though Baikal is the deeper lake.

  3. 3 Hard

    How do linguists classify Swahili?

    Answer: A Bantu language

    Why: Its grammar is Bantu and so is vita (war), while amani (peace) is one of its many Arabic loanwords.

  4. 4 Easy

    Which island joined Tanganyika in 1964?

    Answer: Zanzibar

    Why: The country's name blends 'Tan' from Tanganyika with 'Zan' from Zanzibar.

  5. 5 Medium

    Which Zanzibar-born writer won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature?

    Answer: Abdulrazak Gurnah

    Why: His 1994 novel Paradise, set in colonial East Africa, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

  6. 6 Hard

    Which plant gave Olduvai Gorge its Maasai name?

    Answer: Wild sisal

    Why: The spelling Olduvai began as a European misspelling of the Maasai name, Oldupai.

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