Food
Traditions
Pop culture/Slangs
History
100

This Italian delicacy is the unofficial dessert of Ethiopia/Eritrea


What is tiramisu?

100

This major Ethiopian/ Eritrean religious holiday, celebrated on January 7th, includes feasting, church services, and and greeting family with “Rhus Beal ___” or “Melkam ___”


What is Lidet/ Gena?

100

Complete this slang: We may be hungry…..

What is “but we can manage our hunger”

100

This monumental church was carved from a single stone


What is Lalibela?

200

Sundays are characterized by church and …..? 


What is “Sunday rice: however you make it?”

200

Weddings, Funerals, Birthdays: no matter the occasion Nigerians do this?


What is “ spray money?”

200

Every African parent’s favorite app 


What is WhatsApp, Telegram, or Viber?

200

Location of the first mosque in Africa


What is Massawa, Eritrea?

300

Mom’s response when you ask for McDonald’s


What is “there is shiro at home!!!!”

300

 Thanksgiving holiday celebrated in the Oromia region


What is Irreecha

300

What is the greatest compliment to give a girl now in Nigeria? 


What is “your body na meatpie?”

300

How long did the Biafran War last?

 

  • What is two and half years?

400

Name 3 variations of the Eritrean/Ethiopian dish, “tibs” 


What is shekla, awaze, and dereq?

400

Americans have Halloween, but in Nigeria, practiced by many cultures including Yoruba and Igbo,  these masked dancers do not play trick-or-treat.


What is masquerade/Egungun/Mmanwu?

400

Where should you not sleep as a Nigerian? 


What is “Burna Boy’s concert?”

400

Name an Island in Nigeria


What is Lagos Island, Banana Island, Victoria Island?

500

This famous Igbo soup gets its thick, stretchy consistency from the seeds of a wild African mango. 


What is ogbono?

500

The Durbar festival is a traditional equestrian celebration in what tribe? 


What is Hausa/Fulani?

500

If someone says “e choke,” originally coined by Davido, they mean this.

What is it’s overwhelming/amazing?

500

This historic Hausa writing tradition uses Arabic script to record local languages.

Ajami Writing

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