This popular Ethiopian singer rose to fame in 2001 with his first album, Abugida?
Who is Teddy Afro?
100
Name the second largest city in Eritrea.
What is Keren?
100
This food of the Gurage region is made of the Enset, a false banana plant and is often eaten with kitfo (minced meat).
What is Qocho?
100
Men of this region are sometimes known to use a traditional hair-dress representative of a lions mane during performance.
What is Oromia?
100
This famous battle was the first victory of an African nation over a colonial power when Ethiopia, under the rule of Menelik II, defeated Italy.
What is the Battle of Adwa (1896)?
200
This is the singer of the 2011 hit song (Eritrea), Gezana.
Who is Jemal Romedan?
200
This Ethiopian city is home to about 90 mosques and is characterized by its gates to the interior of the city.
What is Harar?
200
How many times do women do “ililta” for when a girl is born?
What is 3?
200
This lyre-like instrument traditionally used in Ethiopia and Eritrea makes sound through the vibration of it's five or six strings.
What is the Krar?
200
What two major groups fought for Eritrean Independence?
Who are the ELF and the EPLF?
300
This Ethiopian man is a well-known long-distance track and road athlete. He has won two Olympic gold medals as well as four World Championship titles.
Who is Haile Gebreselassie?
300
This is the highest mountain in Ethiopia and the 10th highest in Africa. Or name the mountain range.
What is Ras Dashen or the Semien Mountains?
300
The Eritrean and Ethiopian Orthodox Churches were once subsidiaries of the Coptic Church located in this country.
What is Egypt?
300
This singer, songwriter and music producer is known for his lyrics that express strong, poetic images of Eritrea and it's culture. With a career spanning over a decade, he died in a swimming accident in 2006.
Who is Abraham Afewerki?
300
This counterinsurgency campaign initiated by the Derg regime killed approx. 500,000 people in Ethiopia and Eritrea in a span of two years.
What is the Red Terror?
400
She is an Ethiopian model and has also taken on the roles of fashion designer and actress. She has appeared on the cover of Vogue three times,and serves as the World Health Organization's Ambassador for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health.
Who is Liya Kebede?
400
These islands off the coast of Eritrea were contested for many years between Yemen.
What are the Dahlak Islands/Archipelago?
400
This Eritrean ethnic group is known for organizing along matrilineal lines.
Who are the Kunama?
400
This singer is regarded as one of the most popular from Ethiopia's "Golden Age" era of music.
Who is Tilahun Gessesse?
400
This city preceded Addis Ababa as the capital of the Ethiopian Empire.
What is Gondar?
500
He's the singer of the hit song "Kemdelayey" recorded in the 1970s. Teddy Afro sampled this in his hit single "Fiyorina".
Who is Tekle Tesfazghi?
500
This was an important port town to the Empire of Axum, located in Eritrea.
What is Adulis?
500
Typically what color wedding bands do Muslims men wear?
What is Silver?
500
This Sudanese singer was beloved in Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia and was treated as if he was one of their own. As a legendary singer of 60 years, he performed over 300 Sudanese and Nubian ballads.
Who is Mohammed Wardi?
500
This battle was the largest to occur on the continent since WWII. Occurring in 1988, it was one of the deadliest battles in the Eritrean fight for independence yet it also changed the course of the war.