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100
What is the estimated amount of tribes/ethic groups in Nigeria?
371 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_Nigeria)
100
What profession is Victor Oladipo in?
The NBA
100
The Chief God and the Supreme Creator
Olorun (also has 3 different manifestations)
100
The largest percentage of Nigeria's crude oil is exported to what country?
India 17%
100
I am Nigeria's eastern bordering neighbor. What country am I?
Cameroon (Chad, slightly)
200
What percentage of Nigeria's total population do Yoruba account for?
21% (CIA World Factbook)
200
What profession is David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo in?
Acting (Selma, The Butler)
200
Patron deity of women and the mother goddess
Yemoja
200
The colors (green and white) on the Nigerian flag symbolize what?
White = peace Green = natural wealth
200
Nigeria is said to be on the countries with greatest amount of species of this organism?
The butterfly
300
How many accreditied-degree granting universities can be found in Nigeria?
152 universities (40 federal, 44 state, 68 private) (http://wenr.wes.org/2017/03/education-in-nigeria)
300
Helen Folasade Adu (better known as Sade) is a famous....?
Singer (song writer, composer, arranger, record producer) (has sold over 50 million albums)
300
God of iron, tools and weapons. He is a fierce warrior and protective father.
Ogun
300
True or False Nigeria's movie industry (Nollywood) is the 4th largest movie industry in the World.
False It is the 2nd with India's Bollywood being 1st and the Hollywood being 3rd.
300
The 5 distinctive land regions in Nigeria are?
deserts, plains, swamps, mountains, and jungles Nigeria's diverse landscape makes it ideal for a broad range of plants and animals.
400
How long were we on official colony of Great Britian?
60 years (multiple sources)
400
Adebayo Faleti (poet, journalist, writer and actor, Yoruba translator, a broadcaster, TV exponent and a pioneer of the first television station in Africa, Western Nigeria Television (WNTV)) is famous for what translation?
Translating the Yoruba National Anthem from English to Yoruba.
400
God of the forest natural healer and guardian of herbs.
Ozain
400
Yorubaland spans these 3 modern-day African countries
Nigeria, Togo, Benin
400
Where does Nigeria rank amongst the countries with the largest populations?
8th (around 160 million) Ethiopia is second with around half of Nigeria's population
500
Approximately how many Orishas are said to exist in traditional Yoruba religion?
Around 400 (multiple sources)
500
Olu Dara was a name given to this famous rapper's son after his travels through Africa?
Nas
500
God of wisdom, divination, and foresight.
Orunmila
500
The earliest date in which humans were believed to occupy Yorubaland (think BC)
9000 BC (America is around 200+ years old)
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