Modern History
Which famous terrorist group originated in Nigeria?
Boko Haram
They are based in NE Nigeria
This famous Yemeni stimulant is produced from the leaves of an Arabian shrub, which are chewed or drunk as an infusion.
Qat
What is the title of the famous Nigerian literature book written by Chinua Achebe that depicts pre-colonial life in the southeastern part of Nigeria and the arrival of Europeans during the late 19th century?
What is the name of Nigeria longest River?
The Niger River
The Niger River is 2,795 miles in length
This person was Yemen's last President and was assassinated on December 4, 2017.
Ali Abdullah Saleh
Nigeria's Modern history (post-colonialism) is split up into how many time periods
Four, They are split up into Republics
This Yemeni governorate has the largest amounts of gas reserves in Yemen
Ma'rib
Nigeria's "Democracy Day" is originally on which day of the year?
May 29
Nigeria's Democracy day was originally celebrated on May 29, every year since General Olusegun Obasanjo emerged President in 1999. However, on June 12, 2018, General Muhammadu Buhari, as president, announced a shift in this date from May 29 to June 12, as from the year 2019. This was to commemorate the June 12th election of 1993, and the events that surrounded it.
Nigeria borders which four countries and which ocean?
Benin, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Atlantic Ocean
This man was the son of a Yemeni father who built a construction empire and a Syrian mother (Hamida al Attas), the tenth wife of his father.
Osama Bin Laden
Nigeria and Yemen share something in common in their histories and geographies, what is it?
They were both British Protectorates and they both had unification of North and South Regions!
What is Nigeria's largest export?
Petroleum Products
While the agricultural industry accounts for approximately 70 percent of the country's employment, petroleum products are the primary export—accounting for more than 90 percent of Nigeria's exports.
What was the Roman name for Southwest Arabia (Yemen)?
Arabia Felix
The name of the country is derived from the legendary ancestor Yaman, the son of Qahtan, or from the Arabic root ymn ("the right") since Yemen is located to the right of the Meccan sanctuary of Kaaba. Some scholars compare the Arabic word yumna ("happy") with the Roman name for the southwest Arabia, Arabia Felix ("Happy Arabia").
What is the strait called that links the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden and is one of the world's busiest shipping areas?
Bab el Mandeb
This person was the Queen of Nigeria from 1960 to 1963
Queen Elizabeth (the current queen)
From 1960 to 1963, Elizabeth II was Queen of Nigeria: Nigeria was an independent constitutional monarchy.
Which governorate did not exist before the 1990 unification of Yemen
Ad Dali
It is a governorate made from parts of Lahij, Ibb, Ta'izz, and Al Bayda and is the largest recruitment governorate of the STC due to its influential military history.
Nigeria is home to the second-largest film industry behind Bollywood, what is its name?
Nollywood
Yemen is famous for a lot of things, one of them being poetry, who was Yemen's "most famous poet"?
My country grieves
in its own boundaries
and in other people's land
and even on its own soil
suffers the alienation
of exile.”
― Abdullah Al Baradouni
Which governorate is famous for its one-of-a kind tree, with distinctive sap that resembles blood?
Socotra
The Socotra dragon tree is an iconic tree with a long history of commercial use. It is known only from the island of Socotra, Yemen, where it lives within remnants of prehistoric ‘Dragonsblood’ forest on granite mountains and limestone plateaus.
FUN Fact: the dye ‘dragon’s blood’ is thought to have been responsible for the intense color of Stradivarius violins.
Which famous Yemeni ruler, ruled the only Jewish kingdom in Yemen's History?
Queen Sheba
Also known as the "Southern Intifada" in 1986, What are the names of the two southern groups in Yemen that split off from each other in 1986 and still remain divided today.
Toghma and Zomra
The Toghmas were the "sellouts" of the 1986 war, deciding to flee North and join the ruling elite. This is likely the main reason why there is a southern split and lingering tensions between the Zomra and the Toghma.
Which romantic Nigerian Industry is considered the "fastest-growing" industry in Africa?
The wedding industry!
The wedding industry is considered one of the major contributors to Nigeria’s economy.
It is credited for creating entire industries that didn’t exist or were previously unprofitable, such as makeup artists and luxury toilet hire companies.
The town of Igbo-Ora in Nigeria is famous for what demographic-specific trait?
Twins
The town of Igbo-Ora is known as the nation's home of twins. Many of the local Yoruba people believe their consumption of yams and okra leaves to be the cause of their high birth rate of twins.
Which Yemeni governorate has the largest diaspora of SE Asians and why?
Hadramout
Hadrami Yemenis traded in SE Asia and established communities while spreading Islam (One of the reasons why many SE Asian countries are Muslim).
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a famous Nigerian novelist, feminist, and activist, which Beyonce song has a sample of Adichie's Ted Talk on feminism?
Flawless
"We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller
We say to girls: "You can have ambition, but not too much
You should aim to be successful, but not too successful
Otherwise, you will threaten the man"