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MECHANICS SECTION
let’s find out how much
of a historian you are!
Each question only has one correct answer, but we might
tolerate close variations.
Participants are not allowed to use outside help of any kind.
There are only 25 questions to be answered
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LET’S
begin!
Question 1
Who was the first
and only prime
minister of Nigeria?
Abubakar Tafawa
Balewa
Answer
Who composed the
Nigerian national
anthem - 'Arise O
Compatriots'?
Question 2
Ben Odiase
Answer
Question 3
Nigeria is
intersected by
which two major
Rivers?
Answer
River Niger and
River Benue
Who amalgamated
the Northern and
Southern
protectorates of
Nigeria?
Question 4
Lord Lugard
Answer
What is the motto of
the National Youth
Service Corps (NYSC)?
Question 5
Service and
humility
Answer
Question 6
Nigeria civil war
started in what
year?
Answer
1967
Who stopped the
killing of twins in
Calabar?
Question 7
Mary Slessor
Answer
What is Nigeria’s
highest court
of law?
Question 8
Supreme Court
Answer
When did Nigeria gain
independence?
Question 9
1st October 1960
Answer
Question 10
What is Nigeria’s
national motto?
Answer
Unity and Faith, Peace
and Progress
Question 11
When is Democracy
Day in Nigeria?
Answer
June 12
How many
geopolitical zones are
there in Nigeria?
Question 12
SIX(6)
Answer
What is largest state
in Nigeria by
landmass?
Question 13
NIGER
Answer
Who was Nigeria’s
first female
governor?
Question 14
Virginia Etiaba
of Anambra State
Answer
Question 15
Which state is
known as the food
basket of the
nation?
Answer
Benue State
Who is the current
minister of the
FCT?
Question 16
Nyesom Wike
Answer
Question 17
Who is the author of
the acclaimed novel
“Purple Hibiscus?”
Answer
Chimamanda Ngozi
Adichie
Who authored the
popular book “Things
Fall Apart?”
Question 18
Chinua Achebe
Answer
Question 19
Whose image is
found on the ten
naira note?
Answer
Alvan Ikoku
Who was the first
Nigerian to win a
Nobel Prize for
Literature?
Question 20
Wole Soyinka
Answer
How many local
government areas do
we have in Nigeria?
Question 21
774
Answer
Question 22
Who designed the
Nigerian flag?
Answer
Michael Taiwo
Akinkunmi
Question 23
Who Named
Nigeria?
Answer
Flora Shaw
Who is Nigeria’s
current vice-
president?
Question 24
Kashim Shettima
Answer
Question 25
Who was Nigeria’s
first military head
of state?
Johnson Thomas
Aguiyi-Ironsi
Answer

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