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Murchison Falls National Park - Quiz
Murchison Falls National Park
  • 1. Which organization manages Murchison Falls National Park?
A) World Wildlife Fund
B) Ugandan Wildlife Authority
C) National Geographic Society
D) African Parks Network
  • 2. In which country is Murchison Falls National Park located?
A) Rwanda
B) Tanzania
C) Kenya
D) Uganda
  • 3. Which river flows through Murchison Falls National Park from east to west?
A) Kagera River
B) Victoria Nile
C) White Nile
D) Tana River
  • 4. What is the width of the narrow gorge at Murchison Falls?
A) 20 meters
B) 15 meters
C) 7 meters
D) 10 meters
  • 5. How high do the waters plunge at Murchison Falls?
A) 50 meters
B) 43 meters
C) 60 meters
D) 70 meters
  • 6. Which two explorers were the first Europeans to visit what is now Murchison Falls Conservation Area?
A) John Speke and James Grant
B) Frederick Lugard and Herbert Kitchener
C) Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke
D) David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley
  • 7. Who named Murchison Falls after the geologist Roderick Murchison?
A) Florence Baker
B) James Grant
C) John Speke
D) Samuel Baker
  • 8. What was the reason for evacuating an area around Murchison Falls between 1907 and 1912?
A) Civil war in Uganda
B) Drought conditions
C) Sleeping sickness spread by tsetse flies
D) Floods caused by the Nile River
  • 9. In what year was Murchison Falls National Park officially established?
A) 1972
B) 1952
C) 1982
D) 1962
  • 10. Which dictator renamed Murchison Falls National Park to Kabalega National Park in 1972?
A) Milton Obote
B) Julius Nyerere
C) Jomo Kenyatta
D) Idi Amin
  • 11. What is the total area of Murchison Falls National Park?
A) Approximately 2,500 km2
B) Approximately 4,500 km2
C) Approximately 3,893 km2
D) Approximately 5,000 km2
  • 12. Which district is not part of the Murchison Falls Conservation Area?
A) Nwoya
B) Buliisa
C) Masindi
D) Kampala
  • 13. What type of conservation unit is Murchison Falls National Park considered since 2005?
A) Rhino Conservation Unit
B) Tiger Conservation Unit
C) Lion Conservation Unit
D) Elephant Conservation Unit
  • 14. How many giraffes were estimated to be in the park in 2010?
A) 750
B) 500
C) 1000
D) 250
  • 15. In which year was a population of Rothschild's giraffes transferred to the south side of the Nile River in Murchison Falls National Park?
A) 2020 and 2021
B) 2016 and 2017
C) 2018 and 2019
D) 2014 and 2015
  • 16. How many mammal species are hosted by Murchison Falls National Park and the adjacent Budongo Forest Reserve?
A) 76
B) 150
C) 50
D) 100
  • 17. Which bird species can be found in Murchison Falls National Park?
A) Sparrow
B) Bald eagle
C) Peregrine falcon
D) Shoe-billed stork
  • 18. What is the largest power station in Uganda as of 2023?
A) 700 megawatt Ayago Power Station
B) 500 megawatt Bujagali Power Station
C) 400 megawatt Isimba Power Station
D) 600 megawatt Karuma Power Station
  • 19. What major infrastructure project is being built in and around Murchison Falls National Park?
A) Northern Uganda Power Grid
B) East African Crude Oil Pipeline
C) Great East-West Railway
D) Trans-African Highway
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