Nki National Park - Quiz
  • 1. In which country is Nki National Park located?
A) Gabon
B) Central African Republic
C) Cameroon
D) Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • 2. What ecoregion does Nki National Park fall within?
A) Chad Basin
B) Sangha ecoregion
C) Guinean Forests of West Africa
D) Congo Basin ecoregion
  • 3. What is the elevation range of Nki National Park?
A) 350–650 m
B) 700–900 m
C) 600–800 m
D) 100–300 m
  • 4. Which river crosses Nki National Park?
A) Dja River
B) Nyong River
C) Sanaga River
D) Mbam River
  • 5. What is the name of the waterfall located in Nki National Park?
A) Yokadouma Cascade
B) Dja Falls
C) Nki falls
D) Moloundou Waterfall
  • 6. Which administrative division does not straddle Nki National Park?
A) East province
B) Moloundou in Boumba et Ngoko Division
C) Ngoyla in Haut Nyong
D) Haut Nyong and Boumba et Ngoko Division
  • 7. What is the closest town to Nki National Park?
A) Bertoua
B) Douala
C) Yokadouma, Moloundou and Lomie
D) Yaoundé
  • 8. How many bais have been discovered in Nki National Park?
A) Eighty-five
B) Fifty
C) Sixty
D) Seventy-three
  • 9. Which bai is the largest in the region according to a WWF team's discovery?
A) Yokadouma Bai
B) Dzanga Sangha Bai
C) Moloundou Bai
D) Ikwa Bai
  • 10. Which species is the largest-numbering in Nki National Park?
A) Elephants
B) Chimpanzees
C) Buffaloes
D) Gorillas
  • 11. What is the average annual temperature of Nki National Park?
A) 26˚C
B) 25˚C
C) 24˚C
D) 23.1˚C
  • 12. What is the range of relative humidity in Nki National Park?
A) 50 and 80%
B) 55 and 85%
C) 60 and 90%
D) 70 and 95%
  • 13. What is the annual rainfall in Nki National Park?
A) 2000 mm
B) 1500 mm
C) 1800 mm
D) 1200 mm
  • 14. When does the rainy season occur according to the Cameroon Ministry of Agriculture?
A) November to March and July to August
B) May to August and October to January
C) September to November and March to June
D) January to April and September to December
  • 15. What is the surface area of Nki National Park?
A) 2,500 km2
B) 3,500 km2
C) 3,093 km2 (1,194 sq mi)
D) 4,000 km2
  • 16. What is the latitude range of Nki National Park?
A) 3˚00 to 4˚00 N
B) 2˚05 to 2˚50 N
C) 1˚00 to 3˚00 N
D) 0˚00 to 2˚00 N
  • 17. What is the longitude range of Nki National Park?
A) 13˚00 to 15˚00 E
B) 14˚05 to 14˚50 E
C) 12˚00 to 16˚00 E
D) 11˚00 to 17˚00 E
  • 18. In which province of Cameroon is Nki National Park located?
A) East Province
B) Littoral Province
C) Northwest Province
D) Southwest Province
  • 19. Which organization has been involved in conserving Nki National Park since the 1980s?
A) Greenpeace
B) United Nations Environment Programme
C) World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
D) Conservation International
  • 20. What is considered the biggest threat to Nki National Park according to Paul Robinson Ngnegueu?
A) Logging
B) Deforestation
C) Poaching
D) Urbanization
  • 21. Which town was a bustling logging community before WWF's intervention in the 1980s?
A) Lomie
B) Moloundou
C) Yokadouma
D) Ndongo
  • 22. What year did the Cameroonian government formally establish Nki as a national park?
A) 1988
B) 1997
C) 2010
D) 2005
  • 23. What was Nki National Park's first official status before becoming a national park?
A) World Heritage Site
B) Biosphere Reserve
C) Essential Protection Zone
D) Wildlife Sanctuary
  • 24. What project involves Cameroon and Gabon working on land management plans for forest conservation?
A) Green Belt Movement
B) Amazon Conservation Initiative
C) Great Green Wall
D) TRIDOM project
  • 25. Which indigenous group was forced from their homes near Mambele in January 1997?
A) Bakas
B) Mossi
C) Fang
D) Beti
  • 26. What is the primary reason indigenous people followed poachers into Nki National Park?
A) Government incentives
B) Cultural traditions
C) Financial opportunities
D) Religious beliefs
  • 27. What is the primary economic activity that ceased to be a major threat to Nki's wilderness?
A) Farming
B) Logging
C) Mining
D) Tourism
  • 28. What is the human population around Nki National Park as defined by the World Wildlife Fund?
A) 30,000
B) 22,882
C) 50,000
D) 15,000
  • 29. Which ethnic group is named a minority in Cameroon's constitution of 18 January 1996?
A) Baka Pygmies
B) Bakwele
C) Djem
D) Bangando
  • 30. What is the population density of the region around Nki National Park?
A) Twenty people per square kilometer
B) About five people per square kilometer
C) Ten people per square kilometer
D) Thirty people per square kilometer
  • 31. Which road is the population around Nki National Park concentrated along?
A) Garoua-Maroua road
B) Yaoundé-Douala road
C) Bamenda-Bertoua road
D) Yokadouma-Moloundou road
  • 32. What type of forest is the main vegetation in Nki National Park?
A) Deciduous forest
B) Tropical rainforest
C) Semi-evergreen with an open canopy dominated by Triplochiton
D) Mangrove forest
  • 33. Which tree species is seasonally flooded along the Dja River in Nki National Park?
A) Uapaca trees
B) Mahogany trees
C) Ebony trees
D) Baobab trees
  • 34. Which of these animals is NOT found in Nki National Park?
A) Lions
B) Leopards
C) Chimpanzees
D) Sitatunga
  • 35. What is the estimated number of adult gorillas in Nki National Park?
A) 12,000 adults
B) 6,000 adults
C) 3,000 adults
D) 9,000 adults
  • 36. Which diurnal primate is reported to only live east of the Dja River in Nki National Park?
A) Black colobus
B) Gelada baboon
C) Crested monkey
D) De Brazza monkey
  • 37. How many species of birds were discovered in a 20-day study by BirdLife International in Nki National Park?
A) 300 species
B) 265 species
C) 150 species
D) 400 species
  • 38. Which bird is widespread in Nki National Park according to the BirdLife International study?
A) Helmeted guineafowl
B) African fish eagle
C) Yellow-bellied form of forest robin
D) Scarlet ibis
  • 39. Which rare bird species' call has been heard twice in Nki National Park and is likely Prigogine's nightjar?
A) An unidentified third forest nightjar
B) Brown nightjar
C) Dja River scrub warbler
D) Bate's nightjar
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