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