Hwange National Park

Hwange National Park - Quiz

1. What type of geological formation is found in the north-west of Hwange National Park?

A) Sandstone rockshelters
B) Granites and gneisses
C) Kalahari Sands
D) Basalt lava flows

2. Which river is a tributary of the Nata River in Hwange National Park?

A) Gwabadzabuya River
B) Deka River
C) Lukosi River
D) Shakwanki

3. What type of rock formations are found from Sinamatella going eastwards in the park?

A) Sandstone
B) Granites and gneisses
C) Kalahari Sands
D) Basalt lava flows

4. Which area of Hwange National Park is drained by the Deka and Lukosi rivers?

A) Shumba area
B) The south
C) The main camp and Linkwasha areas
D) The north and north-west

5. What type of archaeological sites are found in Hwange National Park?

A) Stone age forager sites with stone tools
B) Colonial forts
C) Medieval castles
D) Iron-age pottery kilns

6. What type of engravings did Stone Age people leave in Hwange National Park?

A) Animal hoofprints on sandstone rockshelter walls
B) Maps of the stars
C) Geometric patterns on pottery
D) Human figures on cave walls

7. What is one way some pans in Hwange National Park are filled with water?

A) Desalination plants
B) River overflow
C) Artificial lakes
D) Natural groundwater seeps

8. Which area of the park has no rivers but forms seasonal wetlands?

A) North-west
B) South
C) Shumba area
D) Main camp and Linkwasha areas

9. What type of sites did Iron-age people build in Hwange National Park?

A) Large and small stone-walling sites
B) Mud brick towers
C) Bronze statues
D) Wooden huts

10. Which geological formation stretches from south of Bumbusi to the Botswana border?

A) Sandstone rockshelters
B) Kalahari Sands
C) Basalt lava flows of the Batoka Formation
D) Granites and gneisses

11. What type of depressions are found in areas without rivers in Hwange National Park?

A) Volcanic craters
B) Grassy pan depressions and pans
C) River deltas
D) Glacial valleys

12. What is the primary geological substrate of most of Hwange National Park?

A) Basalt lava flows
B) Limestone
C) Kalahari Sands
D) Granites and gneisses

13. Which area in the park is known for pans fed by natural groundwater seeps?

A) Ngweshla, Shakwanki, and Nehimba
B) Main camp and Linkwasha areas
C) North-west
D) Shumba area

14. What is the Bumbusi National Monument known for?

A) Stone age tool-making site
B) Iron-age stone-walling site
C) Colonial trading post
D) Medieval castle ruins

15. What type of wetlands form in the main camp and Linkwasha areas?

A) Seasonal wetlands from fossil drainage channels
B) Salt flats
C) Swamps
D) Permanent lakes

16. Which national park is considered a Lion Conservation Unit together with the Okavango Delta?

A) Hwange National Park
B) Kruger National Park
C) Serengeti National Park
D) Selous Game Reserve

17. Which organization operates the Painted Dog Project?

A) Wildlife Conservation and Research Unit of Oxford University
B) National Parks Scientific Services
C) Dete Animal Rescue Trust
D) Painted Dog Conservation organisation

18. What was implemented by parks authorities to manage the elephant population in Hwange National Park?

A) Habitat expansion
B) Relocation
C) Sterilization
D) Culling

19. Which species' distribution and hunting in Hwange is strongly related to the pans and waterholes?

A) Elephant
B) Lion
C) Cheetah
D) Spotted hyena

20. Which project aims to protect and increase the range and numbers of African wild dog both in Zimbabwe and elsewhere in Africa?

A) Painted Dog Project
B) National Leopard Project
C) Elephant Conservation Initiative
D) Hwange Wildlife Management Program

21. What happened to the elephant population in Hwange National Park after culling ended in 1986?

A) The population decreased significantly.
B) The population doubled in five years.
C) The population remained stable.
D) The population became extinct.

22. What was Hwange National Park formerly known as?

A) Wankie Game Reserve
B) Dete Nature Park
C) Victoria Falls Reserve
D) Bulawayo Wildlife Sanctuary

23. In which country is Hwange National Park located?

A) South Africa
B) Zimbabwe
C) Botswana
D) Namibia

24. How large is Hwange National Park in square kilometers?

A) 5,600 km²
B) 20,000 km²
C) 10,000 km²
D) 14,600 km²

25. In what year was Hwange National Park founded?

A) 1950
B) 1900
C) 1928
D) 1980

26. How many mammal species does Hwange National Park host?

A) Over 100
B) 75
C) 200
D) 50

27. Which town is nearest to Hwange National Park?

A) Victoria Falls
B) Dete
C) Harare
D) Bulawayo

28. How many carcasses were identified in the first aerial survey after the 2013 poaching incident?

A) 19
B) 50
C) 84
D) 10

29. Which type of woodland is found in the north and northwest of Hwange National Park?

A) Savanna grassland
B) Mopane woodland
C) Rainforest
D) Kalahari woodland

30. What was Xanda's relationship to Cecil?

A) Xanda was Cecil's brother.
B) Xanda was Cecil's son.
C) Xanda was Cecil's mate.
D) Xanda was a different lion unrelated to Cecil.

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