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