Benin Trivia
What is the official language of Benin?
Answer: French.
What is the capital city of Benin?
Answer: Porto-Novo.
What is the largest city in Benin?
Answer: Cotonou.
Which country borders Benin to the east?
Answer: Nigeria.
Who was the first president of Benin?
Answer: Hubert Maga.
Which animal is featured on the coat of arms of Benin?
Answer: An elephant.
What is the currency of Benin?
Answer: West African CFA franc.
What is the national sport of Benin?
Answer: Soccer.
What is the name of the highest point in Benin?
Answer: Mont Sokbaro.
Which ocean borders Benin to the south?
Answer: Atlantic Ocean.
What is the name of the largest lake in Benin?
Answer: Lake Nokoué.
Which religion is practiced by the majority of people
in Benin?
Answer: Christianity.
What is the name of the national park located in Benin?
Answer: Pendjari National Park.
Which river flows through Benin?
Answer: Niger River.
Who is the current president of Benin?
Answer: Patrice Talon.
Which famous musician was born in Benin and won a
Grammy award in 2008?
Answer: Angélique Kidjo.
Which Beninese city is known for its production of
pottery?
Answer: Sè.
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site is located in Benin
and was once the center of the Dahomey Kingdom?
Answer: Royal Palaces of Abomey.
What is the name of the annual voodoo festival that
takes place in Ouidah, Benin?
Answer: Festival of the African Religion.
Which important historical figure was born in what is
now Benin and played a key role in the Haitian Revolution?
Answer: Toussaint Louverture.
What is the name of the famous beach in Cotonou, Benin?
Answer: Fidjrossè Beach.
Which political party has been in power in Benin since
2016?
Answer: The Republican Bloc.
What is the name of the famous market in Cotonou,
Benin?
Answer: Dantokpa Market.
Which famous actor and comedian was born in Benin?
Answer: Djimon Hounsou.
What is the name of the traditional cloth that is made
in Benin?
Answer: Kente.
Which language is widely spoken in Benin?
Answer: Fon.
Which Beninese artist is known for his work in
sculpture and mixed media?
Answer: Romuald Hazoumè.
Which famous novelist was born in Benin and is known
for his book "God's Bits of Wood"?
Answer: Ousmane Sembène.
Which famous soccer player was born in Benin and played
for Arsenal and Manchester City?
Answer: Emmanuel Adebayor.
What is the name of the national
airline of Benin?
Answer: Air Bénin.
