WTIG Trivia

  1. Which US. Presidents Have visited Ghana?

    Answer: Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, GW Bush, Barak Obama

  2. Who was the first Black person to receive a degree from Harvard University?

    Answer: WEB Dubois in 1895

  3. This founding member of the NAACP lived in Ghana and is buried in the capital Accra. What is his name?  

    Answer: WEB Dubois

  4. Who began the process of writing the first African Encyclopedia?

    Answer- WEB Dubois

  5. Which American writer lived in Ghana from 1963-65 and wrote All Gods Children Need Travelling Shoes?

    Answer: Maya Angelou

  6. Duchess Quamino of the Gold Coast is buried in God’s Little Acre. What and where is God’s Little Acre?

    Answer: Largest intact colonial era African burying ground, located in Newport, Rhode Island.

  7. In May 1964, two prominent civil rightsAmerican leaders had a chance meeting in the streets of Accra, Ghana. One of them turned his back on the other. Who were the two leaders?

    Answer: Muhammad Ali had a chance meeting in Ghana, with his former friend and mentor Malcolm X. And he turned his back on him.

  8. “In everlasting Memory of the anguish of our ancestors. May those who died rest in peace. May those who return find their roots. May humanity never again perpetrate such injustice against Humanity. We the living vow to uphold this.” These are the words on a plaque in the Cape Coast Castle and fort. Who donated it it?

    Answer: Barack and Michel Obama

  9. Which country was the first country in the world to accept Peace Corps Volunteers?

    Answer: Ghana.  Currently, there are approximately 150 volunteers in Ghana. Volunteers work in agriculture, education and health sectors in all 10 Regions of the country.

  10. A year before Ghana’s independence, this jazz ambassador visited the Gold Coast to connect African Americans to Africa through music. Who was this ambassador?

    Answer: Louis Armstrong.

  11. This United States ambassador to Ghana was also a child movie star. What was her name?

    Answer: Shirley Temple Black

  12. In 1992 two famous baritone-voiced American musicians visited Ghana to shoot a video for the movie “Dark and Lovely (you over there). Who are they?

    Answer: Simon and Garfunkel. Isaac Hayes and Barry White.

  13. The Ghanaian philosopher, Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey, once said “If you educate a man, you educate an individual but if you educate a woman you educate a whole nation.” Where is he buried?

    Answer: Aggrey died July 30, 1927 in New York City, and is buried in Oakdale/Union Hill Cemetery, Salisbury, North Carolina