Abeokuta's Online Quiz

Objective: answer 7 questions correctly. JavaScript required!

Created by W.A. at 11:50 on 7/24/99


1. WARM-UP: What year was Abeokuta founded?

1759
1821
1830
Precise Date Unknown

2. Who was the first Alake to be crowned in Abeokuta?

Okukenu
Sodeke
Gbadebo
Lisabi

3. Name of the Leader of the Egba revolt against the Old Oyo Empire

Sodeke
Lisabi
Okikilu
Karunwi

4. Where was the first Telegraph station opened in Abeokuta in 1898?

Sapon
Lafenwa
Ibara
Totoro

5. When was the Alake Oba Gbadebo was received by King Edward VII of England at Buckingham Palace

1893
1911
1908
1904

6. Abeokuta was made the state capital of Ogun state Nigeria in what year?

1975
1977
1976
1978

7. Abeokuta is the hometown of Nigerian President Obasanjo - name his home township in Abeokuta

Ake
Oke Ona
Owu
Gbagura

8. Which of the following events was seized upon by the British Colonial Authorities to deprive Abeokuta and Egbaland of it's Independence?

Ogun Adubi - the Abeokuta Uprising
Non Payment of the Egba Government Loan
Ijemo Incident
Egba Refusal to receive Consul Taylor

9. The first Chief Justice of Nigeria was the son of which Alake of Abeokuta?

Oba Gbadebo
Alake Oyekan
Oba Oluwaji
Sir Ladapo Ademola

10. The first Christian Church in Nigeria is situated in which township of Abeokuta? first Christian Church in Nigeria is situated in which township of Abeokuta?

Ake
Ibara
Owu
Oke Ona

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