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What year did the Portuguese first arrive on the coast of Guinea?

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1471

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What year was Elmina Fortress built by the Portuguese?

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1482

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What year did the Danish build the fort “Christiansborg”?

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1661

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What year did Denmark end the “trade with Negroes”?

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1792 (effective 1803)

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What year did the British ban on slave trade from the Gold Coast take effect?

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1807

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What year did Osei Bonsu ascend to the Asante throne?

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1800

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What year was the first Anglo-Asante war?

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1824

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What year was slavery abolished in all British colonies?

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1833

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What year did Denmark abolish slavery in all its territories?

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1848

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What year did Britain purchase Danish forts on the Gold Coast?

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1850

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What year did the British proclaim the Gold Coast a crown colony?

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1874

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What year did Accra become the capital of the Gold Coast

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1877

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What years mark the Berlin Conference?

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1884-1885

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What year did Britain control the Asante Kingdom?

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1896

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What year was the Golden Stool demanded by Governor Hodgson, sparking conflict?

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1900

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What year did the Asante Kingdom surrender to Britain?

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1902

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What year was Kwame Nkrumah born?

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1909

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What year did the first legislative elections occur in the Gold Coast?

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1925

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What year was the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) founded?

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1947

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What year did the Accra riots occur, leading to multiple deaths?

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1948

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What year did Kwame Nkrumah form the Convention People’s Party (CPP)?

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1949

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What year did the CPP win the Gold Coast’s first legislative elections?

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1951

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What year did Ghana gain independence?

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1957

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What year did Ghana become a republic?

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1960

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What year did Nkrumah declare Ghana a one-party state?
1964
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What year was Nkrumah overthrown in a coup?
1966
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What year was Ghana’s Second Republic established?
1969
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What year did Kwame Nkrumah die in Guinea?
1972
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What year did the "Supreme Military Council" form in Ghana?
1975
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What year was Jerry Rawlings’ first coup attempt?
1979
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What year did Jerry Rawlings successfully carry out a coup?
1979
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What year did Dr. Hilla Limann become Ghana’s president?
1979
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What year did Rawlings seize power a second time?
1981
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What year was Ghana's National Commission for Democracy formed?
1990
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What year marked the inauguration of Ghana's Fourth Republic?
1993
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What year did Kofi Annan become UN Secretary-General?
1997
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What year did the deadly stampede at Accra Sports Stadium occur?
2001
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What year did Nana Akufo-Addo win the presidential election?
2016
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What year was free Senior High School introduced in Ghana?
2017
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What year did the Danes arrive on the Gold Coast
1642
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Who became Ghana’s first female Chief Justice, and in what year?
Georgina Theodora Wood in 2007
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Who won Ghana’s first democratic presidential election in 1992?
Jerry John Rawlings
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When did Ghana become a republic
July 1, 1960
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When was the first decomcratic presidential election held?
1992
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In what year was Kwame Nkrumah overthrown
1966
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In which year did Ghana discover offshore oil
2007
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On what date did Ghana gain its independence from Britain, becoming the first African nation to do so?
March 6, 1957
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In what year did the Dutch establish Fort Nassau as their first fort on the Gold Coast?
1612
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Who was the influential leader of the Ashanti Empire during the first Anglo-Ashanti War in 1824?
King Osei Bonsu
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In which year did the Dutch withdraw from the Gold Coast, ceding their territories to the British?
1872
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Which year was the Katamnso War fought?
1826
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When did captain George Maclean arrive in the Gold Coast?
1830
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What date and month was the Bond of 1844 signed?
6th March 1844
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When was the McLean Treaty signed between the British and the Fante chiefs?
1831
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Who is credited with bringing cocoa to Ghana?
Tetteh Quarshie
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From which country did Tetteh Quarshie bring cocoa to Ghana?
Fernando Po (now Bioko, Equatorial Guinea)
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In what year did Tetteh Quarshie bring cocoa to Ghana?
1879
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What was Tetteh Quarshie’s profession?
Blacksmith
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Where did Tetteh Quarshie first plant cocoa in Ghana?
Mampong, in the Eastern Region
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When was Tetteh Quarshie born and when did he die?
1842 - 1892
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Where is the Tetteh Quarshie Cocoa Farm located?
Mampong-Akwapim, Eastern Region
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Who is the father of Cocoa in Ghana
Tetteh Quarshie
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What is the name of the main hospital in Ghana named after Tetteh Quarshie?
Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital
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When was the Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital inaugurated?
1952
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When was Tetteh Quarshie's cocoa farm replanted to preserve it as a historic site?
1960
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Who built the Akosombo Dam
Gordon Guggisberg
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Who was the British colonial governor of the Gold Coast between 1919 and 1927?
Sir Gordon Guggisberg
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When did construction of the Akosombo Dam begin
1965
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When was the Akosombo Dam finally built
1966
69
In which year was Ghana hit with a strong drought in farming
1983
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What does Ghana mean
Warrior King
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When did the first Moslems arrive in the gold coast
1921
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When did the first Christians arrive in the Gold Coast
1482
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When was the Treaty of Fomena signed?
1874, 50,000 ounces of gold
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When was Osei Bonsu born and when did he die?
Born 1779, died 1824
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When was the first Ghana Music Awards held?
1999
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When was the Ghana School of Law founded?
1958
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When did the Sagrenti War occur?
1873-1874
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Who was the first Ghanaian footballer?
Arthur Wharton (1890s)
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When did Ghana first go to the FIFA World Cup?
2006 (Germany)
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When did Ghana first participate in AFCON?
1963 (Tunisia)
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When did Ghana first win AFCON?
1963 (Tunisia)
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When was the Ghana Premier League established?
1956
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Who designed the Coat of Arms?
Amon Kotei
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Who designed the Ghana Flag?
Theodosia Okoh

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