Here is a quiz about my life in Ethiopia! Send me your answers to the (sometimes random) questions and the person with the best score will receive by mail!


1. Which of these activities can be done on Sundays?

a) Using the toilet

b) Taking a shower

c) Watching TV

d) Doing laundry / Washing dishes



2. Which food did I not get during my stay here?

a) Indian food

b) Chinese food

c) Lebanese food

d) Arabian food



3. What do I like the least with eating injera?

a) Eating with my hands

b) Eating from someone else’s hand

c) Everybody eating from the same plate

d) Training my right hand to do something



4. What do I definitely not want to bring back with me as a souvenir?

a) An Ethiopian baby

b) Shiro powder

c) The Little Prince in Amharic

d) A bracelet with the Ethiopian colors



5. What is usually not a result of a power shortage?

a) A cold shower turning into a freezing shower

b) An increased risk of falling in an open sewer

c) The TV going off

d) The gas stove not working anymore



6. Order the things that disturbed my sleep from the least annoying to the most annoying

1) Church singing

2) Dogs barking

3) Bugs flying around me

4) Itchy bug bites



a) 1234

b) 4321

c) 2143

d) 4132



7. Which song did I not hear the kids in Debre Sina singing?

a) Bad Romance by Lady Gaga

b) Wavin’ Flag by K’naan

c) Boom Boom Pow by The Black Eyed Peas

d) One Love by Bob Marley



8. What product can’t we get on the street in Addis?

a) Lottery tickets

b) French fries

c) Fresh orange juice

d) Peanuts



9. What didn’t happen when the police arrested two guys who wanted to take me to a student party?

a) The guys admitted that they actually wanted to rob me

b) The police asked the guys to sit on the ground and hit them a few times

c) I had to justify for a very long time why I didn’t have my passport on me

d) About fifteen people made a circle around us



10. What have I never been called on the street?

a) You

b) Farenji

c) Habesha

d) Mister



11. Which of these animals would I like to have as a pet the most?

a) A goat

b) A sheep

c) A donkey

d) A horse



12. Based on a true story, what happened to the Ethiopian woman’s kidney?

a) It was taken and sold by her husband to feed their kids

b) It was taken by the doctors without her consent so it would pay for her treatments in the hospital

c) It was gone when she returned from the Candy Mountain

d) It was given to a sick Canadian friend



13. Order those products that we can buy in supermarkets from the cheapest to the most expensive one.

1) A small box of Special K

2) A bag of five apples

3) A bottle of Ethiopian wine

4) A can of condensed milk



a) 1234

b) 2413

c) 4321

d) 3412