| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Glorioso and Juan de Nova islands lie within this body of water, and are part of a French District name the Scattered Islands. This body of water is demarcated by the estuary formed by the River Rovuma in the north and Pont do Ouro in the south. A namesake warm current flows through this body of water, leading into the Agulhas Current off the eastern coast of South Africa. For the point, name this arm of the Indian Ocean which contains Comoros and lies between Madagascar and a namesake southeast African country. | Mozambique Channel |
| The RR 122 road connects this town to the village of Bangoi Mafsankoa further inland. The tourist attraction of Memboiboini Mitsamihouli is located outside this town, which houses the Maloudja Bungalows. Many tourists stay at this town's Le Galawa Beach Hotel. The RN-1 and RN-3 connect this town to Djomani and Ntsaouéni further to the south. For the point, name this town, located near the Lac Sale Crater on the northwest coast of Grande Comore. | Mitsamiouli |
| Legend has it that these people originated from an African princess marrying a Persian prince, but the lack of Shia Islamic presence in regions like Zanzibar and the Comoros make that legend unlikely. It is more likely that these people, also known as the Mbwera, came to Southeast Africa as traders, and by 1200, these people had established trading networks in the Comoros. For the point, name these Iranian people who represent some 17 percent of the Comoros. | Shirazi (accept Mbwera before mentioned) |
| This city contains the Boulevard des Crabes, built on a dike to connect it to an outlying islet. This city, a twin town with Labattoir, contains the smallest operational unit of the French army and shares the island of Petite-Terre with Pamanzi, home to the busiest airport in the Comoros. Connected via ferry to Mamoudzou, for the point, what is this easternmost city of the Comoros archipelago, off the coast of Mayotte? | Dzaoudzi |
| Residents of this city pray at the Youssouf Madi Masjid and at its namesake Grand Mosque. This city borders the nearby villages of Djoièzi and Mbatsé. Visitors often trek to this city's Miringoni Beach and the nearby Kave Hoani. This is the largest city on an island that also contains the islets of Nyumashiwa near the city of Nioumachoua. For the point, name this largest city on the Autonomous Island of Mohéli, the third-largest in the Comoros. | Fomboni (accept Fomboni Grand Mosque) |
| These people experienced their first "expansion" as early as 1500 BCE and arrived in the Comoros in the 8th century CE. Descendants of these people in the Comoros have retained their single outrigger and double-hull canoe types, never having been reached by the double outriggers that these people introduced to the islands of Southeast Asia. For the point, name this people group who reached a large region ranging from Southeast Africa to Micronesia. | Austronesian people (accept Austronesian expansion; accept Austronesian- speaking people) |
| Visitors to this feature often stop at the town of Bangoi-Mafousa Nkoa, and this feature is surrounded by a forest which protects the endemic Comoro white-eye. This feature is the larger of the two major examples of such features which form its island, alongside La Grille, and this feature, where a crater lake formed in 1991, prompted evacuations in 2005 and 2006 after activity was detected. Causing lava flows which threatened Moroni, For the point, what is this tallest mountain of the Comoros archipelago? | Mount Karthala (accept Karthola; accept Al Qirṭālah; accept Kartala) |
| In 2019, one of these entities in the Comoros killed seven people, destroyed 80 percent of the nation's crops, and displaced more than 20 thousand people from their homes. That entity was the strongest recorded iteration of these entities in the region, and the Comoros is rated "high" in regard to these hazards that bring heavy rain, flooding, and high winds. Kenneth was an example of, for the point, what type of rotating air mass which is known as a "hurricane" in the Atlantic? | Tropical cyclone (accept Intense Tropical Cyclone Kenneth; prompt on "hurricane" or "typhoon") |
| In 2020, this commodity was the fourth-most exported commodity from the Comoros, behind cloves, yachts, and essential oils, and the Comoros was the 12th largest exporter of this commodity in the world, with Madagascar being the largest at some eight times any other country. This commodity, as well as that from Madagascar, is considered "Bourbon," differing from the Tahitian and West Indian varieties. For the point, name this organic compound derived from a namesake bean. | Vanilla (accept Vanilla Bean; accept Bourbon Vanilla; accept Bourbon- Madagascar Vanilla; accept Tahitian Vanilla; accept West Indian Vanilla) |
| The former name of this island inspired the names of the lizard species Flexiseps johannae and Paroedura sanctijohannis. The Shiromani is a sheet-like article of clothing worn on this island, which contains the mausoleum of President Ahmed Abdallah. Operation Democracy in Comoros was the codename for a 2008 invasion of this island after which Mohamed Bacar fled to Mayotte. For the point, name this autonomous easternmost island of Comoros. | Anjouan (accept Ndzuwani; accept Nzwani) |
| Improper application of this technique presents one of the major environmental issues in the Comoros as population growth has forced farmers to move their crops to higher and higher elevations. Without applying this technique properly is expected to ultimately lead to impaired food production and land degradation due to soil erosion. For the point, name this agricultural technique, used widely in Asian rice paddy fields, involving cutting a sloped plane into a series of flat surfaces. | Terracing (accept word forms) |
| From 1996 to 2001, this object opened to the right but opened to the left on the obverse. From 1992 to 1996, this object opened to the top, and from 1976 to 1978, this object faced to the lower right and was located in a red field. In all iterations of the primary appearance of this object in the Comoros, it features four stars in its opening, representing the four islands. For the point, name this object which symbolizes Islam on the flag of the Comoros. | White Crescent |
| The history of these people was misrepresented in The Empty Land Myth, which attempted to suggest that these people came to South Africa around the same time as Europeans, while archaeological evidence, such as the Lydenburg heads, indicate that these people inhabited the region at least as early as the Iron Age. These African people were among the first settlers of the Comoros, and much of the culture of these people has been retained, including matrilineal inheritance. For the point, who are these people whose language now comprises Comorian? | Bantu peoples (accept Bantu-speaking people; accept Bantu languages; prompt on "Swahili") |
| This island's Lake Dziani-Boudouni is connected to volcanic vents and is part of the first protected area in the Comoros. This island, served by the Bandar Es Eslam airport, was the site of a sultanate established by Malagasy King Ramanetaka and Queen Djoumbé. Fatima formerly ruled this island where Nyumashiwa is known for the white sand beaches of offshore islets. Seceding from the Comoros in 1997, for the point, what is this smallest of the four Comoros islands? | Mohéli (or Mwali) |
| This location was named after a 17th-century British ship which ran aground at this location while traveling to the Indian subcontinent. This locale was the subject of a planned annexation by the island of Madagascar in the mid-1970s due to the possibility of underwater oil deposits in its vicinity. This location was grouped together with the Banc de la Cordelière in France's National Nature Reserve, a marine protection zone. For the point, name this partially submerged reef in the Mozambique Channel, claimed by both France and Comoros. | Banc du Geyser (accept Banc du Geysir) |
| Use of this substance around the world is an environmental concern, and the WHO has deemed it a polluting fuel. However, in the Comoros, this substance, used primarily in non-electric lamps, is subsidized in an effort to reduce or eliminate deforestation and endangerment of its unique flora and fauna. With a name derived from the Greek for "wax," for the point, what is this combustible hydrocarbon derived from petroleum and sometimes called "paraffin"? | Kerosene (accept Paraffin before mentioned; accept Lamp oil before "lamp" is mentioned) |
| Thermal stress to this ecosystem in the Comoros can be caused by the thermocline being pushed deeper, trapping hotter surface water. One of the largest of these ecosystems in the world, the area in the Comoros with this classification is some 220 kilometers long and has what is considered one of the highest concentrations of marine species in a small area in the world. Largely unexplored and undocumented in the Comoros, for the point, what is this ecosystem characterized by and named for marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa? | Coral reef |
| This entity is equal to similar entities named for Moscow, Israel Summer, and Further- eastern European. This entity is one less than that for Seychelles and one more than Egypt Standard and Eastern European. Established in 1988 by the International Organization for Standardization, for the point, what is this time zone shared by Ethiopia, Kenya, and the Comoros? | East Africa Time |
| This environmental challenge, which affects 27 percent of the world's population according to the WWF, has hit the Comoros hard as it has had one of the fastest rates of deforestation in the world. An organization called Dahari, meaning "sustainable" in Comorian, was created to restore degraded lands and forests which have contributed to this issue. For the point, name this problem which has led to just 13 percent of the population of the Comoros having sufficient amounts of clean H2O. | Water shortage (accept clear knowledge equivalents) |
| This animal was historically known as gombessa in the Comoros, and it can perform "headstands" to slurp prey from lava caves by moving its upper and lower jaws. One of two species of this animal is called the West Indian Ocean variant, present around the Comoros Islands, while the other species is named for Indonesia. This fish was officially recognized by a museum curator in East London after having been thought to have been extinct. For the point, name this type of fish often termed a "living fossil." | Coelacanths (or Latimeria; or West Indian Ocean ; or West Indian Ocean Coelacanths; or African Coelacanths) |
| These animals can be found around the world, with adults frequenting seagrass meadows and inshore bays and lagoons. One of the largest nesting sites in the Southwest Indian Ocean for these endangered creatures is located less than a mile northeast of the village of Hamavouna, on the southeast coast of Mohéli at Itsamia Beach. For the point, name these animals that can swim up to 1600 miles to reach spawning grounds and are named for the color of the fat under their carapace. | Green sea turtle (accept Black sea turtle; accept Pacific green turtle; prompt on partial answers) |
| Using Latin orthography, this island's dialect of Malagasy is known as Kibushi and is spoken alongside the Bantu tongue known as Shimaore. After the Comoros declared its independence from France in 1974, this geographically oldest island in the archipelago broke away. Still claimed by the Comoros, for the point, what is this French Overseas Department in the northern portion of the Mozambique Channel? | Department of Mayotte [[mah-YOHT]] |
| This city's name translates to "at the river," although it is not situated on any rivers. This city, with Ikoni, was one of the two seats of power of the Kingdom of Bambao, and this city includes the suburb of Hahaya, which contains Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport. This city, which serves as the capital of Ngazidja, shares its name with an angel who transmitted the Book of Mormon to Joseph Smith. For the point, name this capital city of the Comoros. | Moroni (or Mūrūnī) |
| The villages of Panda, Batsa, and Ousivo are located on this island. Popular tourist attractions on this island include Bouni and Chomini Beaches, as well as the nearby L'île aux Tortues [[leel-oh-tohr-TWEH]] and Ndroudé. Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport serves this island, near where Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 crash-landed after being hijacked in 1996. The largest island in Comoros, for the point, what is this "big" island whose capital is Moroni. | Grande Comore (accept Ngazidja) |
| One threatened variety of this animal, Graphium levassori, is endemic to the Comoros and is closely related to the Veined Swordtails found throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. Another variety of this animal, found only on the largest island in the Comoros, is a nymphalid known as the Comore friar. Nineteen species are endemic to the Comoros from the suborder Rhopalocera, better known as, for the point, what often brightly colored winged insects? | Butterfly (accept Rhopalocera before mentioned; do not accept or prompt on "moth") |
| The Comoros is a member of a Commission of African nations around this body of water, headquartered in Port Louis, Mauritius. This body of water is bounded on the South by the Southern Ocean and on the North by Southern Asia. For the point, name this ocean in which the archipelago of the Comoros is located. | Indian Ocean (accept Indian Ocean Commission) |