The African country of Cameroon gets its name from the Portuguese word for “shrimp.” It’s said that 16th-century Portuguese explorers were so astonished and pleased by the abundance of shrimp they found in the Wouri River that they renamed it Rio dos Camaroes, or “River of Shrimp.” The country’s name derives from that. The most populous city in Cameroon today is Douala, located on the Wouri River.
One of the world’s first coffee trading centers was the Red Sea port of Al-Makha, or Mocha, in what country?
A) Egypt
B) Jordan
C) Saudi Arabia
D) Yemen
Previous answer: “Smoke on the Water” describes Montreux “on the Lake Geneva shoreline” in Switzerland.
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