| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Which country is entirely surrounded by South Africa? | Lesotho | 98%
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| Which country was started by freed slaves from the USA? | Liberia | 96%
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| The capital of the above country is named after who? | James Monroe | 82%
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| Shaka was the leader of which African kingdom in the early 19th century? | Zulu | 80%
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| Which Moroccan city is considered to have the oldest university in the world? | Fes | 72%
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| Which King of the Mali Empire was thought to be the richest man who ever existed? | Mansa Musa | 71%
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| What language is spoken by the most people? | Arabic | 70%
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| What is the second highest mountain in Africa? | Mount Kenya | 67%
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| What island in South Africa was Nelson Mandela imprisoned on? | Robben Island | 62%
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| What is the name of the valley that extends from Djibouti in the North to Tanzania in the South? | Great Rift | 60%
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| Which French territory is located between Madagascar and the African mainland? | Mayotte | 48%
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| The Victoria Falls are located between which two countries? | Zambia and Zimbabwe | 45%
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| What was the colonial name for present day Malawi? | Nyasaland | 35%
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| What is the largest lake in Ghana? | Lake Volta | 34%
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| What is the name of the lake on the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo? | Lake Kivu | 27%
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| What is the capital of the self-declared independent state of Somaliland? | Hargeisa | 24%
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| What is the currency of Ethiopia? | Birr | 22%
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| Who was the first European explorer to round the Cape of Good Hope? | Bartolomeu Dias | 19%
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| Name the strait that connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden | Bab al-Mandab | 13%
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| What was the name of the king, and now the area, where the stone churches were built in Ethiopia? | Lalibela | 13%
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| Which war that began in 1998 killed an estimated 5 million people? | Second Congo War | 13%
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| What is the main national park in Namibia? | Etosha | 11%
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| What is the largest island of the Seychelles archipelago? | Mahe | 8%
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| What is the name of the largest island in Cape Verde/Cabo Verde? | Santiago | 7%
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| The primatologist Dian Fossey was based in which Rwandan National Park? | Volcanoes National Park | 3%
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