| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Largest hot desert in the world | Sahara | 100%
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| Country Nelson Mandela was president of | South Africa | 100%
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| Country which gained independence from the above in 2011 | South Sudan | 99%
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| Arabic-speaking country which was formerly the largest in Africa | Sudan | 99%
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| Country of which Mogadishu is the capital | Somalia | 96%
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| Island country in the Indian Ocean | Seychelles | 94%
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| Island country in the Atlantic Ocean | Sāo Tomé and Príncipe | 93%
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| Westernmost country in mainland Africa | Senegal | 93%
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| Canal in Egypt that connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea | Suez Canal | 93%
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| Lingua franca of East Africa | Swahili | 88%
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| Former name of Eswatini | Swaziland | 84%
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| Country which was founded as a British colony for freed slaves | Sierra Leone | 80%
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| Unrecognized country which has been de facto independent from the above since 1991 | Somaliland | 72%
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| Biogeographic region just south of the above that stretches across Africa and is a transition zone between the desert and the more human regions to the south | Sahel | 58%
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| Official language of Lesotho | Sesotho | 51%
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| Capital of Réunion | Saint-Denis | 32%
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| Largest city on Tenerife | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 26%
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| Language spoken by the majority of Zimbabweans | Shona | 24%
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| Official language of Botswana | Setswana | 21%
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| Group of uninhabited islands governed by France, but also claimed by the Comoros, Madagascar, and Mauritius | Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean | 1%
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