| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Official language in South Africa and Zimbabwe | Xhosa | 100%
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| 5th century BC Persian king whose empire included Egypt | Xerxes I | 66%
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| City in southern Mozambique with a population of 116,000 | Xai-Xai | 16%
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| The unstriped ground squirrel, native to East Africa, is the only member of this genus | Xerus | 6%
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| Small asteroid discovered by South African astronomer Cyril Jackson and named after a South African ethnic group | 1506 Xosa | 5%
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| Somali name for Hafun, the town in Somalia which is the easternmost point of continental Africa | Xaafuun | 3%
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| Small river in Eastern Cape, South Africa | Xabane | 3%
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| Town of 68,000 in northern Angola | Xá-Muteba | 3%
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| Town of 70,000 in southern Angola | Xangongo | 3%
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| Rare-earth phosphate mineral, the major component of it is yttrium, found in Madagascar and Namibia as well as places outside Africa | xenotime | 3%
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| Tribe of ground squirrels including the above, as well as others native to Africa | Xerini | 3%
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| District in the Free State of South Africa | Xhariep | 3%
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| Genus of plant native to East and Southern Africa that produces a fruit known as the sourplum | Ximenia | 3%
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| Genus of swordfish, which live in oceans throughout the world, including of the coast of Africa | xiphias | 3%
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| Mountain in Eastern Cape, South Africa | Xolora | 3%
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| Safari camp on the Okavango Delta in Botswana | Xakanaxa | 2%
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| Common name of the binary star Mu1 Scorpii, meaning "the eyes if the lion" in the southern African Khoekhoe language | Xamidimura | 2%
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| Small town in Limpopo, South Africa | Xanthia | 2%
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| Sulfosalt mineral found in Morocco | xanthoconite | 2%
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| Small town in the Mudug region of Somalia | Xerojaale | 2%
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