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Category Elimination - African Geography #2

In each group, name any answer which matches the first category to reveal the second category, then name any answer which applies to both categories to reveal a third, and so on.
# = the number of answers possible. Answer must correspond to the highlighted yellow box.
All data as of February 2022. In this quiz, population refers to urban populations. More info.
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Last updated: February 24, 2022
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First submittedFebruary 24, 2022
Times taken56,340
Average score80.0%
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Green Categories
54
Countries of Africa
24
... with an area greater than 250,000 km²
7
... with at least 50 million people
5
... which is only one word
1
... and doesn't end in A
Egypt
 
Orange Categories
57
Capital Cities of Africa
35
... which is North of the Equator
7
... containing the letter L
4
... with fewer than 1.5 million people
1
... which is in North Africa
Tripoli
Blue Categories
54
Countries of Africa (by Flag)
31
... which have white on them
17
... which have blue on them
7
... which have black on them
1
... with no other colors or symbols
Botswana
 
Purple Categories
111
Countries or Capitals of Africa
44
... with at least 10 million people
29
... with at most 6 letters in its name
7
... which lies entirely north of the Equator
1
... and ends in the letter O
Cairo
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33 Comments
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Level 66
Feb 24, 2022
Hehehe first
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Level 66
Feb 24, 2022
Oh wow I got Egypt from the beginning
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Level 71
Oct 15, 2022
Same
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Level 74
Nov 29, 2022
Me too. And then in the orange category I kept going with Cairo, but went just one step to the west when the clue said it must contain an L... :) But sadly I didn't get the purple category at all. :/
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Level 70
Feb 24, 2022
I predict this will be featured tomorrow morning :)
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Level 69
Mar 15, 2022
Unfortunately not... hopefully soon though
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Level 56
Mar 15, 2022
Great quiz! Nominated.
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Level 73
Mar 15, 2022
I got Egypt and Cairo on the first try, botswana and tripoli were a bit worse
+1
Level 26
Apr 10, 2022
Amazing quiz!
+1
Level 56
Apr 12, 2022
i read the clue as starting with L. whoops
+1
Level 37
Apr 24, 2022
What about Banjul for the bottom left one
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Level 68
Apr 24, 2022
Gambia is officially part of West Africa
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Level 56
May 17, 2022
Being from Egypt, I always write Egypt and Cairo until it doesn't work anymore on these quizzes, so I was buzzing here at how far they got me here haha
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Level 89
Jul 23, 2022
white, blue and black flag? I could only think of Estonia and I knew it hadn't migrated to another continent.
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Level 61
Sep 13, 2022
That’s what I thought at first
+1
Level 93
Oct 13, 2022
Same, it was a tiger in Africa? reaction for me.
+1
Level 44
Nov 7, 2022
Yeah, I guess Botswana's sky blue counts as blue.
+1
Level 61
Sep 13, 2022
Yay 100%
+2
Level 74
Oct 12, 2022
Wow, didn't expect to finish in less than a minute.
+7
Level 68
Oct 15, 2022
I didn't either.

I also didn't.

+2
Level 77
Oct 18, 2022
Egyptocentric
+2
Level 71
Nov 6, 2022
You could say North Africa-centric in general. Only one answer is sub-Saharan.
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Level 74
Nov 6, 2022
Somehow completed this in 57 seconds...
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Level 70
Nov 6, 2022
missed two
+1
Level 21
Nov 24, 2022
1:05 first try
+1
Level 79
Apr 28, 2023
20/20, 2:25. Cleared out all the categories instantly except for Botswana which took me a while, I don't really know flags like that
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Level 45
May 2, 2023
it was so much fun when i started the blue category with Botswana and then i typed Botswana more and more agressively :D at the end i was so content
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Level 68
Sep 5, 2023
1:31 Left
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Level 47
Jan 16, 2024
1:34 left
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Level 61
May 24, 2024
19/20 :3
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Level 76
Apr 26, 2025
Sudan's population has now exceeded 50 million, which makes it a valid answer to all 5 questions in the green categories if I'm not mistaken.
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Level 71
Aug 16, 2025
Wow... For the last one, I guessed Cairo the whole way through...
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Level 71
Jan 6, 2026
Wow... I re-took this quiz, then remembered that I wrote this comment, then did it again...