| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| …has the second-highest number of Portuguese speakers in the world? | Angola | 100%
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| …is named after Saint Thomas? | São Tomé and Principe | 100%
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| …bears a machete on its flag? | Angola | 83%
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| …has two national animals: the goat, representing the desert north, and the lion, representing the fertile south? | Chad | 83%
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| …has the second-highest number of French speakers in the world? | Dem. Rep. of the Congo | 83%
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| …was brutally exploited by King Leopold II of Belgium for its natural resources? | Dem. Rep. of the Congo | 83%
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| …is in the process of moving its capital from the island of Bioko to the mainland? | Equatorial Guinea | 83%
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| …named its capital after French explorer Savorgnan de Brazza? | Republic of the Congo | 83%
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| …boasts the highest peak in West and Central Africa, the mountain for which it is named? | Cameroon | 67%
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| …was once ruled by Jean-Bédel Bokassa, nicknamed the “Butcher of Bangui” for the number of people his regime killed? | Central African Republic | 67%
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| …has the largest African pygmy population? | Dem. Rep. of the Congo | 67%
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| …is the world’s largest cobalt producer? | Dem. Rep. of the Congo | 67%
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| …is Africa’s only hispanic country? | Equatorial Guinea | 67%
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| …was once the world’s leading producer of cocoa, nicknamed “the Chocolate Islands”? | São Tomé and Principe | 67%
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| …was once a German colony, known for its brutal exploitation? | Cameroon | 50%
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| …has the third-highest GDP per capita in Africa at over 25,000 USD? | Gabon | 50%
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| …banned Christmas during the rule of Macías Nguema in the 1970s for being “too Western”? | Equatorial Guinea | 33%
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| …is home to Loango National Park, nicknamed “Africa’s Last Eden”? | Gabon | 33%
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| …is almost 90% rainforest, with the vast majority of the population living in urban areas? | Gabon | 33%
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| …is supposedly home to the Mokele-mbembe, a beast similar to the Loch Ness monster? | Republic of the Congo | 33%
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| …is nicknamed “Africa in miniature” for its diverse climates and landscapes? | Cameroon | 17%
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| …is nicknamed the “dead heart of Africa”? | Chad | 17%
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| …is home to most of Africa’s lowland gorillas, as well as 80% of all of Africa’s baboons? | Gabon | 17%
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| …was Africa’s first marxist state following a coup in 1968 until the fall of the Soviet Union? | Republic of the Congo | 0%
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