| Clue | Lake | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| The largest tropical lake in the world | Lake Victoria | 99%
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| Has the greatest diversity of fish species of any lake in the world | Lake Malawi | 84%
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| Henry Morton Stanley found David Livingstone in 1871 in Ujiji near this lake | Lake Tanganyika | 82%
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| Its area had reached 400,000 km2 during the African humid period | Lake Chad | 77%
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| Reservoir created by the Aswan Dam – named for an Egyptian president | Lake Nasser | 65%
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| Largest lake in Togo – don't overthink it now | Lake Togo | 64%
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| This "shocking" reservoir in Ghana reached its fullest capacity in 1965 after the completion of the Akosombo Dam | Lake Volta | 55%
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| Where a boat of Congolese refugees capsized and killed 251 people in 2014 | Lake Albert | 44%
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| World's largest permanent desert lake | Lake Turkana | 34%
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| Was briefly renamed Lake Idi Amin in the 70s | Lake Edward | 31%
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| Has massive amounts of methane and carbon dioxide trapped in its deep waters | Lake Kivu | 28%
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| It is both the largest lake in Ethiopia and the main source of the Blue Nile | Lake Tana | 19%
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| The world's largest man-made lake by volume | Lake Kariba | 14%
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| Djiboutian lake with the lowest point on land in Africa | Lake Assal | 11%
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| Crimson lake in northern Tanzania known for its flamingo population – named for a mineral that consists of hydrated sodium carbonate | Lake Natron | 11%
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| Large lake in the middle of the Suez Canal | Great Bitter Lake | 7%
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| Largest lake that entirely is situated in Tanzania | Lake Rukwa | 4%
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| Largest lake entirely in Uganda | Lake Kyoga | 3%
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