| Clue | Nation | Person | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Became president after spending 27 years in prison | South Africa | Nelson Mandela | 99%
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| Egyptian pharaoh and lover of Caesar | Egypt | Cleopatra | 86%
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| Former Libyan dictator and colonel ousted in the Libyan civil war | Libya | Muammar Gaddafi | 72%
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| First black archbishop of Cape Town and apartheid opponent | South Africa | Desmond Tutu | 57%
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| Zimbabwe dictator whose policies have caused economic havoc | Zimbabwe | Robert Mugabe | 56%
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| Exiled Ugandan dictator | Uganda | Idi Amin | 54%
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| UN Secretary General from 1997-2006 | Ghana | Kofi Annan | 52%
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| First African to score 100 Premier League goals for Chelsea | Ivory Coast | Didier Drogba | 49%
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| Former Ethiopian emperor and Rastafarian Messiah | Ethiopia | Haile Selassie | 44%
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| Egyptian president and Nobel Peace Prize winner | Egypt | Anwar Sadat | 36%
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| First Egyptian president unseated during revolution in 2011 | Egypt | Hosni Mubarak | 36%
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| Warrior king who united the Zulu people | South Africa | Shaka | 36%
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| Soulful singer of "Smooth Operator" and "The Sweetest Taboo" | Nigeria | Sade | 33%
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| R&B singer of "Smack That" and "I Wanna Love You" | Senegal | Akon | 28%
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| Very skinny NBA player with an 8'6" wingspan | Sudan | Manute Bol | 26%
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| Former NBA center known as "The Dream" | Nigeria | Hakeem Olajuwon | 25%
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| Bishop of Hippo who wrote "Confessions" | Algeria | St. Augustine | 17%
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| "Blood Diamond" and "Gladiator" actor | Benin | Djimon Hounsou | 14%
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| Golfer with 9 major championships | South Africa | Gary Player | 14%
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| Director of "District 9" and "Elysium" | South Africa | Neill Blomkamp | 8%
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