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Guess each short answer. Then guess, from the first letters of each answer, a quote from African history. It is the most famous phrase the explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley (pictured) ever uttered, on 10 November 1871 in Ujiji, Tanzania.
Except for the quote, all the answers are a single word
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First submittedOctober 29, 2015
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D
Westernmost mainland capital city
Dakar
O
President that Idi Amin deposed in 1971
Obote
C
City where of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine
Casablanca
T
Lake, bigger than Belgium, bordering four countries
Tanganyika
O
Angola-Namibia border river, 1700 km /1050 mi long
Okavango
R
Zimbabwe's previous name
Rhodesia
L
19th century explorer
Livingstone
I
Official Nigerian language, spoken by 24 million
Igbo
V
Waterfall on Zambezi River
Victoria Falls
I
Once a major export of Côte d'Ivoire
ivory
N
The N in ANC
National
G
Gountry whose name means Warrior King in Mande language
Ghana
S
Eswatini means Land of the ....
Swazis
T
One of Jesus' 12 apostles, after whom a country is named
Thomas
O
Algeria's 4-letter second largest city
Oran
N
River that flows through Nubia
Nile
E
Ugandan airport from where 102 Israeli hostages were rescued in 1976
Entebbe
I
Antelope, native to southern countries
impala
P
This city's name means beach in Portuguese
Praia
R
1963 trial where Mandela was found guilty of espionage
Rivonia
E
Only country in the world where Amharic is the official language
Ethiopia
S
South Africa's rugby team nickname, also known as Bokke
Springboks
U
Renamed to Burkina Faso in 1984
Upper Volta
M
Endured a 15-year civil war after its 1975 independence
Mozambique
E
One-party state, created in 1993
Eritrea
 
 
 
phrase from African history
Doctor Livingstone, I presume
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13 Comments
Quizzer6794
+2
Level 66
Oct 30, 2015
19th century explorer = Livingstone? That kinda gives the quote away. Libya, Liberia, Lesotho, Luanda, Lusaka, Lomé, Lilongwe, Libreville, land, Lagos, ... my, there's 10 already! :)
Jerry928
+2
Level 76
Oct 30, 2015
Yes, I was a bit nervous it might give the game away as you say, but the stats show that that hasn't happened.
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 66
Oct 30, 2015
... and, if you want to keep it about history, I'll give you Luxor
Victoulapin
+4
Level 68
Feb 8, 2016
What african country's name is suposed to come from Thomas ?
Jerry928
+4
Level 76
Feb 8, 2016
São Tomé is Portuguese for St Thomas.
sleekcollins
+1
Level 67
Sep 7, 2016
Damn! That was challenging.
nojik
+2
Level 67
Aug 13, 2020
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT
vermiciousknid
+1
Level 91
Aug 13, 2020
Good quiz. I knew the quote from the outset and I'm glad I did; having the first letter to some of the answers was a big help. Pity about Eswatini though.
Jerry928
+1
Level 76
Aug 14, 2020
Yes, it was renamed in 2018 :) We just changed the clue and the answer.
danitheresa
+2
Level 35
Nov 8, 2022
Extremely difficult. Guessed 4 and stopped time to use google, wikipedia and google maps.

Good learning quiz, only doable for Africa-experts.

HyddenRizz
+1
Level 67
Dec 23, 2023
I thought the plural of Swazi was Swazi :(
Jerry928
+1
Level 76
Dec 23, 2023
Swazi people are known as emaSwati, but whether that translates into Swazi or Swazis I am not sure. I'm happy to take expert advice on that one!
Thisisreal
+1
Level 90
Nov 13, 2024
Very good quiz, enjoyed it very much. Got most of the answers right, then the quote, then came back to the questions I didn’t know and got some few more.
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