| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| South African anti-apartheid revolutionary who served as President of South Africa | Nelson Mandela | 90%
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| Last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt | Cleopatra | 88%
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| Libyan revolutionary who was captured and killed in 2011 | Muammar Gaddafi | 88%
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| Ancient Egyptian pharaoh whose nearly intact tomb was discovered in 1922 | Tutankhamun | 86%
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| South African business magnate, engineer and the founder of SpaceX | Elon Musk | 82%
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| President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979, one of the most brutal despots in world history | Idi Amin | 72%
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| Egyptian footballer, considered one of the best players in the world | Mohamed Salah | 72%
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| Zimbabwean Prime Minister and President from 1980 to 2017 | Robert Mugabe | 72%
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| Ghanaian diplomat who was the 7th Secretary-General of the UN from 1997 to 2006 | Kofi Annan | 68%
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| Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974 | Haile Selassie | 66%
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| Egyptian actor who appeared in films Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago | Omar Sharif | 64%
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| President of Liberia since 2018 and FIFA World Player of the Year in 1995 | George Weah | 60%
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| Mansa of the Mali Empire, sometimes called the wealthiest person in history | Mansa Musa | 60%
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| Captain of the Ivory Coast national team and one of Chelsea's greatest players | Didier Drogba | 58%
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| Cameroonian footballer who was four times the African Player of the Year | Samuel Eto'o | 58%
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| Noble Prize winner and religious leader who has fought against apartheid | Desmond Tutu | 56%
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| Egyptian politician who stepped down during the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 | Hosni Mubarak | 56%
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| Egyptian President from 1970 until his assassination in 1981 | Anwar Sadat | 54%
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| Actress who won Oscar for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster | Charlize Theron | 54%
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| South African paralympic sprinter who was convicted of murder in 2015 | Oscar Pistorius | 52%
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| Queen of the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, the Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten | Nefertiti | 50%
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| Egyptian who served as the 2nd President of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970 | Gamal Abdel Nasser | 44%
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| King of the Zulu Kingdom from 1816 to 1828 | Shaka | 44%
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| Sudanese basketball player, the tallest in the history of the NBA | Manute Bol | 40%
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| Kenyan actress who won the Academy Award for movie 12 Years a Slave | Lupita Nyong'o | 36%
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| Cameroonian footballer who at age of 38 scored 4 goals at the 1990 FIFA World Cup | Roger Milla | 36%
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| Nicknamed "the Dream", one of the greatest basketball players of all time | Hakeem Olajuwon | 32%
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| Muslim Berber-Moroccan explorer who widely travelled the Asia, Africa and Europe | Ibn Battuta | 32%
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| King of Morocco since 1999 | Mohammed VI | 30%
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| Politician who led the transformation of Congo from a colony into an independent republic | Patrice Lumumba | 30%
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| Egyptian diplomat who was the 6th Secretary-General of the UN from 1992 to 1996 | Boutros Boutros-Ghali | 28%
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| Beninese actor who played in Amistad, Gladiator, In America and Blood Diamond | Djimon Hounsou | 28%
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| Politician who led Kenya in the transformation from a British colony into an independent republic | Jomo Kenyatta | 28%
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| South African comedian and the host of The Daily Show | Trevor Noah | 28%
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| Congolese basketball player who has become well known for his humanitarian work | Dikembe Mutombo | 26%
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| First female ruler of ancient Egypt to reign as a male with the full authority of pharaoh | Hatshepsut | 24%
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| Cameroonian professional basketball player and NBA All Star | Joel Embiid | 24%
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| Tunisian female tennis player, the highest-ranked African and Arab player in history | Ons Jabeur | 22%
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| Ghanaian revolutionary, the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana | Kwame Nkrumah | 18%
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| Algerian actress who played in Kingsman: The Secret Service and Star Trek Beyond | Sofia Boutella | 18%
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| Zimbabwean actress who starred in the series The Walking Dead | Danai Gurira | 14%
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| Cape Verdean singer-songwriter nicknamed the "Barefoot Diva" | Cesaria Evora | 12%
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| Nigerian recording artist most famous for his worldwide 1992 hit "It's My Life" | Dr Alban | 12%
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| South African sprinter who is the current world and Olympic record holder in the 400 m | Wayde Van Niekerk | 10%
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| South African model who became a Victoria's Secret Angel in 2010 | Candice Swanepoel | 8%
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| Female Zimbabwean politician and former Olympic swimmer | Kirsty Coventry | 8%
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| Algerian politician who served as President of Algeria for almost 20 years | Abdelaziz Bouteflika | 6%
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| Ethiopian long-distance runner, Olympic and World champion over 10,000 metres | Haile Gebrselassie | 6%
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| Tunisian leader and statesman who led the nation to independence from France | Habib Bourguiba | 2%
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| Guinean vocalist best known internationally for his 1987 hit song "Yeke Yeke" | Mory Kante | 2%
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