Africa Basic Knowledge - Statistics

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Answer Stats

Hint	Answer	% Correct
Largest hot desert in the world	Sahara	100%
Longest river in the world	Nile	98%
Three most understood European languages	French	94%
Three most understood European languages	English	91%
Sea that borders North Africa	Mediterranean Sea	91%
What is the largest country in Africa by land size?	Algeria	89%
One of the three largest cities in South Africa	Johannesburg \| Cape Town \| Durban	89%
First black president of South Africa	Nelson Mandela	89%
What is the most populous country in Africa?	Nigeria	89%
Policy of racial segregation in South Africa	Apartheid	83%
Country with a genocide in 1994	Rwanda	83%
One of the two African countries not to be colonized	Ethiopia \| Liberia	81%
Landmark(s) located in Giza	Pyramids	81%
Largest urban area on the continent (as of 2022)	Cairo	77%
Large island off the coast of Mozambique	Madagascar	77%
Three most understood European languages	Portuguese	77%
Youngest country in the world (until 2027)	South Sudan	77%
One 3 largest Great Lakes of Africa	Malawi \| Tanganyika \| Victoria	74%
Former emirate and island in Tanzania	Zanzibar	70%
Largest waterfall in the world	Victoria Falls	64%
Mountain range in Northern Africa	Atlas	62%
Famous cape founded by Bartolomeu Dias in 1488	Cape of Good Hope	57%
Zimbabwean Prime Minister 1980 to 2017	Robert Mugabe	57%
Bantu language found in Eastern Africa	Swahili	57%
Rich ancient empire in Western Africa	Mali Empire	55%
Namesake for a disease and river in the DRC	Ebola	51%
Famous ruler of the Zulu's	Shaka	45%
Unique geographical climate south of the above	Sahel	43%
Where the Akan people originate	Ghana	36%
Endangered species in East Africa	Mountain Gorilla	15%