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What is the official language of Mozambique?
Portuguese
What is the most common religion in North Africa?
Islam
What is the primary natural resource in Nigeria?
Oil (Petroleum)
In which country is the famous Maasai Mara National Reserve located?
Kenya
Which country’s flag features a five-pointed star called the ‘Star of Unity’?
Morocco
Which country was known as ‘Zaire’ until 1997?
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
What African country is the world’s leading producer of cocoa?
Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire)
Which African country is famous for its white-sand beaches on the island of Zanzibar?
Tanzania
What African country is known as ‘The Land of the Pharaohs’?
Egypt
Where can you find the Skeleton Coast, a coastal desert known for shipwrecks?
Namibia
What African country was formerly known as ‘Upper Volta’?
Burkina Faso
Which African country is called the ‘Jewel of the Nile’?
Sudan
What country is known for its wildlife-filled Ngorongoro Crater?
Tanzania
What is the second-largest country in Africa by area?
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Which country is known as the ‘Horn of Africa’?
Somalia
Which city is known as ‘The City of a Thousand Minarets’?
Cairo, Egypt
What is the second-largest lake in Africa?
Lake Tanganyika
What African country is known as ‘Africa’s Switzerland’ due to its mountains and climate?
Lesotho
What is the longest river in West Africa?
The Niger River
Which city is known as ‘The Mother City’?
Cape Town, South Africa
What is the capital city of Senegal?
Dakar
Which country is called ‘The Roof of Africa’?
Ethiopia
What is the second-highest mountain in Africa?
Mount Kenya
Which African city is called ‘The Garden City’?
Kampala, Uganda
What is the capital city of Namibia?
Windhoek
Where can you find the Atlas Mountains?
Morocco and Algeria
What country is referred to as ‘The Land of the Blacks’?
Sudan (derived from the Arabic word ‘Bilad al-Sudan’)
What is the capital city of Mozambique?
Maputo
What is the currency of South Africa?
Rand
Which city is known for its French-inspired architecture in North Africa?
Algiers, Algeria
What is the driest place in Africa?
The Danakil Depression in Ethiopia
Which African country has the largest reserves of diamonds?
Botswana
What country was formerly known as Abyssinia?
Ethiopia
Which African country is known as ‘The Island of Spices’?
Comoros
What African lake has the highest concentration of crocodiles?
Lake Turkana, Kenya
Which African country is the largest producer of gold?
South Africa
What is the capital city of Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire)?
Yamoussoukro
Which city is known as ‘The City of Baobabs’?
Morondava, Madagascar
What country has the oldest university in the world?
Morocco (University of al-Qarawiyyin)
What city is known as ‘The Bride of the Mediterranean’?
Alexandria, Egypt
Which country is known as ‘The Giant of Africa’?
Nigeria
Which African country is known as ‘The Land of Volcanoes’?
Rwanda
What city is known as ‘The Capital of Arab Culture’?
Cairo, Egypt
What is the largest city in South Africa?
Johannesburg
In which city is the world’s largest urban park, Table Mountain National Park, located?
Cape Town, South Africa
What is the most widely spoken language family in Africa?
Niger-Congo language family
Which country is the largest producer of coffee in Africa?
Ethiopia
Where can you find the Drakensberg Mountains?
South Africa and Lesotho
What country is home to the famous Ngorongoro Crater?
Tanzania
Which African city is known as ‘The Garden City of the Gulf’?
Port Harcourt, Nigeria
What is the smallest country in mainland Africa?
The Gambia
What is the largest national park in Africa?
Namib-Naukluft National Park in Namibia
Which African country is known as ‘The Gateway to the Sahara’?
Mali
What is the second-largest producer of tea in Africa?
Kenya
Which African city is called ‘The City of Palms’?
Tripoli, Libya
What is the most common staple food in East Africa?
Ugali
What is the capital city of Sudan?
Khartoum
Which African country is known for its Masai beadwork and culture?
Kenya
In which country can you find the Blue Nile Falls?
Ethiopia
Which city is called ‘The Venice of Africa’ due to its canal systems?
Ganvié, Benin
What is the second-most populous city in Egypt after Cairo?
Alexandria
Where is the famous Djemaa el-Fna square located?
Marrakech, Morocco
What country is the leading producer of copper in Africa?
Zambia
What African city is known as ‘The City of Saints’?
Touba, Senegal
What is the largest lake in East Africa?
Lake Victoria
Where is the famous Table Mountain located?
Cape Town, South Africa
What is the largest waterfall in Africa by volume?
Livingstone Falls on the Congo River
Which African country is the world’s top producer of platinum?
South Africa
What is the most common native language of South Africa
Zulu
