AFRICA quiz
Here are sample questions from the AFRICA category. Think about each answer before revealing it – and then check how you'd do against real players in the app.
What is the currency of Egypt called?
Its ISO code is EGP.
Which country shares the longest land border with Zimbabwe?
Which country does the island of Nosy Be belong to?
It is the country's largest and busiest tourist region.
Which countries border Namibia?
In the northeast, a narrow strip called the Caprivi juts out between Angola, Zambia and Botswana.
What is the title of Ernest Hemingway's book about the coloured hills of Africa?
How many African countries are members of the United Nations?
You can be off by 6.
54
The African Group at the UN has 54 states, about 28% of all members, making it the organization's largest regional group. Two unrecognized African states remain outside the UN: Western Sahara and Somaliland.
In which country is Lake Assal?
The lake's area varies from 50 to about 100 km².
What is the lake on the border of Chad, Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon called?
It is an endorheic lake.
In which country is Cape Blanc (Ras al-Abyad)?
It lies near Bizerte. It is often mistakenly regarded as the northernmost point of Africa.
Which country has its capital in the city of Libreville?
On which continent is the okapi found?
- Africa
- South America
- North America
- Australia
- Asia
- Europe
Forest okapis inhabit a very limited area of the Central Tropical African jungle in the Congo.
Who are the Coloureds living in South Africa and Namibia?
The group emerged from the mixing of the Khoisan, Boers and Malays in the Cape Colony. It speaks Afrikaans.
On which continent is the story by Joseph Conrad – which inspired the screenplay for the film *Apocalypse Now* – set?
- Africa
- South America
- North America
- Australia
- Asia
- Europe
Francis Ford Coppola’s *Apocalypse Now* was inspired by the short story *Heart of Darkness* by Joseph Conrad.
Which bird family does the marabou belong to?
The marabou stork is a large scavenger of the stork family with a wingspan of up to 2.9 m. Because its wings and back look like a cloak, it is called the "undertaker bird". It is increasingly seen at African garbage dumps.
In which city is the world's largest church according to Guinness World Records?
It is the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, the tallest church in Africa.
Which country shares the longest land border with Egypt?
On which continent is the city of Cape Town situated?
- Africa
- South America
- North America
- Australia
- Asia
- Europe
What nationality were the first European settlers in present-day South Africa?
In 1652 the Dutch founded a colony at the Cape of Good Hope as a stopover on the route to Asia. Their descendants include the Boers, or Afrikaners.
Which is the largest lake in Africa by area?
It is also the world's largest tropical lake and the second-largest freshwater lake.
On which continent are the Rwenzori Mountains situated?
- Africa
- South America
- North America
- Australia
- Asia
- Europe
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