Statistics for History of Christianity in Africa Trivia

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
African city part of the Pentarchy, visited by St. Mark	Alexandria	89%
Term referring to the Christian community in Egypt	Copt	89%
Anglican anti-apartheid bishop who passed away in 2021	Desmond Tutu	58%
Central African kingdom converted to Catholicism by the Portuguese in the 15th century	Kongo	58%
Christian majority country which gained independence from the Muslim north in 2011 AD	South Sudan	58%
Berber saint who converted from Manichaeism and is one of the the most important Church Fathers	St. Augustine	47%
Church which gained independence from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in 1991 AD	Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo	42%
Liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church	Ge'ez	42%
Last emperor of Ethiopia, regarded as the Second Coming of Christ by Rastafarians	Haile Selassie I	42%
Noblewoman and slave girl who were martyred together in 3rd century Carthage	Perpetua and Felicity	37%
Oldest continually inhabited monastery in the world, named after a 4th century Egyptian martyr	St. Catherine's Monastery	37%
Ethiopian city which claims to be home to the Ark of the Covenant	Axum	26%
Kingdom where the Ugandan martyrs were killed in 1887 AD	Buganda	26%
Conservative cardinal from Guinea once thought to be a potential candidate for Pope	Robert Sarah	26%
Country with the fastest growing Christian population in Africa today	Algeria	21%
English cleric formerly involved with the African Slave Trade, who became a staunch abolitionist and wrote Amazing Grace	John Newton	21%
African country where Christianity is officially the state religion	Zambia	21%
Last surviving Christian kingdom in Nubia, conquered by the Muslims in 1500 AD	Alodia	16%
Ethiopian city famous for its rock-hewn churches, designed to be a representation of the New Jerusalem	Lalibela	16%
19th century Queen of Madagascar who Christianized the royal court during her reign	Ranavalona II	16%
Most spoken language among African Christians today	Yoruba	16%
19th century Sudanese slave woman declared a saint in 2000 AD	Josephine Bakhita	11%
Nubian Christian kingdom which established the Baqt Treaty with Egypt that lasted up to 700 years	Makuria	11%
Egyptian legionary martyred in the Alps, who became patron saint of the Holy Roman Empire	Maurice	11%
Berber Christian kingdom conquered by the Muslims in 708 AD	Altava	5%
Phoenician missionary who Christianized Ethiopia in the 4th century	Frumentius	5%
African-initiated church founded in the Congo in 1921, with over 20 million followers today	Kimbanguist Church	5%
Region of Upper Egypt which is about 40% Christian today, home to a large Protestant community	Minya	5%