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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What system of segregation in South Africa was abolished by Nelson Mandela?	Apartheid	94%
What nation was founded by former slaves from the United States?	Liberia	94%
What city fought against Rome in the Punic Wars?	Carthage	91%
What island was discovered by Malay settlers around 500 AD?	Madagascar	87%
Shaka was the leader of what kingdom?	Zulu	85%
Which dictator of Libya was captured and executed during the Arab spring?	Muammar Gaddafi	84%
In which country were J.R.R Tolkein and Elon Musk born?	South Africa	84%
What is the former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo?	Zaire	84%
What king of Mali is sometimes called the richest man of all time?	Mansa Musa	81%
What group of dutch settlers fought the British in South Africa in two wars?	Boers	79%
In what modern day country did the Battle of El-Alamein take place?	Egypt	79%
Which European nation colonized Cameroon?	Germany	75%
What nation united with the colony of Tanganyika to form Tanzania?	Zanzibar	73%
What kingdom bordered ancient Egypt to the south?	Nubia	66%
What city was the major trading center of West Africa and home to a major islamic university?	Timbuktu	66%
What major empire was overtaken by the Mali empire?	{Ghana} Empire	54%
What country broke into civil war when the state of Biafra tried to secede?	Nigeria	54%
What was one of the first major cities in southern Africa and the namesake of a modern country?	Great {Zimbabwe}	52%
What ethnic group has inhabited most of northern Africa for millennia?	Berbers	46%
Who was the Great Pyramid of Giza built for?	Khufu	32%