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Category Elimination - African Geography #2

In each group, name any answer which matches the first category to reveal the second category, then name any answer which applies to both categories to reveal a third, and so on.
# = the number of answers possible. Answer must correspond to the highlighted yellow box.
All data as of February 2022. In this quiz, population refers to urban populations. More info.
Quiz by Stewart
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Last updated: February 24, 2022
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First submittedFebruary 24, 2022
Times taken36,954
Average score80.0%
Rating4.95
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Green Categories
54
Countries of Africa
24
... with an area greater than 250,000 km²
7
... with at least 50 million people
5
... which is only one word
1
... and doesn't end in A
Egypt
 
Orange Categories
57
Capital Cities of Africa
35
... which is North of the Equator
7
... containing the letter L
4
... with fewer than 1.5 million people
1
... which is in North Africa
Tripoli
Blue Categories
54
Countries of Africa (by Flag)
31
... which have white on them
17
... which have blue on them
7
... which have black on them
1
... with no other colors or symbols
Botswana
 
Purple Categories
111
Countries or Capitals of Africa
44
... with at least 10 million people
29
... with at most 6 letters in its name
7
... which lies entirely north of the Equator
1
... and ends in the letter O
Cairo
+2
Level 60
Feb 24, 2022
Hehehe first
+9
Level 60
Feb 24, 2022
Oh wow I got Egypt from the beginning
+4
Level 71
Oct 15, 2022
Same
+1
Level 71
Nov 29, 2022
Me too. And then in the orange category I kept going with Cairo, but went just one step to the west when the clue said it must contain an L... :) But sadly I didn't get the purple category at all. :/
+1
Level 71
Feb 24, 2022
I predict this will be featured tomorrow morning :)
+2
Level 66
Mar 15, 2022
Unfortunately not... hopefully soon though
+2
Level 50
Mar 15, 2022
Great quiz! Nominated.
+2
Level 70
Mar 15, 2022
I got Egypt and Cairo on the first try, botswana and tripoli were a bit worse
+1
Level 27
Apr 10, 2022
Amazing quiz!
+1
Level 56
Apr 12, 2022
i read the clue as starting with L. whoops
+1
Level 35
Apr 24, 2022
What about Banjul for the bottom left one
+5
Level 68
Apr 24, 2022
Gambia is officially part of West Africa
+5
Level 56
May 17, 2022
Being from Egypt, I always write Egypt and Cairo until it doesn't work anymore on these quizzes, so I was buzzing here at how far they got me here haha
+7
Level 85
Jul 23, 2022
white, blue and black flag? I could only think of Estonia and I knew it hadn't migrated to another continent.
+1
Level 58
Sep 13, 2022
That’s what I thought at first
+1
Level 90
Oct 13, 2022
Same, it was a tiger in Africa? reaction for me.
+1
Level 43
Nov 7, 2022
Yeah, I guess Botswana's sky blue counts as blue.
+1
Level 58
Sep 13, 2022
Yay 100%
+2
Level 73
Oct 12, 2022
Wow, didn't expect to finish in less than a minute.
+7
Level 67
Oct 15, 2022
I didn't either.

I also didn't.

+2
Level 75
Oct 18, 2022
Egyptocentric
+2
Level 71
Nov 6, 2022
You could say North Africa-centric in general. Only one answer is sub-Saharan.
+1
Level 72
Nov 6, 2022
Somehow completed this in 57 seconds...
+1
Level 61
Nov 6, 2022
missed two
+1
Level 20
Nov 24, 2022
1:05 first try
+1
Level 67
Apr 28, 2023
20/20, 2:25. Cleared out all the categories instantly except for Botswana which took me a while, I don't really know flags like that
+2
Level 44
May 2, 2023
it was so much fun when i started the blue category with Botswana and then i typed Botswana more and more agressively :D at the end i was so content
+1
Level 65
Sep 5, 2023
1:31 Left
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Level 45
Jan 16, 2024
1:34 left