African Geography A-Z

Guess these African geographical places and things, one for each letter of the alphabet.
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Last updated: February 20, 2017
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Clue
Answer
A
Largest country by area
Algeria
B
Ethnic group of the above
Berber
C
One of South Africa's three capitals
Cape Town
D
Mountain range in South Africa
Drakensberg
E
Most populous country in North Africa
Egypt
F
Official language of 28 countries
French
G
Country surrounded by Senegal
Gambia
H
Peninsula along the Indian Ocean
Horn of Africa
I
Nigerian language of 24 million
Igbo
J
The largest city in South Africa
Johannesburg
K
Tallest mountain in Tanzania
Kilimanjaro
L
Most populous urban area in Africa
Lagos
M
Island inhabited by lemurs
Madagascar
N
Longest river in Africa
Nile
Clue
Answer
O
Coastal city in Algeria
Oran
P
Benin's de-jure capital
Porto-Novo
Q
Extinct half-striped zebra
native to South Africa
Quagga
R
Former name of Zimbabwe
Rhodesia
S
Largest hot desert in the world
Sahara
T
The longest freshwater lake
Tanganyika
U
Swahili is an official language
of this country
Uganda
V
Waterfall on the Zambezi river
Victoria Falls
W
Largest city of Namibia
Windhoek
X
Bantu language in South Africa
Xhosa
Y
Staple crop of Nigeria
Yam
Z
Former name of the D.R. Congo
Zaire
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Level 59
Feb 20, 2017
Forgot Rhodesia :-(
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Level 70
Feb 20, 2017
Just out of curiosity... Couldn't the highest mountain in Africa also be called "Kibo"? I think Kilimanjaro means the whole massif
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Level 65
Feb 21, 2017
Kibo is now accepted :)
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Level 82
Feb 20, 2017
3 Minutes?!! Quizzes like this usually are 4 or 5 minutes...
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Level 82
Feb 20, 2017
Dragon mountain didn't work :) According to Wikipedia articles, it's translated in Italian and Eastern European languages. For some reason Romanians call it Scorpion Mountains
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Level 74
Apr 22, 2018
Yes, please accept Dragon Mountains, I didn't get that answer just because of this.
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Level 56
Jun 25, 2022
I'm afraid in English it's never called the Dragon Mountains...
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Level 76
Feb 20, 2017
Nice quiz, but it has 11 of the same answers as in the already featured Africa A-Z. I enjoy A-Z quizzes, but how about renaming this one Africa A-Z #2, and introducing some new questions and answers?
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Level 65
Feb 20, 2017
The epic coincidence! This one is geography and that one is Africa generally, so I guess it makes sense that there are some repeats. And for the later letters it's hard to come up with many answers at all!
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Level 76
Feb 20, 2017
What say I come up with 11 new answers, and we can release this as QuizzerandJerry's first production?
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Level 65
Feb 20, 2017
Lol! Deal, and we'll see what QM thinks :)
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Level 1
Feb 21, 2017
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Level 83
Mar 18, 2023
That link doesn’t work.
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Level 87
Feb 21, 2017
"Ibo" is an acceptable alternate spelling of "Igbo" (check out the Wikipedia disambiguation page for "Ibo").
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Level 43
Feb 21, 2017
Could you accept "Bedouin" for B? Tried typing it in more than once. Also, some people may get A by looking at O. Maybe change formatting to avoid the O clue near the A clue? Or rewording either one would work too
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Level 65
Feb 21, 2017
Berber is the main ethnic group. Also, everyone should be getting 'A' anyway.
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Level 77
Apr 2, 2022
Good quiz. The answer to the R question isn't wrong - though one might argue that it would be more correct to say "Southern Rhodesia" - but I find any mention of that monster Cecil Rhodes offensive. Could you ask a different question?!
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Level 57
Jun 23, 2022
Could've gotten 24 if I could pinpoint the Quagga's name! :P I haven't heard of that thing in so long