Statistics for Africa Geography by Letter - O

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Capital and largest city of Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	93%
The largest living bird	ostrich	92%
Second largest city in Algeria	Oran	89%
Natural resource which dominates Angola's economy	oil	83%
Empire which controlled much of North Africa from the 1500s to the 1800s	Ottoman Empire	80%
Longest river in South Africa; also flows through Lesotho and Namibia	Orange River	76%
Rare animal endemic to DR Congo which has some Zebra-like stripes but is related to the giraffe	okapi	70%
Swampy inland delta in Botswana	Okavango Delta	48%
The largest ethnic group in Ethiopia	Oromo	46%
Largest city of Sudan; located next to Khartoum	Omdurman	34%
Nigerian city which is home to the largest market in Africa	Onitsha	27%
Period of Ancient Egypt in which the pyramids were built	Old Kingdom	24%
Currency of Mauritania	ouguiya	20%
Yoruba-speaking empire that was one of the most powerful states in West Africa in the 17th and 18th centuries	Oyo Empire	16%
The largest ethnic group in Namibia	Ovambo	12%
Capital of Imo State in southeast Nigeria	Owerri	11%
Intergovernmental forum which preceded the African Union	Organisation of African Unity	8%
Giant baobab tree in northern Namibia which has a door going into its trunk, which can fit 35 people inside	Ombalantu baobab tree	6%
River in Gabon which is the fifth largest in Africa by volume	Ogooué River	5%
Second-most populous region of Namibia; located in the north of the country	Ohangwena	5%