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African Geography A-Z

Guess these African geographical places and things, one for each letter of the alphabet.
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Last updated: May 27, 2017
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First submittedFebruary 21, 2017
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Clue
Answer
A
Largest country by area
Algeria
B
One of South Africa's capitals
Bloemfontein
C
Cape Town
D
Mountain range in South Africa
Drakensberg
E
Most populous country in
North Africa
Egypt
F
Capital of Sierra Leone
Freetown
G
Country surrounded by Senegal
Gambia
H
Region of Ethiopia and Somalia:
____ of Africa
Horn
I
Once a top export of Africa,
now banned
Ivory
J
South Africa's most populous city
Johannesburg
K
Africa's tallest mountain
Kilimanjaro
L
Victoria, Malawi, Turkana, e.g.
Lake
M
Island that is home to lemurs
Madagascar
 
Clue
Answer
N
Desert along Namibia's entire coastline
Namib
O
Coastal city in Algeria
Oran
P
Benin's de-jure capital
Porto-Novo
Q
Extinct half-striped South African zebra
Quagga
R
Former name of Zimbabwe
Rhodesia
S
Largest hot desert in the world
Sahara
T
Longest freshwater lake
Tanganyika
U
Swahili is an official language
of this country
Uganda
V
Waterfall on the border of
Zambia and Zimbabwe
Victoria Falls
W
Counterpart of the Blue Nile
White Nile
X
Bantu click language official
in South Africa
Xhosa
Y
Lagos's main language
Yoruba
Z
River that Zambia is named after
Zambezi
Tramp
+1
Level 76
Feb 26, 2017
Dammit, I tried YAruba :(
sussexval
+2
Level 58
May 25, 2017
I knew it but I couldn't spell it to save my life! :(
joeythelemur
+2
Level 84
Feb 27, 2017
Tough quiz. 20/26.
Algernon
+1
Level 72
Feb 28, 2017
I could probably have done with a bit more time. After i'd been through all the questions i didn't have that long (35 seconds ish) to go back and go through them again, or try to figure out the spelling of a few.

Good quiz thiugh, some very tough ones

QuizzerandJerry
+1
Level 1
Nov 13, 2017
OK, 1 minute added.
QuizzerandJerry
+1
Level 1
Feb 28, 2017
Also try the tougher 2nd quiz, with answers that didn't make the cut for this one.
Dblingah
+1
Level 77
May 25, 2017
Could you just accept "white" for White Nile, since Nile is already in the hint?
LadyQuizling
+1
Level 54
May 25, 2017
Yes I put White too
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
May 25, 2017
Yus, I got the zebra one - I have an intriguing book on extinct animals.
Highlander29
+1
Level 74
May 25, 2017
I think you'll find that the former name of Zimbabwe was Southern Rhodesia. Northern Rhodesia was Zambia.
Djilas
+2
Level 82
May 29, 2017
"In 1965, the conservative white minority government unilaterally declared independence as Rhodesia." Before that the colony was indeed named Souther Rhodesia.
tshalla
+1
Level 75
May 25, 2017
Not that the clue is incorrect, but Ugandans probably speak less Swahili (almost none) than anyone else in the region.
precisioncontrol
+1
Level 63
May 25, 2017
Victoria, Malawi, and Turkana, along with 6 other lakes, are known as the Great Lakes. Specifically calling those 3 out suggests you want the name of the group, so could you accept Great Lakes as an answer in addition to the more basic "lakes"? I know I'm not the only one who'll get hung up on that.
ChanelSea
+3
Level 70
Aug 26, 2020
The answer begins with L not G
precisioncontrol
+1
Level 63
May 25, 2017
Also, "coastal city in Algeria" is vague...Algiers is on the coast, too, so why isn't that an acceptable answer?
alexy
+6
Level 55
May 25, 2017
Because Algiers doesn't start with O.
YantheMan
+3
Level 66
May 25, 2017
*Slow clap*
precisioncontrol
+2
Level 63
May 25, 2017
.....so I didn't notice that this quiz was alphabetical! LOL!
ander217
+1
Level 75
May 25, 2017
I just deleted my replies to your above comments. We've all been there. :)
Corrode
+1
Level 60
May 25, 2017
Definitely add "white" as the type-in for White Nile. The "Nile" bit is implied in the question.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
May 25, 2017
White will work now
RayH518
+1
Level 39
May 25, 2017
How can so little get the Quagga?!
ander217
+1
Level 75
May 25, 2017
I typed quagg, quag, quogg, quog, didn't realize there was an a on the end. :(
YantheMan
+1
Level 66
May 25, 2017
More people know Xhosa than quagga? I must say, I'm surprised.
precisioncontrol
+5
Level 63
May 25, 2017
Xhosa still exists lol, so there's that :)
FlyingPenguin
+1
Level 53
May 26, 2017
Ethiopia is a higher population than Egypt. Egypt has about 91M, whereas Ethiopia has 99M.
QuizzerandJerry
+2
Level 1
May 26, 2017
It does, but it's not in North Africa.
CardinalSin
+1
Level 77
Apr 18, 2019
It's further north than most.
sergeantmalice
+2
Level 56
Jun 23, 2022
i've seen mad things but not people arguing that ethiopia is in north africa
kogatora
+1
Level 93
Jun 6, 2018
how about accepting drakenstein mountains?
cornflakesfu
+3
Level 86
Oct 27, 2018
Too South Africa-centric ;)
NauruPalau
+3
Level 50
Jan 31, 2020
I didn’t think C had the same hint as B, thought it was an error. Can you make that more clear?
Fergy586
+2
Level 76
Feb 3, 2022
I second this suggestion
3nchiladas
+3
Level 69
Oct 5, 2022
I thought it was very clear, it's the same way on other quizzes
bentshaggyoil
+1
Level 59
Dec 24, 2022
Longest or largest freshwater lake?
BlackJohn
+1
Level 75
Mar 13, 2023
"Too afrocentric"
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