Statistics for African Geography by Letter - S #1

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Largest desert	Sahara	100%
Easternmost mainland country	Somalia	95%
Westernmost mainland country	Senegal	93%
Canal in Egypt	Suez Canal	93%
Youngest UN member	South Sudan	91%
Counter-part of the Príncipe island	São Tomé	90%
Peninsula once controlled by Israel	Sinai	86%
Biggest city in Tanzania	Dar es {Salaam}	83%
Richest country in Africa	Seychelles	80%
Equatorial Guinea's official language	Spanish	76%
Lingua franca of Kenya	Swahili	74%
Its name means "Lion Mountains"	Sierra Leone	67%
Gambia's nickname, named for how "happy" it is	{Smiling} Coast	55%
Colonial capital of the above or a major city in Missouri	Saint-Louis	54%
Object that appears on Kenya's and Eswatini's flags	Shield / Spear	53%
Semi-arid zone along the southern edge of the above	Sahel	44%
Yemeni island that geographically is part of Africa	Socotra	36%
Africa's third-tallest mountain, named for a British explorer	Mount {Stanley}	30%
Former name of Harare, named for an English city in Wiltshire	Salisbury	30%
Term for a person from that country	Seychellois	28%