Statistics for Africa Basic Knowledge

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Largest hot desert in the world	Sahara	100%
Longest river in the world	Nile	97%
Three most understood European languages	French	94%
Sea that borders North Africa	Mediterranean Sea	94%
Three most understood European languages	English	91%
One of the three largest cities in South Africa	Johannesburg \| Cape Town \| Durban	91%
First black president of South Africa	Nelson Mandela	91%
What is the most populous country in Africa?	Nigeria	91%
What is the largest country in Africa by land size?	Algeria	88%
Policy of racial segregation in South Africa	Apartheid	88%
Country with a genocide in 1994	Rwanda	84%
Landmark(s) located in Giza	Pyramids	81%
Largest urban area on the continent (as of 2022)	Cairo	78%
One of the two African countries not to be colonized	Ethiopia \| Liberia	78%
Large island off the coast of Mozambique	Madagascar	75%
One 3 largest Great Lakes of Africa	Malawi \| Tanganyika \| Victoria	72%
Three most understood European languages	Portuguese	72%
Youngest country in the world (until 2027)	South Sudan	72%
Former emirate and island in Tanzania	Zanzibar	72%
Largest waterfall in the world	Victoria Falls	66%
Mountain range in Northern Africa	Atlas	63%
Famous cape founded by Bartolomeu Dias in 1488	Cape of Good Hope	59%
Zimbabwean Prime Minister 1980 to 2017	Robert Mugabe	59%
Bantu language found in Eastern Africa	Swahili	59%
Rich ancient empire in Western Africa	Mali Empire	53%
Namesake for a disease and river in the DRC	Ebola	50%
Unique geographical climate south of the above	Sahel	38%
Famous ruler of the Zulu's	Shaka	38%
Where the Akan people originate	Ghana	31%
Endangered species in East Africa	Mountain Gorilla	13%