Statistics for Ultimate Cities Quiz (Africa)

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Country	City	Hint	% Correct
Egypt	Alexandria	2nd Largest, Famous (now destroyed) Library	99%
Algeria	Algiers	Capital, Biggest	99%
Egypt	Cairo	Capital, Biggest	99%
Libya	Tripoli	Capital, Biggest	99%
Morocco	Casablanca	Biggest, Moroccos chief port	97%
Morocco	Rabat	Capital, 4th Largest	97%
Tunisia	Tunis	Capital, Biggest	97%
Ghana	Accra	Capital, Biggest	93%
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Capital, Biggest	93%
South Africa	Cape Town	2nd Largest, Legislative Capital	93%
Djibouti	Djibouti City	Capital, Biggest	93%
Egypt	Giza	Great Pyramids, Sphynx	93%
South Africa	Johannesburg	Biggest, seat of South Africas Constitutional Court	93%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kinshasa	Capital, Biggest	93%
Nigeria	Lagos	Biggest	93%
Angola	Luanda	Capital, Biggest	93%
Kenya	Nairobi	Capital, Biggest	93%
Chad	N'djamena	Capital, Biggest	93%
South Africa	Pretoria	Executive (administrative) capital, De Facto National Capital	93%
Guinea Bissau	Bissau	Capital, Biggest	91%
Senegal	Dakar	Capital, Biggest	91%
Tanzania	Dar es Salaam	Biggest, Biggest city in East Africa, Largest population of Swahili speakers in the world	91%
Morocco	Fez	2nd Largest, National capital until 1925	91%
Uganda	Kampala	Capital, Biggest	91%
Sudan	Khartoum	Capital, Biggest	91%
Zambia	Lusaka	Capital, Biggest	91%
Egypt	Luxor	"Worlds greatest open air museum"	91%
Mozambique	Maputo	Capital, Biggest	91%
Morocco	Marrakesh	one of Moroccos greatest economic and tourist destinations, one of the 4 'Imperial Cities'	91%
Somalia	Mogadishu	Capital, Biggest	91%
Cabo Verde	Praia	Capital, Biggest	91%
Sao Tome and Principe	Sao Tome	Capital, Biggest	91%
Namibia	Windhoek	Capital, Biggest	91%
Cameroon	Yaounde	Capital, 2nd Largest	91%
Nigeria	Abuja	Capital	90%
Mali	Bamako	Capital, Biggest	90%
Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	Capital, Biggest	90%
Tanzania	Dodoma	Capital	90%
Sierra Leone	Freetown	Capital, Biggest	90%
Zimbabwe	Harare	Capital, Biggest	90%
South Sudan	Juba	Capital, Biggest	90%
Liberia	Monrovia	Capital, Largest	90%
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	Capital, Biggest	90%
Madagascar	Antananarivo	Capital, Biggest	88%
The Gambia	Banjul	Capital	88%
Libya	Benghazi	2nd Largest, US embassy attack	88%
Guinea	Conakry	Capital, Biggest	88%
Rwanda	Kigali	Capital, Biggest	88%
Gabon	Libreville	Capital, Biggest	88%
Lesotho	Maseru	Capital, Biggest	88%
Niger	Niamey	Capital, Biggest	88%
Mauritania	Nouakchott	Capital, Biggest	88%
Egypt	Suez	Namesake of famous canal	88%
Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro	Capital	88%
Eritrea	Asmara	Capital, Biggest	87%
Central African Republic	Bangui	Capital, Biggest	87%
South Africa	Bloemfontein	Judicial Capital, 'Fountain of Flowers'	87%
Botswana	Gaborone	Capital, Biggest	87%
Togo	Lome	Capital, Biggest	87%
Ivory Coast	Abidjan	Biggest	85%
Burundi	Bujumbura	Capital, Biggest	85%
Malawi	Lilongwe	Capital, Biggest	85%
Comoros	Moroni	Capital, Biggest	85%
Morocco	Tangier	Former Berber town, phoenician trading town and colonial town	85%
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo	Capital, 2nd Largest, Bioko Island	84%
Swaziland	Mbabane	Capital, Biggest	84%
Kenya	Mombasa	2nd Largest	84%
Algeria	Oran	2nd Largest, Major port, named for extinct Lions	84%
Mauritius	Port Louis	Capital, Biggest	84%
Benin	Porto Novo	Official Capital	84%
Benin	Cotonou	Biggest, Seat of Government but not official capital	82%
Nigeria	Kano	2nd Largest	82%
Seychelles	Victoria	Capital, Biggest	82%
Spain (exclave)	Ceuta	Moroccan dispute	81%
South Africa	Durban	Virtually tied with Cape town for 2nd Largest, SAs largest port	81%
Cameroon	Douala	Biggest	79%
South Africa	Port Elizabeth	AKA 'The Bay', 'The Windy City' 'The Friendliest City'	79%
Nigeria	Ibadan	3rd largest, Yoruba ethnicity, walled city, Capital Oyo State	75%
Egypt	Port Said	First buildings ever made out of reinforced concrete	73%
Sudan	Port Sudan	Sudans main port, biggest Sudanese city on Red Sea	73%
Mali/Azawad	Timbuktu	Slang for a remote place, declared capital of Azawad	73%
Spain (exclave)	Melilla	Moroccan dispute	72%
Egypt	Aswan	Famous Dam with namesake, formerly Assuan	70%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Lubumbashi	2nd Largest, Formerly Elizabethville	70%
Nigeria	Port Harcourt	Bonny River, Oil exporter	67%
Canary Islands (Spain)	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	Joint Capital, Biggest	66%
Nigeria	Benin City	Capital of Edo State, center for Nigerian Rubber	64%
Tunisia	Carthage	Historically important city	64%
Ghana	Kumasi	2nd Largest	63%
Tanzania	Zanzibar City	UNESCO world heritage site	63%
Madeira (Portugal)	Funchal	Capital, Biggest	60%
Somaliland	Hargeisa	Capital, Biggest (2nd largest all of Somalia)	60%
Nigeria	Kaduna	Founded by the British, City symbol is the Kada (Crocodile)	55%
Sierra Leone	Bo	2nd Largest	54%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Mbuji-Mayi	3rd Largest, name means 'Goat Water', Sankuru River	54%
Reunion (France)	Saint Denis	Capital, Biggest	54%
Canary Islands (Spain)	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Joint Capital, 2nd Largest	54%
Tunisia	Sfax	2nd Largest, Built on the ruins of Thaenae and Taparura	52%
Nigeria	Aba	Founded by the Ngwa, Aba River	51%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Goma	Ravaged by Rwandan Genocide and the two Congo Wars	51%
Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	2nd Largest, 'City of Kings'	49%
South Africa	Soweto	Very large suburb of Biggest City	48%
Namibia	Walvis Bay	2nd Largest	46%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kisangani	Formerly 'Stanleyville'	45%
Equatorial Guinea	Bata	Biggest, Mainland	43%
Republic of the Congo	Pointe-Noire	2nd Largest	43%
Botswana	Francistown	2nd Largest	42%
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cahuna (UK)	Jamestown	Capital, Biggest	42%
Central African Republic	Bimbo	2nd Largest	40%
Kenya	Kisumu	3rd Largest, name means 'A place of barter trade'	39%
Ethiopia	Mek'ele	Economic, cultural, and political hub, divided into 7 sub cities	39%
Tanzania	Arusha	Major international diplomatic hub, de facto capital of East Africa	36%
Algeria	Constantine	'City of Bridges' once called Cirta, Renamed for a Roman Emperor	36%
Angola	Huambo	2nd Largest, Formerly 'New Lisbon'	36%
Malawi	Blantyre	2nd Largest	34%
Sudan	Omdurman	2nd Largest	34%
Western Sahara	El Aaiun	Breakaway Moroccan region, Capital, Biggest	31%
Morocco	Sale	Former independant republic and pirate haven	31%
Ethiopia	Adama	2nd Largest, formerly known as Nazret	30%
Nigeria	Maiduguri	Capital of Borno State, called 'Yerwa' by locals	30%
Tanzania	Mwanza	2nd Largest, LakeVictoria	30%
Gabon	Port-Gentil	2nd Largest	30%
Nigeria	Zaria	Formerly 'Zazzau', one of the original 7 Hausa City States	30%
Libya	Misrata	3rd Largest, 'Business capital of Libya'	28%
Mozambique	Beira	3rd Largest, developed by Portugal, 2nd largest non Suburb City	27%
Burkina Faso	Bobo-Dioulasso	2nd Largest	27%
Morocco	Meknes	Former national capital, named for the Berber tribe Miknasa	27%
Mali/Azawad	Gao	Azawad provisional Capital	25%
Ethiopia	Gondar	3rd Largest, Former capital of Kingdom of Ethiopia, 'Camelot of Africa'	25%
Zambia	Kitwe	2nd Largest	25%
Mayotte (France)	Mamoudzou	Capital, Biggest	25%
Mozambique	Matola	2nd Largest, suburb of capital	25%
The Gambia	Serekunda	Biggest	25%
Ivory Coast	Bouake	2nd Largest City	24%
Swaziland	Manzini	2nd Largest	24%
Cabo Verde	Mindelo	2nd Largest	24%
Egypt	Shubra El-Kheima	4th Lagest, Suburb of Capital	24%
Ghana	Tamale	3rd Largest, fastest growing city in West Africa	24%
Niger	Zinder	2nd Largest	24%
Djibouti	Ali Sabieh	2nd Largest	22%
Ethiopia	Axum	Former capital of Kingdom of Aksum, one of the oldest continually inhabited places in the world	22%
Uganda	Kira	2nd Largest	22%
Chad	Moundou	2nd Largest	22%
Mauritania	Nouadhibou	2nd Largest	22%
Madagascar	Toamasina	2nd Largest	22%
Algeria	Annaba	Often called 'Balad Al Unnab', leading industrial center in Algeria	21%
Sudan	Kassala	Gash River, famous for its fruit gardens	21%
Angola	Lobito	3rd Largest, 'Flamingo City'	21%
Zambia	Ndola	3rd Largest, Industrial Center of Zambias Copper belt	21%
Guinea	Nzerekore	2nd Largest	21%
French Southern and Antarctic Lands (France)	Port-aux-francais	Capital, Biggest	21%
Mali	Sikasso	2nd Largest	21%
The Gambia	Brikama	2nd Largest	19%
Liberia	Gbarnga	2nd Largest	19%
Togo	Sokode	2nd Largest	19%
Mauritius	Vacoas	2nd Largest	19%
Benin	Abomey-Calavi	2nd Largest	18%
Rwanda	Butare	2nd Largest	18%
Zimbabwe	Chitungwiza	3rd largest, 'Chi town'	18%
Eritrea	Keren	2nd Largest	18%
South Sudan	Malakal	2nd Largest	18%
Comoros	Mutsamudu	2nd Largest	18%
Nigeria	Ogbomosho	Walled City, Yoruba ethnicity, Capital of the River States	18%
Senegal	Pikine	2nd Largest	18%
Guinea Bissau	Bafata	2nd Largest	16%
Somalia	Bosaso	2nd Largest	16%
South Africa	Tembisa	Zulu for 'Promise'	16%
Ivory Coast	Abobo	2nd Largest Metro	15%
Burundi	Muyinga	2nd Largest	15%
Lesotho	Teyateyneng	2nd Largest	15%
Sao Tome and Principe	Santo Amaro	2nd Largest	13%