94 African Countries Trivia Questions with Answers

94 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?

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Which African country became independent from Britain on 30 September 1966?

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Botswana

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Which African country has Accra as its capital and Kumasi as a major inland city?

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Ghana

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Which African country is home to Lake Malawi, also called Lake Nyasa, and has Lilongwe as its capital?

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Malawi

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Which African country has Luanda as its capital and is the continent’s second-largest Portuguese-speaking country by population?

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Angola

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Which African country has Kampala as its capital and contains the source region of the White Nile at Lake Victoria?

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Uganda

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Which African country became independent on 9 July 2011 as the world’s newest country?

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South Sudan

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Which African country has the world’s southernmost capital city, Maseru?

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Lesotho

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Which African country is famous as the historic home of the dodo?

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Mauritius

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Which African country has the world’s largest population of wild mountain gorillas?

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Uganda

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Which African country has the city of Gaborone as its capital and is famous for the Okavango Delta’s neighbouring Kalahari landscapes?

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Botswana

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Which African country has Kigali as its capital and is often called the Land of a Thousand Hills?

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Rwanda

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Which African country is known as the “Warm Heart of Africa” and lies along Lake Malawi?

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Malawi

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Which African country is completely surrounded by South Africa and has Maseru as its capital?

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Lesotho

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Which African country is the only one whose national flag features a firearm?

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Mozambique

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Which African country has Nouakchott as its capital and is largely covered by the Sahara Desert?

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Mauritania

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Which African country has Monrovia as its capital and was founded by formerly enslaved people from the United States?

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Liberia

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Which African country was the first on the continent to host the FIFA World Cup?

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South Africa

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Which African country has Mogadishu as its capital and occupies most of the Horn of Africa’s eastern coast?

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Somalia

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Which African country contains the Okapi Wildlife Reserve?

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Which African country has the capital Addis Ababa, one of the world’s highest national capitals?

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Ethiopia

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Which African country has Victoria as its capital and consists of more than 100 islands?

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Seychelles

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Which African country contains the Richat Structure, the giant circular formation visible from space?

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Mauritania

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Which African country has Porto-Novo as its official capital while Cotonou is its largest city?

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Benin

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Which African country has Asmara as its capital, a city famous for Italian modernist architecture?

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Eritrea

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Which African country is home to Pico do Fogo, the highest point of the Cape Verde islands?

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Cape Verde

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Which African country contains the ancient city of Timbuktu and the Niger River’s inland delta?

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Mali

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Which African country has Abuja as its capital, replacing Lagos in 1991?

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Nigeria

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Which African country has Cairo as its capital and the Nile flowing through it?

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Egypt

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Which African country contains the historic island city of Lamu, a Swahili cultural center?

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Kenya

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Which African country contains the ancient Roman amphitheatre at El Jem?

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Tunisia

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Which African country contains the ancient city of Carthage’s archaeological site?

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Tunisia

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Which African country contains Sossusvlei, the famous salt-and-clay pan surrounded by red dunes?

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Namibia

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Which African country contains Great Zimbabwe, the medieval stone city near Masvingo?

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Zimbabwe

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Which African country was formerly called the Gold Coast under British colonial rule?

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Ghana

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Which African country is home to Fish River Canyon, the continent’s largest canyon?

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Namibia

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Which African country is home to the walled city of Harar, a UNESCO World Heritage Site?

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Ethiopia

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Which African country contains the medieval trading city of Kilwa Kisiwani?

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Tanzania

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Which African country recorded the world’s highest share of women in parliament after its 2008 election?

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Rwanda

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Which African country contains Aldabra Atoll, the world’s second-largest coral atoll?

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Seychelles

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Which African country contains the UNESCO-listed Gorée Island, a historic site off Dakar?

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Senegal

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Which African country is home to the ancient city of Aksum, once the center of the Kingdom of Aksum?

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Ethiopia

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Which African country is home to Mount Nyiragongo, one of the world’s most active volcanoes?

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Which African country has Rabat as its capital and Casablanca as its largest city?

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Morocco

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Which African country has Mount Cameroon as its highest point?

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Cameroon

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Which African country is home to Table Mountain overlooking Cape Town?

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South Africa

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On what date did Namibia become independent?

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21 March 1990

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Which city is Côte d’Ivoire’s political capital?

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Yamoussoukro

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Which mountain is the highest point in Cameroon?

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Mount Cameroon

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Which language is the official language of Mozambique?

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Portuguese

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Which African country has Lake Assal, the continent’s lowest point?

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Djibouti