African / Africa Trivia Questions and Answers

 

 

African trivia questions and answers.

Which is the second longest river in Africa?
A: Zaire, formerly Congo.

Who was Zambia's first president?
A: Kenneth Kuanda.

Which 100-mile long waterway links the Mediterranean and the Red Sea?
A: Suez Canal.

In which country is the Aswan Dam?
A: Egypt.

Where did Idi Amin rule from 1971-1979?
A: Uganda.

What does ANC stand for?
A: African National Congress.

Which country has the rand as its currency?
A: South Africa.

What is the former name of the People's Republic of Venin?
A: Dohomey.

In which country are Tangier and Casablanca?
A: Morocco.

Who was the Egyptian president who was assassinated in 1981?
A: Sadat.

Which country, bordering Zaire, takes its name from the former name of the Zaire river?
A: Congo.

Which country unilaterally declared independence in November 1965?
A: Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe.

Which country was called Upper Volta until 1984?
A: Burkina Faso.

Which narrow stretch of water separates North Africa from Spain?
A: Straight of Gibraltar.

Which volcano in Tanzania is the highest mountain in Africa?
A: Kilimanjaro.

Who was the Egyptian king whose tomb an treasures were discovered in the Valley of the Kings in 1922?
A: Tutankhamen.

The flag of Libya is a plain rectangle of which color?
A: Green.

Name the East African country which lies on the equator.
A: Kenya.

What are the two main arms of the River Nile called?
A: Blue Nile and White Nile.

Which explorer was the first to reach the Cape of Good Hope?
A: Bartholomew Diaz.

In which country did King Hassan II ascend the throne in 1961?
A: Morocco.

Which British general was killed at Khartoum in 1885?
A: Gorden.

On the border of which two countries is Victoria Falls?
A: Zambia and Zimbabwe.

What is the name shared by the currency units of Algeria and Tunisia?
A: Dinar.

What is the name of  the volcanic valley that runs from the Sinai peninsula to central Mozambique?
A: Great Rift Valley.

Which actor won an Academy Award for his performance in The African Queen?
A: Humphrey Bogart.

Who wrote the novel Cry, the Beloved Country about South Africa?
A: Alan Paton.

What is the capital of Kenya?
A: Nairobi.

From which European country did Angola achieve independence in 1975?
A: Portugal.

Which country mainly makes up the Horn of Africa?
A: Somalia.

At which town in the Sudan do the White and Blue Niles join?
A: Khartoum.

Mount Toubkal is the highest peak of which range of mountains?
A: Atlas Mountains.

What is the capital of Sierra Leone?
A: Freetown.

Which country is the island of Zanzibar part of?
A: Tanzania.

What is Africa's largest country?
A: Sudan.

Which African country is bordered by Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Niger, and Mali?
A: Burkino Faso.

Who was the woman sentenced to six years in jail after the murder of Stompei Seipi?
A: Winnie Mandela.

In which country are the towns of Gweru and Kwekwe?
A: Zimbabwe.

Of which African country is Niamey the capital?
A: Niger.

Who was the founder of the Back to Africa movement who largely inspired Rastafarianism?
A: Marcus Garvey.

Which African country is sandwiched between Ghana and Benin?
A: Togo.

The Zambesi and which other river define the borders of Matabeleland?
A: Limpopo.