Free Trivia Quiz #13 - Trivia Quiz Questions About Africa and African People, Places, and Things

Africa and African trivia questions and answers.

1. Which is the second longest river in Africa?
    
2. Who was Zambia's first president?
    
3. Which 100-mile long waterway links the Mediterranean and the Red Sea?
    
4. In which country is the Aswan Dam?
    
5. Where did Idi Amin rule from 1971-1979?
    
6. What does ANC stand for?
    
7. Which country has the rand as its currency?
    
8. What is the former name of the People's Republic of Venin?
    
9. In which country are Tangier and Casablanca?
    
10. Who was the Egyptian president who was assassinated in 1981?
     
11. Which country, bordering Zaire, takes its name from the former name of the Zaire river?
     
12. Which country unilaterally declared independence in November 1965?
     
13. Which country was called Upper Volta until 1984?
     
14. Which narrow stretch of water separates North Africa from Spain?
     
15. Which volcano in Tanzania is the highest mountain in Africa?
     
16. Who was the Egyptian king whose tomb an treasures were discovered in the Valley of the Kings in 1922?
     
17. The flag of Libya is a plain rectangle of which color?
     
18. Name the East African country which lies on the equator.
     
19. What are the two main arms of the River Nile called?
     
20. Which explorer was the first to reach the Cape of Good Hope?
     
21. In which country did King Hassan II ascend the throne in 1961?
     
22. Which British general was killed at Khartoum in 1885?
     
23. On the border of which two countries is Victoria Falls?
     
24. What is the name shared by the currency units of Algeria and Tunisia?
     
25. What is the name of  the volcanic valley that runs from the Sinai peninsula to central Mozambique?
     
26. Which actor won an Academy Award for his performance in The African Queen?
     
27. Who wrote the novel Cry, the Beloved Country about South Africa?
     
28. What is the capital of Kenya?
     
29. From which European country did Angola achieve independence in 1975?
     
30. Which country mainly makes up the Horn of Africa?
     
31. At which town in the Sudan do the White and Blue Niles join?
     
32. Mount Toubkal is the highest peak of which range of mountains?
     
33. What is the capital of Sierra Leone?
     
34. Which country is the island of Zanzibar part of?
     
35. What is Africa's largest country?
     
36. Which African country is bordered by Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Niger, and Mali?
     
37. Who was the woman sentenced to six years in jail after the murder of Stompei Seipi?
     
38. In which country are the towns of Gweru and Kwekwe?
     
39. Of which African country is Niamey the capital?
     
40. Who was the founder of the Back to Africa movement who largely inspired Rastafarianism?
     
41. Which African country is sandwiched between Ghana and Benin?
     
42. The Zambesi and which other river define the borders of Matabeleland?