Africa Quizby
GOAL
Format: 30 question slides followed by
question and answers slides
Q1. How many countries are in Africa?
A) 4B) 14C) 54
Q2. Which famous South African said ‘Education is
the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.’ ?
Q3. The 2010 World Cup was held in which
African country?
Q4. What two colours make up the flag of
Nigeria?
Q5. Which of these is not a historic African city?
A) AlexandriaB) Timbuktu
C) Kyoto
Q6. Who is this famous African footballer?
Image source: Wikipedia
Q7. Which country is Africa’s top producer of coffee?
A)EthiopiaB) BotswanaC) Morocco
Q8. The phrase ‘Hakuna Matata’, made
famous by ‘The Lion King’, is a Swahili
phrase.
What does it mean?
Q9. Which African country is the world’s newest country?
A) EgyptB) Malawi
C) South Sudan
Q10. What fraction of Africa is made up of desert?
A) 1/5B) 1/3C) HalfD) 2/3
Q11. Africa is home to the world’s largest, tallest and
fastest land animals.
Name these three animals.
Q12. In which part of Africa is there currently an Ebola
outbreak?
A) NorthB) SouthC) EastD) West
Q13. What is the name given to the South
African rugby team?
Q14. Which country was known as
‘Abyssinia’ in the past?
Q15. This fruit comes from Southern Africa. What is it?
Image source: www.foodchannel.com
Q16. Name an African country beginning with
the letter ‘M’.
Q17. Last year over 500,000 people died from malaria. Most malaria deaths occur in Africa.
Which creature spreads
malaria?
Q18. Who won the 2015 African Cup of Nations?
Q19. Which is the largest religion in
Africa?
Q20. What name is given to an open-air
market place in northern Africa?
Q21. Name this famous African landmark.
Image source: Wikipedia
Q22. Mary Kingsley was a famous writer and explorer who spent years travelling around
Central and West Africa.
Where was she from?
Q23. The world’s longest river, the River Nile, enters which sea?
Q24. Where is Nollywood, the second biggest movie
industry in the world in terms of number of films
made?
A) NigeriaB) South Africa
C) Egypt
Q25. What is the capital of Kenya?
A) LagosB) Nairobi
C) Cape Town
Q26. What is South Africa often called?
A) The Rainbow NationB) The Melting PotC) The Big Smoke
Q27. On average, how many children do women in Sub-Saharan Africa have?
A) 2B) 5C) 8
Q28. True or False: Africa has a larger
population than Asia.
Q29. Which ocean borders the west coast
of Africa?
Q30. What is the name of the island country off the
east coast of Africa?
Image source: Wikipedia
Questions with
Answers
Q1. How many countries are in Africa?
A) 4B) 14C) 54
Q2. Which famous South African said ‘Education is the most
powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.’ ?
Nelson Mandela
Q3. The 2010 World Cup was held in which African country?
South Africa
Q4. What two colours make up the flag of Nigeria?
Green and White
Image source: Wikipedia
Q5. Which of these is not a historic African city?
A) AlexandriaB) Timbuktu
C) Kyoto
Q6. Who is this famous African footballer?
Didier Drogba
Image source: Wikipedia
Q7. Which country is Africa’s top producer of coffee?
A)EthiopiaB) BotswanaC) Morocco
Q8. The phrase ‘Hakuna Matata’, made famous by
‘The Lion King’, is a Swahili phrase.
What does it mean?No worries/Don’t worry, be
happy
Q9. Which African country is the world’s newest country?
A) EgyptB) Malawi
C) South Sudan
Q10. What fraction of Africa is made up of desert?
A) 1/5B) 1/3C) HalfD) 2/3
Q11. Africa is home to the world’s largest, tallest and fastest land
animals.
Name these three animals.Largest – elephant
Tallest – giraffeFastest – chetah
Q12. In which part of Africa is there currently an Ebola
outbreak?
A) NorthB) SouthC) EastD) West
Q13. What is the name given to the South African rugby team?
The Springboks
Q14. Which country was known as ‘Abyssinia’ in the past?
Ethiopia
Q15. This fruit comes from Southern Africa. What is it?
Watermelon
Image source: www.foodchannel.com
Q16. Name an African country beginning with the letter ‘M’.
Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco or Mozambique
Q17. Last year over 500,000 people died from malaria. Most malaria deaths occur in Africa.
Which creature spreads malaria?
Mosquito
Q18. Who won the 2015 African Cup of Nations?
Ivory Coast/Côte d'Ivoire
Q19. Which is the largest religion in Africa?
Islam
Q20. What name is given to an open-air market
place in northern Africa?
A souq/souk
Q21. Name this famous African landmark.
The Great Sphinx of Giza, Egypt
Image source: Wikipedia
Q22. Mary Kingsley was a famous writer and explorer who spent years travelling around Central and West
Africa.
Where was she from?England/Britain/UK
Q23. The world’s longest river, the River Nile, enters which
sea?
Mediterranean Sea
Q24. Where is Nollywood, the second biggest movie
industry in the world in terms of number of films
made?
A) NigeriaB) South Africa
C) Egypt
Q25. What is the capital of Kenya?
A) LagosB) Nairobi
C) Cape Town
Q26. What is South Africa often called?
A) The Rainbow NationB) The Melting PotC) The Big Smoke
Q27. On average, how many children do women in Sub-Saharan Africa have?
A) 2B) 5C) 8
Q28. True or False: Africa has a larger population than Asia.
False
Q29. Which ocean borders the west coast of Africa?
The Atlantic Ocean
Q30. What is the name of the island country off the
east coast of Africa?Madagascar
Image source: Wikipedia