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Final Jeopardy
100

which continent colonized most of Africa?

Europe

100

What is the name of the world's largest hot desert?

The Sahara desert

100

Do most Africans identify with their politically divided nation or with their tribal group?

tribal group

100

Name a Disney movie that was set in Africa.

The Lion King

100

Which part of the United States of America was in favor of African slave trade until after the Revolutionary War of 1775, the North or the South?

the South

100

How many people live on the African continent (as of 2016)?

1.216 billion (= 1.216.000.000)

200

What is the negative effect of being a country that is 'landlocked'?

trade is limited because you are not near the water

200

What is a common theme found in African music?

a struggle for independence

200

Correctly describe whether the following characteristics would increase or decrease life expectancy?

access to clean water _________ life expectancy.

frequent droughts ___________ life expectancy.

access to clean water- increases

frequent droughts- decrease

200

Name an African country whose name has a 'Z' in it.

Zambia; Zimbabwe

200

Which animal cannot be found in Africa?

A) Lion

B) Tiger

C) Hippo

D) Rhino

B) Tiger

300

_____________ spent his life working to end _____________ in South Africa.

Nelson Mandela, Apartheid

300

Which fruit is rare in Africa?

A) Dates

B) Oranges

C) Mango(e)s

D) Apples

D) Apples

300

This flag belongs to which country?


Morocco

300

Regarding the list of 'largest continents', where does Africa rank?

A) the largest

B) second largest


C) third largest

D) fourth largest


B) second largest

300

Which country never colonized an African country?

A) Belgium

B) Italy

C) Portugal

D) Switzerlanad

D) Switzerland

400

Which country does not lie in the African continent?

A) Nigeria

B) Zimbabwe

C) Trinidad & Tobago

D) Angola

C) Trinidad & Tobago



400

Name one of the four countries in Africa that were the top producers of diamonds in 2006?

Botswana, South Africa, the democratic republic of Congo and Angola.

400

Where is Nollywood, the second biggest movie industry in the world in terms of number of films made? 

A) Nigeria

B) Namibia

C) Nairobi

D) New Africa

A) Nigeria

400

What is the most widely spoken language in Africa?

A) Swahili

B) Arabic

C) French

D) Afrikaans

A) Swahili

400

What's the name of this limestone statue? The Great __________ of Giza.



Sphinx

500

What's the name of this South-African bishop who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984? (It's also the name of the costume of a ballet dancer.)

Desmond Tutu

500

How do you call the Nigerian music genre that mixes West African musical styles (such as traditional Yoruba music and highlife) and American funk, jazz, and soul?

 

Afrobeat

500

How do we call the language that was used in the Dutch Cape Colony (South-Africa) from the languages used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their slaves, and is still used today up to a point in South-Africa?

Afrikaans

500

How do you call this American mammal?


Wildebeest

500

Name this brutal leader, whom some believed might have been a cannibal, or the country he led.

 

Idi Amin - Uganda

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