Geography
Flags
Science
Pop Culture
Miscellaneous
100
Nigeria's national sport is one of the most watched in the world. What is it?
Football/ Soccer
100
Which country is home to the tombs of deceased royalty that is famous for mummification?
Egypt
100
What is the most popular sport in the world?
Soccer
100
What is the most popular genre of African Music?
African heavy metal
100
What is the world's largest desert in Northern Africa
Sahara
200
A crime particularly associated with Nigeria is often referred to as a 'Section 419', after the part of the country's penal code which deals with it. What type of crime is it?
Fraud/Scamming/Yahoo
200
Which country, with the Abuja, does this flag belong to?
Somalia
200
What sport has this setup on the playing area?
At even-strength there are five (5) players plus a goalie; when a penalty has occurred the penalized team will have three or four (3 or 4) players; during overtime each team will skate with three players (3)
Hockey
200
What are some of the instruments used in African music? Mention at least 3 to get full point.
Drums
Trumpet
Lute
Harps
Flute
Mbire
Balafon
Shekere.
200
What is the longest river in West Africa; a trading highway in early times?
Niger River
300
What is the name of the Richest man in Africa?
Aliko Dangote
300
Which country does this flag belong to?
Ghana
300
What is the name of the athletes whose father had a movie made about him named "King Richard"?
Venus and Serena Williams
300
What are the two district African music groups?
North African Music/Black African music
300
What trade across the Sahara Desert?
Trans-Saharan Trade
400
One Naira divided into 100 is what?
One kobo
400
Casa Blanca is the largest city of this country with this flag:
Morocco
400
Peyton Manning played which sport as the QB for the Beoncos?
Football
400
Which African artist is known for the hit song "Waka Waka (This time for Africa")?
Shakira
400
What is the first West African Empire that became wealthy through controlling the salt and gold trade?
Ghana
500
Which tribe is the dominant ethnic group in the northern part of Nigeria?
**Bonus 200pts**
Name the tribes dominant in the West and the tribe dominant in the southeast.
Fulani/Hausa
Yoruba in the west
Igbo in the southeast
500
This country is known for it's spicy hot pepper, and it's capital called Yaoundé. Which country is this?
Cameroon
500
What is the second most popular sport in the world?
Cricket
500
Which African artist collaborated with Beyonce on the song 'Brown Skin Girl'?
Wizkid
500
What is the second West African empire that prospered from the gold-salt trade? After converting to Islam, it became a center of Muslim culture.
Mali
600
What natural physical feature was Nigeria named after?
The Niger River
600
Which country, with the currency rand, does this flag belong to?
South Africa
600
A _____ is one of the most common sport injury. A sprain is a stretch or tear of a ligament near a joint. They are often caused by falling or a twisting motion.
Sprain
600
Which African artist is often referred to as the 'King of Afrobeat'?
Fela Kuti
600
who is the first West African ruler who converted to Islam and took a famous pilgrimage to Mecca?
Mansa Musa
700
What do the colors of the Nigerian flag represent?
Yes, they have a meaning.
Like the American flag (red, white, and blue) represents white signifies purity and innocence; red, hardiness and valor; and blue signifies vigilance, perseverance, and justice.
Green: Wealth
White: Peace
700
The city of Nairobi belongs to which country with this flag?
Kenya
700
Which animal and organ were soccer balls made of before rubber was patented?
*Get one right I give you half the point.
Pig bladders
700
Who is the Ethiopian artist known for the song 'sedet'?
Teddy Afro
700
What is a story usually passed down orally that becomes part of a community's tradition?
Folk Tale
800
Nigeria is one of Africa's major economies and has financed major infrastructural development since the 'boom' of the 1970s. Which goods contributed economic activity accounted for 40% of Nigeria's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the first decade of the 21st century, when they were were traded?
Oil and Petroleum
800
This country has 12%of Yoruba ethnicity:
Benin
800
What sport is F1?
*Hint you need a helmet for this because you are burning to make your speed.
Car Racing
800
Which African artist is known for the hit song 'Pata Pate'?
Miriam Makeba
800
What do you can a wise saying that quick ways of sharing wisdom? e.g. Actions speak louder than words, Better late than never.
Proverbs
900
In 1967 Nigeria suffered from a civil war when the south-east part of the country broke away to set up a separate state under which name?
Biafra
900
Located right above Nigeria and shares the same river, to which country does this flag belong to?
Niger
900
Which sport involves a jockey and his partner being betted on to win?
Horse racing
900
which African artist won the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album in 2020?
Angelique Kidjo
900
What is the huge web of trade routes that connect with Southeast Asia, India, Arabia, and East Africa across the Indian Ocean?
Indian Ocean trade
1000
As the first and second governors of the Central Bank of Nigeria, whose face(s) are on the 1000 Naira bill?
**BONUS**
Name the second person on the bill.
Alhaji Aliyu Mai-Bornu
Dr. Clement Isong
1000
What does ANC stand for?
African National Congress
1000
Who kicked the longest goal in soccer history?
Asmir Begovic
1000
Who is the Senegalese artist behind the popular song 'Waving Flag'?
K'naan
1000
What is the new culture founded in trading towns along East Africa; also a language of East Africa.
Swahili