Geography
Name the 2 major African Great Lakes
Lake Victoria
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Nyasa
Lake Albert
Lake Chad
Who is Liberia’s capital named after?
Monrovia is named in honor of U.S. President James Monroe. Along with Washington, D.C., it is one of two national capitals to be named after a U.S. President. Liberia was a US colony.
What is the U.S translation of braai ?
Barbecue - grilled meat
Which African country has the highest mobile money penetration in the world?
Kenya.
More than 70 per cent Kenyan adults used mobile money in 2017, positioning Kenya at the top of mobile money penetration in the world, according to a report by Citi Research and several other bodies.
In Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman’s accent was derived from which African country?
Xhosa - language with click consonants and is one of the official languages of South Africa. It is also an official language of Zimbabwe.
Which African river is the longest in the world?
The Nile
In 16th century, a certain African rose to become a prominent warlord in India, ultimately becoming Prime Minister of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate.
Malik Ambar (1548 – 13 May 1626) was an Ethiopian military leader in the Deccan region of India.
Malik was brought to India as a slave. In time he created an independent army, a mercenary force numbering up to 1500 men, based in the Deccan region. His army was often hired by local kings. Malik became a popular Prime Minister of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate.
Which country in Africa is the largest global producer of camel milk?
Somalia is by far the largest camel milk producer in the world, followed by Kenya and Mali.
A single African tribe produces most of the world's elite long-distance runners. Name the country and tribe
The Kalenjin tribe in Kenya.
The Kalenjin have been called by some "the running tribe." Since the mid-1960s, Kenyan men have earned the largest share of major honours in international athletics (track and field) at distances from 800 meters to the marathon.
What language is the phrase ‘Hakuna Matata’ from?
Swahili
What is the name of the stretch of water that separates North Africa and Spain?
Strait of Gibraltar is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Gibraltar and Peninsular Spain in Europe from Morocco in Africa
In 1840, Said Bin Sultan, the Sultan of Oman, moved the capital of his country from Muscat to a city in Africa. What city was this?
Zanzibar.
Said Bin Sultan, the Sultan of Oman moved the capital of his country from Muscat to the Stone Town of Zanzibar, and encouraged more Omanis to relocate and settle there
In which country is injera prominently eaten?
In Ethiopia and Eritrea, injera is eaten daily in virtually every household.
Which African country has the most pyramids?
Sudan.
While Egypt is well known for pyramids, Sudan has 220 pyramids standing today.
Which African city was entrepreneur Elon Musk born in?
Elon Reeve Musk (born June 28, 1971) is a South African-born American entrepreneur and businessman born in Pretoria.
Where is the Skeleton Coast?
What name did Nelson Mandela go by when he secretly left South Africa during Apartheid?
David Motsamayi - On 11 January 1962, using the adopted name David Motsamayi, Mandela secretly left South Africa. He traveled around Africa and visited England to gain support for the armed struggle.
Elephants enjoy this fruit, many humans (over the age of 21) also enjoy it in the form of a creamy liqueur, please give its name.
Amarula is a cream liqueur from South Africa. It is made with sugar, cream and the fruit of the African marula tree (Sclerocarya birrea)
The oldest human remains ever discovered were found in ... ?
Ethiopia.
Dinkinesh, which means "you are marvelous" in the Amharic language was discovered in 1974 in Africa, near the village Hadar in the Awash Valley of the Afar Triangle in Ethiopia, by paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
Oprah Winfrey's DNA test traced her to which ethnic groups in Africa?
Kpelle people of Liberia
Bamileke people in Cameroun
What are the two main arms of the River Nile called?
The Nile is the primary water source of Egypt and Sudan. The river Nile has two major tributaries, the White Nile and Blue Nile.
What African language is spoken in Brazil and Cuba amongst afro-descendants?
Yoruba
The Brazilian meal acaraje was introduced by Afro-Brazilians. What was the original name of the meal in the part of Africa where it was taken from?
Akara (bean cake), taken from the Yoruba in the south-western part of Nigeria.
What is the name of the musical style created by Fela Kuti in the 60s and 70s which fused jazz, traditional Nigerian music and other genres?
Afrobeat
Which popular Cuban drum originated in Africa?
Conga