AFRICAN JEOPARDY!

GEOGRAPHY

100

What is the name of the longest river in West Africa?

Niger River

200

Is the Nile the longest river in the world? BONUS: What lake does the Blue Nile originate from? DOUBLE BONUS: In what country is the source of the White Nile located?

Yes. BONUS: Lake Tana (in Ethiopia) DOUBLE BONUS: Undetermined (Rwanda or Burundi)

300

What is the largest hot desert and the third largest desert in the world after Antarctica and the Arctic?

Sahara desert

400

what sea separates Africa from Europe?

Mediterranean Sea

500

Lake Chad is located within the borders of what African countries?

Chad, Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria

POPULAR CULTURE

100

What was the official song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, and who is the singer?

"Waka Waka: This Time for Africa" by Shakira (ft. Freshlyground)

200

By what name is the largest film industry in Africa commonly referred to? (Hint: It's located in Lagos, Nigeria)

Nollywood

300

What is the name of the founder of afro beats?

Fela Kuti

400

"Chop My Money" is by which famous Nigerian singer?

P-Square

500

Name 5 African Soccer players

Answers Varies

PEOPLE

100

Who was the first black president of South Africa?

Nelson Mandela

200

Who was the Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist who ruled Libya from 1969 until his assassination by rebel force?

Muammar Gaddafi 

300

Who was a Burkinabé military captain, Marxist revolutionary, pan-Africanist theorist, and President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987? 

Thomas Sankara

400

Who was the first Prime Minister and president of Ghana? He helped the gold coast get it freedom from Britain. 

kwame nkrumah

500

Name 5 famous africans 

Answers will vary

COUNTRIES

100

What is the name of Africa's newest nation? BONUS: How many African nations have U.N. membership?

South Sudan BONUS: 55

200

What is the capital of ethiopia?

Addis Ababa

300

What is the only country that is not a member of the African Union? BONUS: What country is known as "the last colony of Africa?" DOUBLE BONUS: Name the three currently "suspended" members of the African Union.

Morocco. BONUS: Western Sahara DOUBLE BONUS: Madagascar, Egypt, Central African Republic

400

What four countries border Nigeria?

Benin, Niger, Chad, Cameroon

500

Which country is about to complete a 26-year, $20 billion project to build a pipeline that will draw "fossil water" from a massive, ancient aquifer beneath the Sahara Desert?

Libya

LANGUAGE

100

Name three African countries in which French is the official language. BONUS: What term is used to describe the region of Africa that speaks French?

DRC, Madagascar, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal, Mali, Rwanda, Guinea, Chad, Burundi, Benin, Togo, CAR, Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Djibouti, Seychelles BONUS: Francophone Africa

200

Which language is spoken on the east coast of Africa?

Swahili

300

What three African languages are most widely-spoken in Nigeria?

Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba

400

Name the top 10 most spoken languages in Africa

Arabic, Swahili, Hausa, Fula, Yoruba, Igbo, Oromo, Amharic, Somali, Zulu

500

Approximately how many languages spoken today are native to Africa? (guess between 50 and 5000)

3000+