ASU GALA TRIVIA

Afrobeats to the World

100

This Nigerian superstar is known as the "African Giant" and had a global hit with "Last Last"

Burna Boy

200

This trio is considered the Big 3 of Afrobeats 

Burna Boy, Davido and Wizkid 

300

This French-Malian received backlash for singing at the Opening Ceremony of the French Olympics 

Aya Nakumura

400

This song features collaboration between Rema, Don Toliver, Victony and Tempoe

Soweto

500

This artist is the most GRAMMY-winning African Musician in history

Angelique Kidjo 

Dance and Social Media Challenges

100

This is a dominant style of dance within the modern Afrobeats scene, characterized by fast, intricate, and often rhythmic movements of the legs and feet. 

Legwork

200

Ghanaian artist Fuse ODG had a massive international hit named after this dance

Azonto Dance

300

A traditional East African dance characterized by intricate and fluid shoulder, neck, and chest movements

Eskista

400

This South African dance, characterized by a one-legged hop, became a global craze around 2020.

Jeruselema

500

This South African dance features a belly rubbing motion and a camera motion!

Jealousy (Amapiano Dance)

For the Culture

100

This popular African meal is constantly debated on by multiple African countries

Jellof Rice (Nigeria's is the best)

200

This slang is often used to describe a person's buttocks or posterior 

Nyash

300

This country won the most recent AFCON

Ivory Coast

400

This is the country where falafel originated

Egypt 

500

A traditional East African practice, particularly in Ethiopia and Eritrea, where a person feeds another person a mouthful of food as a gesture of love, respect, and trust

Gursha

History

100

This West African empire was known for its vast wealth in gold and its famous ruler, Mansa Musa, one of the richest men in history

Mali Empire 

200

The first human skeleton was found in this country

Ethiopia

300

This 1994 event was a state-sponsored genocide against the Tutsi ethnic group.

Rwandan Genocide

400

This is the first African country to declare independence 

Liberia 

500

This Ghanaian leader, a key founder of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), is widely known as the "Father of Pan-Africanism.

Kwame Nkrumah

Geography

100

This country has the largest population in Africa 

Nigeria

200

This river has been dubbed the Father of African rivers 

The Nile River 

300

This mountain, located in Tanzania, is the highest peak in Africa.

Mount Kilimanjaro

400

This is the largest ethnic group in Africa by population 

Hausa