EESA
Africa
Name that Language
Myth or Fact
Random Knowledge
100

What two colors appear on both the Eritrean and Ethiopian flags?

Green and red

100

How many countries are in Africa?

54

100

Jambo

Swahili

100

Coffee was first discovered in Africa?

Myth, was found in Yemen

100
Which contient sits in all four hemispheres?

Africa

200

What language is widely spoken in both Eritrea and northern Ethiopia?

Tigrinya

200

Which African country has the largest population?

Nigeria

200

ሰላም (Selam)

Tigrinya/Amharic

200

The Nile flows through only two countries

Myth

200

What country has a city that sits on both Europe and Asia

Turkey(Istanbul)

300

What alphabet/script is used to write Tigrinya and Amharic?

Ge'ez

300

Which African country has three capital cities?

South Africa

300

Salaam Alaikum

Arabic

300

Africa is larger than the United States, China, and India combined

True

300

Which artist's real name is Abel Tesfaye?

The Weeknd

400

What battle in 1896 saw Ethiopian forces defeat an invading Italian army?

Battle of Adwa

400

Which African country has more pyramids than any other country in the world?

Sudan

400

Akwaba

Twi

400

The Congo River is the deepest river in the world

Fact

400

Which weighs more: a kilogram of steel or a kilogram of feathers?

Weigh the same!

500

Where is the Mosque of the Companions, considered one of the earliest mosques in Africa, located?

Massawa

500

Name 5 African countries that begin with the letter “M” in 10 seconds

Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique

500

Nanga def?

Wolof(Senegal)

500

Every country in Africa drives on the right side of the road

Myth

500

Cleopatra lived closer in time to which one: the building of the Great Pyramid or the invention of the iPhone?

iPhone