African Travel Quiz

1. The Serengeti National Park — famous for the Great Migration — is primarily in which country?

1. Botswana
2. Kenya
3. Tanzania
4. Uganda

2. Victoria Falls, one of the world's largest waterfalls, is on the border of which two countries?

1. Mozambique and Zimbabwe
2. South Africa and Botswana
3. Tanzania and Kenya
4. Zambia and Zimbabwe

3. Which city is home to Egypt's famous Egyptian Museum and the Sphinx of Giza?

1. Alexandria
2. Aswan
3. Cairo
4. Luxor

4. The Okavango Delta in Botswana is unique because it is:

1. Africa's largest national park
2. An inland delta that floods in a desert — one of the world's great wildlife habitats
3. The source of the Nile River
4. The world's largest salt flat

5. Mount Kilimanjaro — Africa's highest peak — is in which country?

1. Ethiopia
2. Kenya
3. Tanzania
4. Uganda

6. The ancient city of Marrakech, famous for its medina, souks, and Djemaa el-Fna square, is in which country?

1. Algeria
2. Libya
3. Morocco
4. Tunisia

7. Which African country is home to the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, where you can trek to see mountain gorillas?

1. All three countries share gorilla populations
2. Democratic Republic of Congo
3. Rwanda
4. Uganda

8. Cape Town's famous Table Mountain has a flat summit that is often covered by what phenomenon?

1. A 'tablecloth' of cloud
2. Fog from the Atlantic Ocean
3. Snow in winter
4. Volcanic steam

9. The ancient walled city of Lamu, one of the oldest living towns in East Africa, is in which country?

1. Kenya
2. Mozambique
3. Somalia
4. Tanzania

10. The Sahara Desert covers approximately what percentage of Africa's total land area?

1. 15%
2. 20%
3. 25%
4. 30%

11. Which African country was never colonised by a European power, maintaining independence throughout the colonial era?

1. Egypt
2. Ethiopia
3. Nigeria
4. South Africa

12. Zanzibar — famous for spices and white-sand beaches — is part of which country?

1. Comoros
2. Kenya
3. Mozambique
4. Tanzania

13. The Pink Lake (Lac Rose / Lake Retba) near Dakar is in which country?

1. Guinea
2. Mali
3. Mauritania
4. Senegal

14. The ancient trading city of Timbuktu, once a great centre of Islamic scholarship, is in which country?

1. Chad
2. Mali
3. Mauritania
4. Niger

15. Kruger National Park — one of Africa's largest game reserves — is in which country?

1. Botswana
2. Namibia
3. South Africa
4. Zimbabwe

16. The Nile, the world's longest river, flows through how many African countries?

1. 11
2. 14
3. 5
4. 9

17. The Pyramids of Giza are the only surviving wonders of the ancient Seven Wonders of the World. They are located just outside which city?

1. Alexandria
2. Aswan
3. Cairo
4. Luxor

18. Rwanda is sometimes called 'the land of a thousand hills'. Its capital is:

1. Bujumbura
2. Kampala
3. Kigali
4. Nairobi

19. The Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela — carved out of solid rock in the 12th–13th centuries — are in which country?

1. Eritrea
2. Ethiopia
3. Kenya
4. Sudan

20. Which African city is nicknamed the 'White City' for its Mediterranean-influenced architecture?

1. Algiers
2. Casablanca
3. Tripoli
4. Tunis