15 December 2023

Quiz: How well do you know Africa & the Indian Ocean?

With safari spectacles, intoxicating cities and paradise islands, Africa has it all. How well do you know the second-largest continent on Earth?

2 mins

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Desert sparrow image: Alamy

1. Which Northern African country is biggest by area?

Morocco

Tunisia

Algeria

Egypt

2. Roughly, how many elephants live in Kenya?

11,000

19,000

25,000

36,000

3. Victoria Falls straddles which two countries?

Zimbabwe and Zambia

Zambia and Angola

Botswana and Namibia

Zimbabwe and Botswana

4. The Moorish Blue Gate and Chouara Tannery can be found in which Moroccan city?

Rabat

Morocco

Fez

Tangier

5. Lake Manyara and Tarangire are two wildlife parks in which country?

Nigeria

Sierra Leone

Liberia

Tanzania

6. The desert sparrow is commonly found in which North African desert?

Kalahari Desert

Namib Desert

Wadi Rum

Sahara Desert

7. Which Eastern African country is bigger by area?

Mozambique

Ethiopia

Tanzania

Rwanda

8. What’s the name of the long geographical feature tracing a faultline nearly the length of the continent?

East African Line

East African Split

East African Crack

East African Rift

9. Which five colours feature on the Seychelles flag?

Blue, yellow, red, white and green

Red, blue, orange, grey and black

Blue, purple, black, green and red

Green, red, yellow, black and

10. Can you name Ethiopia and Eritrea’s fermented flatbread?

Bazin

Aish baladi

Injera

Kesra

11. In which Southern African country would you find Mana Pools National Park?

Angola

South Africa

Malawi

Zimbabwe

12. What are the three main species of herbivores that undertake East Africa’s Great Migration?

Buffalo, elephants and giraffes

Zebra, wildebeest and gazelle

Hyena, gazelle and hippopotamus

Zebra, hyena and Buffalo

13. Known for its tropical beaches, on which island would you also find the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden?

Cape Verde

Madagascar

Mauritius

São Tomé and Príncipe

14. What are Djibouti’s two official languages? (Hint: one is European)

Arabic and French

Spanish and Arabic

Somali and Portuguese

Oromo and Danish

15. At 4,167m tall, what is Morocco’s highest mountain?

Ouanoukrim

Toubkal

Baker

Kilimanjaro

16. Which African country is known as 'The Rainbow Nation'?

Gabon

Ghana

Kenya