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Quiz about African Cities
Quiz about African Cities

African Cities Quiz Challenge - How Much Do You Know? | Africa


Let's see how much you know about African cities!

A multiple-choice quiz by colombia. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Author
colombia
Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
56,825
Updated
Apr 04 22
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
11 / 20
Plays
2866
Last 3 plays: matthewpokemon (15/20), masfon (18/20), Guest 41 (4/20).
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Question 1 of 20
1. What African capital is located next to the Table Mountain?

Answer: (Two Words)
Question 2 of 20
2. What African capital was named after U.S. President Monroe?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 3 of 20
3. Although this country has territory in mainland Africa, its capital city is on an island. What city are we talking about?

Answer: (One Word - begins with M)
Question 4 of 20
4. Which two African capital cities are located on opposite sides of the Congo River? Hint


Question 5 of 20
5. Which one of the following African capital cities, current or former, is NOT located on the coast? Hint


Question 6 of 20
6. Which African city was formerly known as Fort Lamy? Hint


Question 7 of 20
7. Brazzaville is the capital city of the Congo. What is the second largest city in the country? Hint


Question 8 of 20
8. Yammoussoukro is the capital city of Cote d'Ivoire but it is not the largest in the country. What's the largest city in Cote d'Ivoire?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 9 of 20
9. If you're driving from Accra (Ghana) to Porto Novo (Benin), what capital city do you have to drive through?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 10 of 20
10. Which capital city is located within 10 kilometres of the shore of Lake Victoria?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 11 of 20
11. Which one of the following cities is NOT in an island? Hint


Question 12 of 20
12. Which African city has the busiest airport in the continent? Hint


Question 13 of 20
13. What African capital city is located on the western tip of the continent?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 14 of 20
14. Ouagadougou is the capital city of what country? Hint


Question 15 of 20
15. The name of this city means 'the new flower'. What African city are we talking about? Hint


Question 16 of 20
16. Which one of the following cities has Spanish as the official language? Hint


Question 17 of 20
17. In which African city can you enter the Red Castle Museum through an entrance in Martyr's Square? Hint


Question 18 of 20
18. The official capital of Malawi is Lilongwe.


Question 19 of 20
19. This city became the capital city of what was formerly known as South West Africa on 23rd March 1990. What city are we talking about?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 20 of 20
20. Only one capital city in Africa has the exact same name as the country it is in. Which one are we talking about? Example: Mexico and Mexico City

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What African capital is located next to the Table Mountain?

Answer: Cape Town

Cape Town is one of South Africa's three capital cities.
2. What African capital was named after U.S. President Monroe?

Answer: Monrovia

Monrovia is the capital city of Liberia.
3. Although this country has territory in mainland Africa, its capital city is on an island. What city are we talking about?

Answer: Malabo

Malabo is the capital city of Equatorial Guinea. It is located in the island of Bioko.
4. Which two African capital cities are located on opposite sides of the Congo River?

Answer: Brazzaville and Kinshasa

Brazzaville is the capital of the Republic of the Congo and Kinshasa is the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
5. Which one of the following African capital cities, current or former, is NOT located on the coast?

Answer: Antananarivo

Although Antananarivo is the capital city of the island-country of Madagascar, it is not located on the coast.
6. Which African city was formerly known as Fort Lamy?

Answer: N'Djamena

N'Djamena is the capital of Chad.
7. Brazzaville is the capital city of the Congo. What is the second largest city in the country?

Answer: Pointe-Noire

Pointe-Noire is on the coast. It is the most important port in the country.
8. Yammoussoukro is the capital city of Cote d'Ivoire but it is not the largest in the country. What's the largest city in Cote d'Ivoire?

Answer: Abidjan

Abidjan used to be the capital city but it was changed to Yammoussoukro a few years ago.
9. If you're driving from Accra (Ghana) to Porto Novo (Benin), what capital city do you have to drive through?

Answer: Lome

Lome is the capital city of Togo.
10. Which capital city is located within 10 kilometres of the shore of Lake Victoria?

Answer: Kampala

Kampala is the capital of Uganda.
11. Which one of the following cities is NOT in an island?

Answer: Mbabane

Mbabane is the capital city of Swaziland. Praia is in Cape Verde, Moroni in Comoros and Victoria is in Seychelles.
12. Which African city has the busiest airport in the continent?

Answer: Johannesburg

The busiest airport used to be Cairo in Egypt, but it was replaced by Johannesburg after the end of apartheid in South Africa.
13. What African capital city is located on the western tip of the continent?

Answer: Dakar

Dakar is the capital city of Senegal.
14. Ouagadougou is the capital city of what country?

Answer: Burkina Faso

15. The name of this city means 'the new flower'. What African city are we talking about?

Answer: Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa means 'the new flower' in the Amharic language.
16. Which one of the following cities has Spanish as the official language?

Answer: Ceuta

Ceuta is a Spanish city on the mediterranean. It borders Morocco.
17. In which African city can you enter the Red Castle Museum through an entrance in Martyr's Square?

Answer: Tripoli

Tripoli's Red Castle Museum was an old castle converted into a museum in 1919 during the time Libya was part of Italian North Africa. Relics of nature, and human artefacts dating back 5,000 years can be seen there.
18. The official capital of Malawi is Lilongwe.

Answer: True

19. This city became the capital city of what was formerly known as South West Africa on 23rd March 1990. What city are we talking about?

Answer: Windhoek

Windhoek is the capital city of Namibia.
20. Only one capital city in Africa has the exact same name as the country it is in. Which one are we talking about? Example: Mexico and Mexico City

Answer: Djibouti

Source: Author colombia

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