1. Is Africa a country or a continent? ( 10 SEC) 2. Name as many African Countries as you possibly can (2 minutes). 1 point for each correct country named. (Bonus Question). Country Capital Algeria: Algiers Angola: Luanda Benin : Porto-Novo Botswana: Gaborone Burkina Faso: Ouagadougou Burundi: Bujumbura Cameroon : Yaounde Cape Verde: Praia Central African Republic: Bangui Chad : NDjamena Congo, Democratic Republic of: Kinshasa Congo, Republic of : Brazzaville Cote dIvoire: Yamoussoukro Egypt: Cairo Equatorial Guinea: Malabo Eritrea : Asmara Ethiopia Addis Ababa Gabon: Libreville Ghana: Accra Guinea-Bissau: Bissau Kenya : Nairobi Lesotho: Maseru Liberia : Monrovia Libya: Tripoli Madagascar: Antananarivo Malawi : Lilongwe Mali: Bamako Mauritania: Nouakchott Mauritius: Port Louis Morocco: Rabat Mozambique: Maputo Niger: Niamey Nigeria: Abuja Republic of Djibouti: Djibouti Republic of Guinea: Conakry Republic of Namibia: Windhoek Republic of South Sudan : Juba Republic of Sudan: Khartoum Republic of Tunisia: Tunis Rwanda: Kigali Sao Tome and Principe: São Tomé Senegal: Dakar Seychelles: Victoria Sierra Leone: Freetown Somalia: Mogadishu South Africa: Pretoria Swaziland: Mbabane Tanzania: Dodoma The Gambia: Banjul Togo: Lomé Uganda: Kampala Union of Comoros: Moroni Western Sahara: El Aaiún Zambia: Lusaka Zimbabwe: Harare 3. Name as many Africa countries and their Capital Cities as you can (2 minutes) 4. Name at least three colours of your country’s Flag. If your flag has less than three colours name both colours: Participating Kids are from the following countries: Zimbabwe, (1Min) 5. Four of the five fastest land animals live in Africa – Name these animals. The Cheetah, Wildebeest, Lion, and Thomsons gazelle. (a point for each correct answer) 1.30 min) 6. There are seven continents on earth and Africa is: (10 seconds) A: The Smallest of the seven continents B: The Second largest continent C: The Largest Continent. 7. The largest country [in area] (10 seconds). Up until June 2011, the answer was the Republic of Sudan; however, South Sudan declared independence (from the Northern portion) in June 2011. As they are now separate countries, the title of largest country in Africa now falls to: A. Algeria (2,381,740km2) B Democratic republic of Congo C. Sudan 8. The smallest African country: (10 seconds) A South Africa B. Mali C The Seychelles 9. Most populous country in Africa (With a population of more than 113 million, Nigeria is easily the most populated country in Africa and the 10th most populous country in the world). (10 seconds) A: Nigeria B: Rwanda C Sao Tome and Principe 10. The largest island in Africa [in area] (10 seconds) A: MAURITIUS B: MADAGASCAR C: SENEGAL 11. Name the most southerly country in Africa? (10 seconds) A South Africa B. Mozambique C. Mauritius. 12. Which is the largest desert [in area] in Africa? It covers most of North Africa.(10 sec) A. Kalahari Desert B. Namib Desert C. Sahara Desert 13. Which is the highest mountain in Africa? This is about 19340 Feet.(10 sec) A: Mount Everest B: Mt Kilimanjaro C: The Atlas Mountain in Morocco. 14. Which is the largest lake in Africa?, which is 250 miles at its widest point. It is also the worlds second-largest freshwater lake. (10 sec) A Lake Tanganyika B. Lake Victoria C. Lake George - America 15: The most easterly country in Africa? (10 sec) A: Eritrea B: Ethiopia C: Somalia 16. Which African country is partly in Asia? (10 sec) A: Egypt B: Dubai C: Cameroon. 17. This river drains into the Mediterranean Sea at the north eastern edge of Africa, and with a total length of 6,650 kilometres, this river is the longest in the world. The river is: (10 sec) A The Okavango River B The Nile River C The Niger River 18: This natural wonder is The Largest Curtain of Falling Water on Earth? – (10 sec) A.Victoria Falls B. Niagara Falls C. Zambia’s Lumangwe Falls 19. Which sub-Saharan country was first to gain its independence from Britain in 1957. (10 sec) A. Zimbabwe B. Namibia C. Ghana 20. So far they have been two African secretary generals of the United Nations. The first one is Boutros Boutros-Ghali, from Egypt, and Kofi Annani. Which country is Kofi Annani from? (10 sec) A .Ghana B. Botswana C. Cote dIvoire 21. Nairobi is the Capital City of which Country? (10 sec) A. Angola B. Burundi C. Kenya Wildlife 22. The worlds biggest frog is found in which African country?. Named the goliath frog, their body can be 30cm (one foot) long. (10 sec) A Republic of Guinea B Tunisia C. Cameroon 23. Which African country is the home of the world’s largest as well as the smallest chameleons! Almost half of the worlds chameleon species live on this island. (10 sec) A. Burkina Faso B. Madagascar C. Democratic Republic of Congo 24. Which of the following is one of Africa’s largest Living Reptile? (The Nile crocodile is the planets Second largest living reptile - growing to an average length of 5m (15 feet). (10 sec) A: American Alligator B: Saltwater Crocodile C. The Nile crocodile 25. This animal is the largest living land mammal. (10 sec) A. African Elephant B. The Whale C. The Giraffe With the inclusion of the disputed Western Sahara territory and the island nations off the continental coast, there are a total of 54 independent nations in Africa.a
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