Q 01/05

Algeria is the largest country in Africa and ranks where in the world by area?

A) Fifth

B) Tenth

C) Fifteenth

D) Twentieth

Answer · why

B) Tenth

It spans over 2.38 million square kilometres, most of it Sahara.

Q 02/05

The name Algeria derives from Algiers, whose Arabic name al-Jazā'ir means what?

A) The lions

B) The white city

C) The harbour

D) The islands

Answer · why

D) The islands

It referred to small islands once lying off the city's coast.

Q 03/05

Which two languages are official in Algeria?

A) Arabic and French

B) Arabic and Tamazight

C) French and Kabyle

D) Arabic and Spanish

Answer · why

B) Arabic and Tamazight

French remains widely used in media and education but has no official status.

Q 04/05

Roughly what share of Algerians live in the northern coastal area?

A) 50%

B) 70%

C) 30%

D) 90%

Answer · why

D) 90%

About 1.5 million people in the Sahara remain nomadic or partly nomadic.

Q 05/05

Algeria's highest peak, Mount Tahat, stands in which Saharan mountain range?

A) The Tell Atlas

B) The Hoggar

C) The Aurès

D) The Djurdjura

Answer · why

B) The Hoggar

Charles de Foucauld built a hermitage at nearby Assekrem in 1911.