Q 01/05

What is the capital city of Morocco?

A) Casablanca

B) Marrakesh

C) Rabat

D) Fez

Answer · why

C) Rabat

Casablanca is the far bigger city and main port, but the seat of government sits on the Bou Regreg estuary.

Q 02/05

Which body of water separates Morocco from Spain?

A) Strait of Gibraltar

B) Strait of Messina

C) Strait of Hormuz

D) Strait of Bonifacio

Answer · why

A) Strait of Gibraltar

At its narrowest the strait is only about 13 km wide, and ferries cross from Tangier in under an hour.

Q 03/05

Which country borders Morocco to the east?

A) Algeria

B) Tunisia

C) Libya

D) Mali

Answer · why

A) Algeria

The land border between the two has been closed since 1994, one of the longest shut borders in the world.

Q 04/05

What is the highest peak in Morocco and all of North Africa?

A) Mount Kenya

B) Jebel Musa

C) Mount Sinai

D) Toubkal

Answer · why

D) Toubkal

At 4,167 metres it is visible from Marrakesh and is a popular two-day trek with no technical climbing.

Q 05/05

Which mountain range runs like a backbone through central Morocco from northeast to southwest?

A) The Rif Mountains

B) The Atlas Mountains

C) The Hoggar Mountains

D) The Aurès Mountains

Answer · why

B) The Atlas Mountains

The range is divided into the Middle Atlas, High Atlas and Anti-Atlas, and most Moroccans live north of it.