Q 01/05

Which country, once the heart of the ancient kingdom of Kush, has more pyramids than Egypt?

A) Ethiopia

B) Chad

C) Sudan

D) Eritrea

Answer · why

C) Sudan

Sudan has more than 200 pyramids, the most of any country. Kushite kings and queens built them smaller and steeper than Egypt's, at sites such as Mero...

Q 02/05

Which Star Wars desert planet is named after a real town in the North African country where it was filmed?

A) Jakku

B) Tatooine

C) Geonosis

D) Jedha

Answer · why

B) Tatooine

Tatooine was George Lucas's spelling of Tataouine, a town he came across while scouting desert locations. Luke Skywalker's home was a real underground...

Q 03/05

Which North African country flew a plain green flag with no emblem or design from 1977 to 2011?

A) Mauritania

B) Morocco

C) Egypt

D) Libya

Answer · why

D) Libya

Libya's all-green banner was, for nearly all of that time, the only national flag with a single colour and no design. In 2011 the country went back to...

Q 04/05

Which Moroccan city gave its name to a 1942 Humphrey Bogart film shot almost entirely in California?

A) Casablanca

B) Essaouira

C) Mohammedia

D) Agadir

Answer · why

A) Casablanca

Casablanca was filmed at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, with one sequence at Van Nuys Airport. The real Casablanca is Morocco's largest city and its...

Q 05/05

Which country became Africa's largest by area in 2011, when the previous record holder split in two?

A) DR Congo

B) Algeria

C) Egypt

D) Chad

Answer · why

B) Algeria

Algeria covers about 2.38 million square kilometres, which makes it the tenth-largest country in the world. It is also the biggest country on the Medi...