Q 01/05

Which West African country, home of the Nollywood film industry, has the largest population in Africa?

A) Senegal

B) Nigeria

C) Cameroon

D) Mali

Answer · why

B) Nigeria

Nigeria is home to about one in six Africans, and its more than 250 ethnic groups speak some 500 distinct languages.

Q 02/05

Which dormant volcano in Tanzania is Africa's highest mountain and the tallest free-standing peak on Earth?

A) Kilimanjaro

B) Mount Kenya

C) Ras Dashen

D) Ol Doinyo Lengai

Answer · why

A) Kilimanjaro

Kilimanjaro rises 5,895 m above sea level. Of its three volcanic cones, Mawenzi and Shira are extinct, while Kibo is only dormant and could erupt agai...

Q 03/05

Which lake, shared by Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, is the largest in Africa by surface area?

A) Malawi

B) Tanganyika

C) Victoria

D) Turkana

Answer · why

C) Victoria

Lake Victoria was named for the British queen in 1858 by explorer John Hanning Speke, who believed he had found the source of the Nile.

Q 04/05

Which island nation off Africa's southeast coast is the natural home of every species of lemur?

A) Seychelles

B) Comoros

C) Mauritius

D) Madagascar

Answer · why

D) Madagascar

Madagascar split from the Indian subcontinent about 90 million years ago, so lemurs and most of its other wildlife evolved in isolation.

Q 05/05

Which prisoner of Robben Island was freed after 27 years and became South Africa's first Black president?

A) Desmond Tutu

B) Nelson Mandela

C) Cyril Ramaphosa

D) Steve Biko

Answer · why

B) Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela shared the Nobel Peace Prize with F. W. de Klerk, the president who freed him, shortly before winning the 1994 election.