What's Up Africa?

How many countries do you think there are in Africa?

• around 50

• around 75

• around 30

• Africa is a country

Answer explanation

Fun Acts about Africa: The world's longest river -- the Nile -- and the world's largest desert -- the Sahara -- both are home to Africa.

What is the longest river of Africa?

• Nile River

• Kasai River

• Congo River

• Niger River

Answer explanation

The Nile is the longest river in Africa and the second longest river in the world, with 6,695 kilometres. Its basin spans 3,349,000 square kilometres, approximately 10% of the surface area of Africa.

What is a Baobab?

• an animal

• A fruit

• A plant

• A tree

Answer explanation

The baobab tree is known as the tree of life, with good reason. It can provide shelter, clothing, food, and water for the animal and human inhabitants of the African savannah regions. Baobab is also the name of the fruit.

What is Makossa?

• A lake in east Africa

• A music style in Cameroom

• A fruit of west Africa

• A wooden instrument resembling a drum

Answer explanation

Makossa is a dance used for celebration in the African country of Cameroon. Makossa means “dance” in Duala. ... Makossa is also the name for a genre of music in urban areas of the Cameroon. It includes strong bass rhythm and sounds of horns

Madagascar is home to ten species of a specific animal. What is that animal?

• Mouse

• Lemur

• Monkey

• Koala

Answer explanation

Lemurs are a primate unique to the island of Madagascar. They have been featured in the film Madagascar.

Which one of the following deserts is the largest in Africa?

• Sahara

• Karoo

• Kalahari

• Guban

Answer explanation

The Sahara Desert is the world's largest hot desert and the third largest desert behind Antarctica and the Arctic. Located in North Africa, it covers large sections of the continent - covering 9,200,000 square kilometers which is comparable to the area of China or the US!

What is the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo?

• Asmara

• Kigali

• Kinshasa

• Brazzaville

Answer explanation

Kinshasa was the name of a village which used to be near the site of the present city.  In Kikongo, Kinshasa means “the salt market“: “nshasa = salt” and locator ‘ki‘.

One country in Africa is the newest country of the whole continent. What is the name of this country?

• Mauritania

• Mozambique

• Namibia

• South Sudan

Answer explanation

The newest internationally recognized country in the world is the African country of South Sudan, which declared independence on July 9, 2011. In the following days, it became also the newest member of the United Nations.

Cesaria Evora was a world known singer who is originally from which African country?

• Madagascar

• Nigeria

• Cape Verde

• South Africa

Answer explanation

Cesária Évora, more commonly known as Cize, was a Cape Verdean singer-songwriter. She received a Grammy Award in 2004 for her album Voz d'Amor. Nicknamed the "Barefoot Diva" for performing without shoes, she was known as the "Queen of Morna"

In which country is the city of Tunis?

• Turkey

• Algeria

• Tunisia

• Mali