Africa Day

How many countries are in Africa?

• 100

• 73

• 54

• 86

Answer explanation

Africa is the second largest continent in the world and boasts more countries than Asia the largest continent in the world. In alphabetical order, the countries are as follows: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Reunion, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sao Tome & Principe, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Which African country produced the world's first prosthetic limb?

• Tanzania

• Egypt

• Angola

• Tunisia

Answer explanation

Ancient Egypt produced the world's first prosthetic limb, a toe composed of leather, wood and thread and dated between 950 and 710 B.C.

With African Country had a space program?

• Ivory Coast

• Djibouti

• Zambia

• Central African Republic

Answer explanation

Although it sounds unlikely during the 1960s, Zambia was home to a space program, but it was not a very successful one. It started because a Zambian citizen was intent on beating the Americans and the Russians in being the first to send a man to land on the moon.

WICH AFRICAN COUNTRY AS HOME TO THE WORLD’S OLDEST UNIVERSITY?

• Republic of the Congo

• Madagascar

• Egypt

• Morocco

Answer explanation

The oldest existing, and continually operating educational institution in the world is the University of Karueein, ( Athen’s of Africa) founded in 859 AD by Fatima al-Fihri in Fez, Morocco and was originally a madrassa.

WHICH AFRICAN COUTRY HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF TWINS BORN IN THE WORLD

• Swaziland

• Guinea

• Nigeria

• Sao Tome & Principe

Answer explanation

nicknamed “The Land of Twins” by the BBC because it has the highest rate of twin births in the world. Numbers show that twin birth rates in West Africa are actually four times higher here than anywhere else in the world and the centre of it all takes place in a sleepy little town in Nigeria called Igbo-Ora where the last recorded figures revealed an average of 50 sets of twins in every 1,000 births.

Africa Is The Most Multilingual Continent In The World.

THERE ARE MORE THAN ______ RECOGNISED LANGUAGES

• 7000

• 2000

• 10 000

• 1300

Answer explanation

There are over 2,000 different recognised languages spoken in Africa, around 200 of these are spoken in Northern Africa including Central Sahara and are known as Afro-Asiatic languages, 140 are spoken in Central and Eastern Africa known as Nilo-Saharan languages and more than 1,000 are Niger-Saharan languages.

What are the most widely spoken language In Africa?

• French

• Swahili

• Yoruba

• Arabic

Answer explanation

1st place: Swahili

2nd place: Arabic

3rd place: French

4th place: Hausa

5th place: Yoruba and Oromo

With African country as the highest number pyramids?

• Egypt

• Tunisia

• Sudan

• Ethiopia

Answer explanation

SUDAN HAS MORE PYRAMIDS THAN EGYPT

The country of Egypt may be famous for its pyramids but many people don’t realise that the country of Sudan, in Africa, has a total of 223 pyramids. This is twice the amount of pyramids that Egypt has! These forgotten pyramids are the Meroe Pyramids; these once made up the capital of the Kingdom of Kush, ruled by the Nubian kings.

Which African country as the largest Christian church in the world?

• Rwanda

• Côte d'Ivoire

• Sao Tome & Principe

• Gabon

Answer explanation

Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro Basilica is located in Yamoussoukro, which since March 1983 been the capital of Côte d'Ivoire (the Ivory Coast). It is the largest Christian church in the world, according to Guinness World Records.

which African country is the host to the annual Sardine run?

• South Africa

• Equatorial Guinea

• Angola

• Mozambique

Answer explanation

The Sardine Run along the South African coast is one of the largest marine-life migrations on earth.