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Admirable Algeria Trivia Quiz

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A multiple-choice quiz by Ewefojhghjkbw. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Ewefojhghjkbw

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
409,712

Updated
Jul 16 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
165

Last 3 plays: hosertodd (6/10), Upstart3 (5/10), sw11 (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is Algeria named after? Hint

A legendary leader of the Berbers

A minor desert located in the Sahara Desert

The person who first started it

Its own capital city

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the highest point of Algeria? Hint

Lalla Khedidja

Azao

Mount Tahat

Djebel A�ssa

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the area of Algeria? Hint

1.5 Million sq km - 2 Million sq km

1 Million sq km or less

More than 2 Million sq km

1 Million sq km - 1.5 Million sq km

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Question 4 of 10

4. What are/is the official language/s of Algeria? Hint

Algerian Arabic and Berber

French

Berber

Algerian Arabic

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the currency of Algeria? Hint

The Algerian franc

The Algerian Dinar

The Algerian rial

The Algerian dollar

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the national dish of Algeria? Hint

Bourek

Tagine

Couscous

Kesra

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Question 7 of 10

7. How many countries does Algeria border? Hint

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Question 8 of 10

8. What was the greatest extent of Algeria? Hint

Kingdom of Numidia

French Algeria

Present

Berber Dynasty

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is the main religion of Algeria? Hint

Hinduism

Christianity

Islam

Buddhism

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Question 10 of 10

10. How long is Algeria's coastline? Hint

1,620 km

2,500 km

20 km

100,000 km

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is Algeria named after?

Answer: Its own capital city

Algeria is named after its capital city, Algiers. Algiers is the oldest city in Algeria, founded in 944 by Bologhine ibn Ziri, the founder of the Berber dynasty.

2. What is the highest point of Algeria?

Answer: Mount Tahat

Mount Tahat is the highest point of Algeria, with an elevation of 2,908 m (9,541 ft), towering over the Sahara Desert. The mountain range it is located in is the Hoggar mountain range.

3. What is the area of Algeria?

Answer: More than 2 Million sq km

Algeria's total area is 2.382 Million sq km, making it the tenth largest country in the world, behind Kazakhstan but just over the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

4. What are/is the official language/s of Algeria?

Answer: Algerian Arabic and Berber

Originally, Algeria only had one official language: Algerian Arabic, but due to the Berber protests in 2001, Berber was made an official language.

5. What is the currency of Algeria?

Answer: The Algerian Dinar

The currency of Algeria is the dinar. The decision was made on the 10th of April, 1964 by the Central Bank of Algeria, replacing the franc. One dinar is divided into 100 centimes but they are not used due to their extremely low value.

6. What is the national dish of Algeria?

Answer: Couscous

Couscous is composed of small bits of steamed semolina topped with lamb or beef, vegetables including carrot and potato, and lots of spices.

7. How many countries does Algeria border?

Answer: 7

These countries are Morocco to the west, Mauritania and Mali to the southwest, Niger to the southeast, Libya to the east, Tunisia to the northeast, and a small border with Western Sahara in the west.

8. What was the greatest extent of Algeria?

Answer: Present

Algeria is vastly large, larger then it was ever before! French colonisation only went around the coastal area, but after independence, Algeria expanded into the Sahara.

9. What is the main religion of Algeria?

Answer: Islam

Islam was brought to Algeria by the Umayyad Dynasty, following the invasion of Uqba ibn Nafi.

10. How long is Algeria's coastline?

Answer: 1,620 km

Algeria's coastline is on the Mediterranean with beautiful beaches contrasted by the 80% of the country that is desert.

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