My Home, Africa Trivia Quiz

Answer: Cape Agulhas

Cape Point is the most southwestern tip of Africa. The Cape of Good Hope is where a ship travels more eastward than southward. Cape Town is the capital of the Western Province and the legislative capital of South Africa. Cape Agulhas is located in South Africa.

Answer: Lake Tanganyika

Lake Tanganyika was widely considered to be the deepest freshwater lake in the world until silt built up on the bottom, and then Lake Baikal was classified as the deepest. Both lakes were created by Rift Valley action. Lake Tanganyika is spread out into Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia.

Answer: Utica

Utica was found near the Mediterranean Sea north of Carthage. It was an important city and an administrative centre for the Romans for seven centuries. Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, is the most modern city to be closely associated to the ancient city of Carthage. Cairo is the capital of Egypt. Alexandria is the second largest city in Egypt.

Answer: Harare

Lusaka is the capital of Zambia. Pretoria is the executive capital of South Africa. Accra is the capital of Ghana. Salisbury changed to Harare in 1982.

Answer: Kabwe

Lusaka is the capital of Zambia, while Kitwe is an influential city in Zambia. Nairobi is the capital of Kenya. Kabwe used to be called Broken Hill after an Australian town that had comparable mineral deposits. The UNIP Party was formed in Kabwe in 1959.

Answer: Three

Mount Kilimanjaro is found in Tanzania. Its three peaks are Kibo, Mawenzi and Shira.

Answer: Henry Morton Stanley

Mungo Park extensively explored the Niger River in West Africa. John Speke discovered Lake Victoria in Africa, which he thought was the source of the River Nile, but he corrected this on a later expedition. Richard Burton was a great scholar who traveled with Speke. Henry Morton Stanley was from Wales, and he was well-known for exploring Africa.

Answer: Kenneth Kaunda

Kenneth Kaunda was in office from 1964 to 1991. Julius Nyerere was the first president of an independent Tanzania. Kwame Nkrumah was the first president of Ghana. Mobutu Sese Seko was president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC and also Zaire).

Answer: Nile Perch

The Nile perch dominates northern and western African lakes. It was introduced to Lake Victoria sometime in the '50s. The vundu is the largest catfish in Africa. The tiger fish is also known as Africa's piranha. The freshwater shark is an Asian species and not found naturally in Africa.

Answer: Malawi

Malawi was called Nyasaland. Zimbabwe was called Southern Rhodesia, while Zambia was called Northern Rhodesia. Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi made up the former Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, also known as the Central African Federation. Botswana was known as Bechuanaland (Protectorate).