Bell Questions: Second Quarter

Question 1

What country has the capitals of Cape Town, Pretoria, and Bloemfontein?

Answer 1

South Africa

Question 2

What is the name given to his African Peninsula that juts into the Arabian Peninsula?

Answer 2

The Horn of Africa

Question 3

Who wins in the fight between Superman and Goku?

Answer 3

Superman

Question 4

Which waterfall located along the Zambezi River is considered among the ‘Seven Natural Wonders of the World’?

Answer 4

Victoria Falls

Question 5

Which sea does the Nile finally flow into?

Answer 5

Mediterranian Sea

Question 6

Which island nation in the Indian Ocean is home to 5% of the world’s plant and animal species?

Answer 6

Madagascar

Question 7

What is the longest river of South Africa?

Answer 7

Orange River

Question 8

In which African country is Mount Sinai, also known as Jabal Masa, located?

Answer 8

Egypt

Question 9

In which countries will you find the copper belt?

Answer 9

Zambia & Democratic Repblic of Congo

Question 10

On the shore of which great African lake does Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi, stand?

(For those of you in Ocean Bowl, this lake is the second largest freshwater lake in the world, in both volume and depth.)

Answer 10

Lake Tanganyika

Question 11

Which country shares its name with Africa’s 2nd longest river?

Answer 11

Congo

Question 12

In which country can you visit Timbuktu?

Yes, Timbuktu exists.

Answer 12

Mali

Question 13

In which ocean does the island nation of Seychelles lie?

Answer 13

Indian Ocean

Question 14

What desert covers about 70% of Botswana?

Answer 14

Kalahari Desert

Question 15

What is the common English name for Cote d’Ivoire?

Answer 15

The Ivory Coast

Question 16

What is the world’s largest city not located on a river, lake, or coastline?

Answer 16

Johannesburg

Question 17

Name Egypt’s 2nd largest city, which is famous for one of the 7 Wonders of the World.

Answer 17

Alexandria

(Lighthouse of Alexandria is the Wonder.)

Question 18

Which river flows into the Mediterranean Ocean?

Answer 18

Zambezi River

Question 19

What is the smallest country in mainland Africa?

Answer 19

Gambia

Question 20

How much of Africa is desert?

Answer 20

1/3

Question 21

What body of water separates Africa and the Middle East?

Answer 21

Red Sea

Question 22

What is Africa’s longest mountain range?

Answer 22

Atlas Mountains

Question 23

Three of the world’s longest lakes are located in what area of Africa?

Answer 23

Great Rift Valley

Question 24

What strait separates Africa from Spain?

Answer 24

Strait of Gibraltar

Question 25

Which volcano in Tanzania is the highest mountain in Africa?

Answer 25

Mt. Kilimanjaro

Question 26

Victoria Falls borders which two countries?

Answer 26

Zambia and Zimbabwe

Question 27

What is the capital of Kenya?

Answer 27

Nairobi

Question 28

How many official languages does South Africa have?

Answer 28

11

Question 29

What is the capital of Egypt?

Answer 29

Cairo

Question 30

What is Africa’s largest desert?

Answer 30

The Sahara Desert

Question 31

About half of the Congo Free State died between 1885 and 1908 as a result of?

Answer 31

Brutal treatment by European companies

Question 32

If you are standing near the Lilongwe River in a city named Lilongwe, what country are you in?

Answer 32

Malawi

Question 33

Which dam was built to control floods by caused by the river Nile?

Answer 33

Aswan Dam

Question 34

Is Africa the continent with the most people?

Answer 34

Yes