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  1. Which of these animals is the heaviest?

    1. White rhinoceros
    2. African elephant
    3. Hippopotamus
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    Answer: B. African elephant
    White rhinoceros (2 t) · African elephant (4.5 t) · Hippopotamus (1.4 t)

    💡 An elephant's trunk has tens of thousands of muscles but no bones.

  2. Which of these is the furthest south?

    1. Union Buildings
    2. Victoria Falls
    3. Robben Island Prison
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    Answer: C. Robben Island Prison
    Union Buildings (25.7°S) · Victoria Falls (17.9°S) · Robben Island Prison (33.8°S)

    💡 Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in prison here.

  3. Which of these structures is the tallest?

    1. Great Zimbabwe
    2. Step Pyramid of Djoser
    3. Pyramids of Giza
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    Answer: C. Pyramids of Giza
    Great Zimbabwe (11 m) · Step Pyramid of Djoser (62 m) · Pyramids of Giza (139 m)

    💡 The Great Pyramid was the tallest human-made structure in the world for about 3,800 years.

  4. Which of these land animals is the slowest?

    1. Gorilla
    2. Cheetah
    3. Lion
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    Answer: A. Gorilla
    Gorilla (40 km/h) · Cheetah (100 km/h) · Lion (74 km/h)

    💡 Adult male gorillas are called silverbacks because of the silver hair on their backs.

  5. Which of these is a legend that has never been proven to exist?

    1. Red fox
    2. Common ostrich
    3. Grootslang
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    Answer: C. Grootslang

    💡 The elephant-headed Grootslang of today's pictures is a modern idea: older South African tales tell of a giant snake guarding a diamond-filled cave called the 'Wonder Hole'.

  6. Which of these is the deepest?

    1. Lake Natron
    2. Ngorongoro Crater
    3. Thonis-Heracleion (sunken city)
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    Answer: B. Ngorongoro Crater
    Lake Natron (3 m) · Ngorongoro Crater (610 m) · Thonis-Heracleion (sunken city) (10 m)

    💡 The crater floor covers about 260 km² and is ringed by walls about 610 m high.

  7. Côte d’Ivoire: which of these is closest to it?

    1. African Renaissance Monument
    2. Great Mosque of Djenné
    3. Richat Structure
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    Answer: B. Great Mosque of Djenné
    African Renaissance Monument (1,529 km) · Great Mosque of Djenné (722 km) · Richat Structure (1,639 km)

    💡 Each year the townspeople re-coat it with fresh mud in a festival called the Crépissage.

  8. Which of these animals runs the fastest?

    1. Meerkat
    2. Fennec fox
    3. Giraffe
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    Answer: C. Giraffe
    Meerkat (32 km/h) · Fennec fox (32 km/h) · Giraffe (60 km/h)

    💡 A giraffe's neck has seven vertebrae, the same number as a human's.

  9. Which of these covers the largest area?

    1. Maasai Mara
    2. Serengeti National Park
    3. Volcanoes National Park
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    Answer: B. Serengeti National Park
    Maasai Mara (1,510 km²) · Serengeti National Park (14,800 km²) · Volcanoes National Park (160 km²)

    💡 Every year more than a million wildebeest, with zebras and gazelles, travel in a great loop through the Serengeti and Kenya's Maasai Mara.

  10. What is the capital of Ethiopia?

    1. Ouagadougou
    2. Khartoum
    3. Addis Ababa
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    Answer: C. Addis Ababa

  11. Which of these is a legend that has never been proven to exist?

    1. Chimpanzee
    2. Mokele-mbembe
    3. Grey parrot
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    Answer: B. Mokele-mbembe

    💡 Stories tell of a huge long-necked creature in the swamps of the Congo Basin, but expeditions have never found any proof.

  12. Cameroon: which of these is closest to it?

    1. Mount Kilimanjaro
    2. Abu Simbel Temples
    3. Cape Coast Castle
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    Answer: C. Cape Coast Castle
    Mount Kilimanjaro (2,893 km) · Abu Simbel Temples (2,854 km) · Cape Coast Castle (1,520 km)

    💡 US President Barack Obama visited it in 2009.

  13. Which of these animals is the heaviest?

    1. Common kingfisher
    2. White stork
    3. Ring-tailed lemur
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    Answer: B. White stork
    Common kingfisher (40 g) · White stork (3.4 kg) · Ring-tailed lemur (2.2 kg)

    💡 Each autumn they fly to Africa, crossing at Gibraltar or the Bosphorus to avoid long flights over open sea.

  14. Which of these countries has the most people?

    1. Côte d’Ivoire
    2. Zambia
    3. Kenya
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    Answer: C. Kenya
    Côte d’Ivoire (31.9 million) · Zambia (21.3 million) · Kenya (56.4 million)

  15. Which of these structures is the tallest?

    1. Luxor Temple
    2. Carthage – Antonine Baths
    3. Church of St. George, Lalibela
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    Answer: A. Luxor Temple
    Luxor Temple (24 m) · Carthage – Antonine Baths (15 m) · Church of St. George, Lalibela (12 m)

    💡 One of the two obelisks from its entrance now stands in the Place de la Concorde in Paris.

  16. Which of these animals is the longest?

    1. Leopard
    2. Nile crocodile
    3. Spotted hyena
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    Answer: B. Nile crocodile
    Leopard (2.1 m) · Nile crocodile (3.6 m) · Spotted hyena (1.5 m)

    💡 A mother Nile crocodile gently carries her newly hatched babies to the water in her jaws.

  17. Table Mountain: which country is it in?

    1. South Africa
    2. Mali
    3. Lesotho
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    Answer: A. South Africa

    💡 It is one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature.

  18. Which of these is the oldest?

    1. Amphitheatre of El Jem
    2. Obelisk of Aksum
    3. Pyramids of Meroë
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    Answer: C. Pyramids of Meroë
    Amphitheatre of El Jem (c. 238) · Obelisk of Aksum (c. 350) · Pyramids of Meroë (c. 300 BC)

    💡 Sudan has more pyramids than Egypt.

  19. Which of these animals can live the longest?

    1. Blue wildebeest
    2. Plains zebra
    3. Mandrill
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    Answer: C. Mandrill
    Blue wildebeest (20 years) · Plains zebra (25 years) · Mandrill (40 years)

    💡 The mandrill is the largest monkey, and males have bright red and blue faces.

  20. Which of these animals runs the fastest?

    1. Wild boar
    2. Honey badger
    3. Dromedary camel
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    Answer: C. Dromedary camel
    Wild boar (40 km/h) · Honey badger (30 km/h) · Dromedary camel (65 km/h)

    💡 Truly wild dromedaries no longer exist, but Australia has the world's largest herd of feral camels, descended from imported ones.

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