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North Africa

4.4
(36 votes)
10 questions
English
A quick quiz done in 20 mins about North Africa
1

What does the Moroccan city Casablanca translate to in Spanish

White house

Black gate

Blue door

Yellow port

66% got this right

2

Who do modern historians believe built the pyramids of Giza?

Well-fed skilled labourers

Aliens

God

Slaves

Hard  16% got this right

Archaeological evidence suggest they were well fed and respected
3

What is this animal called which can be found in the Sahara

Fennec Fox

Cerdocyon

Corsac fox

Golden Jackal

50% got this right

It is the national animal of Algeria, andthe football team are nicknamed the desert foxes and have them on their shirts.
4

Which of these mountain ranges is in North Africa

Atlas Mountains

Andes

Knuckles Mountain Range

Rwenzori mountains

51% got this right

It snows more than you'd expect and people go skiing sometimes!
5

What is the capital of Libya

Tripoli

Ajdabiya

Khartoum

Timbuktu

58% got this right

6

What is this?

Couscous

Cous cous

72% got this right

So good they named it twice
7

What country occupied Tunisia from 1881 -1956

France

Spain

Turkey

UK

43% got this right

8

Where is this preserved Roman City?

39% got this right

You can walk around it for as little as 10 pence and you can often have the whole place to yourself! (Timgad is thename)
9

What is this script?

Tifinagh

Hieroglyphics

Lusona

Hard  27% got this right

For the Berber/Amazigh language, indigenous peoples of North Africa, there is still 30-35 million people who are Amazig
10

Which politician's son got lost in the Sahara desert for six days and had to be rescued by the military?

Margaret Thatcher

Angela Merkel

Emmanuel Macron

Ronald Reagan

Hard  33% got this right

His car broke down while on a rally he forgot to prepare for.