Africa Cities Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. After arriving at Namibia’s coastal city of Walvis Bay, a traveler drives inland to the national capital. Which city is the destination?
Gaborone
Lusaka
Windhoek
Maun
2. South Africa distributes national functions among several cities. Which city serves as its administrative capital and seat of the executive branch?
Pretoria
Bloemfontein
Johannesburg
Cape Town
3. You travel west from Bamako to reach Senegal’s Atlantic capital. Which city is your destination?
Dakar
Banjul
Nouakchott
Conakry
4. A business itinerary lists Botswana’s national capital as the next stop. Which city should appear on the ticket?
Gaborone
Mbabane
Maseru
Lusaka
5. Delegates attending a meeting at the headquarters of the African Union would travel to which city?
Nairobi
Addis Ababa
Kigali
Lusaka
6. Which Moroccan city is an Atlantic port but is not the country’s national capital?
Meknes
Fez
Marrakesh
Casablanca
7. If you need to visit Morocco’s national government in the country’s capital, which city should be your destination?
Rabat
Casablanca
Marrakesh
Fez
8. A traveler visits Nairobi National Park without leaving the metropolitan area of the national capital. Which country are they in?
Tanzania
Uganda
Kenya
Ethiopia
9. Which national capital lies on Maputo Bay in Mozambique, facing the Indian Ocean?
Dar es Salaam
Luanda
Maputo
Lilongwe
10. A news report is filed from Nigeria’s current federal capital rather than its former capital, Lagos. Which city is the reporter visiting?
Kano
Ibadan
Port Harcourt
Abuja
11. From Cairo, a traveler heads north toward the Mediterranean port founded by Alexander the Great. Which city are they visiting?
Port Said
Suez
Aswan
Alexandria
12. A traveler needs to reach Ghana’s national capital rather than the inland city of Kumasi. Where should they go?
Lomé
Abidjan
Freetown
Accra
13. A ship docks in Somalia’s national capital on the Indian Ocean coast. Which city has it reached?
Djibouti City
Mogadishu
Berbera
Mombasa
14. A visitor leaves Nairobi for a historic Kenyan port on the Indian Ocean. Which city best fits that description?
Kampala
Arusha
Mombasa
Dodoma
15. From Kinshasa, a traveler crosses the Congo River directly to another national capital. Which city do they reach?
Luanda
Brazzaville
Kigali
Libreville
16. Which city is Egypt’s capital and stands along the Nile River?
Alexandria
Cairo
Khartoum
Tunis