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Expedition · Africa

Expedition #1090

Region
Africa
Level
Medium
Questions
15
Route
39,510 km
  1. Leg 1Name the country · 5
  2. Leg 2Capitals · 5
  3. Leg 3Flags · 5

Three legs, 15 questions, 15 countries of Africa: that is expedition #1090, flown at the Medium level. First Name the country (5 questions), then Capitals (5 questions), and to finish Flags (5 questions).

At the Medium level most of the region is in play and the wrong options are fellow countries of the same continent.

Capital to capital, in question order, the route covers 39,510 km over 14 hops.

Tips from the window seat

After the landing

Finish the third leg and the expedition is stamped in your passport; the button for expedition #1091 appears right under the quiz.

Flight log: stops, route and figures (shows the answers)
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The stops in the order the questions bring them, with the distance from the previous one.

  1. 1South AfricaPretoria
  2. 2MauritaniaNouakchott6,820 km
  3. 3AngolaLuanda4,390 km
  4. 4UgandaKampala2,370 km
  5. 5BotswanaGaborone2,870 km
  6. 6ZimbabweHarare930 km
  7. 7ChadN’Djamena3,760 km
  8. 8BurundiGitega2,390 km
  9. 9Burkina FasoOuagadougou3,900 km
  10. 10NigeriaAbuja1,050 km
  11. 11SomaliaMogadishu4,260 km
  12. 12EthiopiaAddis Ababa1,070 km
  13. 13KenyaNairobi1,170 km
  14. 14ZambiaLusaka1,830 km
  15. 15GabonLibreville2,720 km

Capital to capital, the route runs 39,510 km, from South Africa to Gabon. Longest hop: South Africa – Mauritania, 6,820 km. Shortest: Botswana – Zimbabwe, 930 km.

Most people among the stops: Nigeria (238 million); fewest: Botswana (2.6 million). Largest: Chad (1,284,000 km²); smallest: Burundi (27,834 km²).

Source: World Bank — population 2025, area 2023.

The stops lie in 4 UN subregions: Eastern Africa, Middle Africa, Southern Africa, Western Africa.

Capitals asked on the way: Harare (Zimbabwe), N’Djamena (Chad), Gitega (Burundi), Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), Abuja (Nigeria).

Flags asked on the way: Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia, Gabon.

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