African Words Used In English: Guess Their Origin!

34 Comments

1. 5/10 – the South African ones were OK, but deciding between various other languages was guesswork on my part!

2. I got 3 right but really enjoyed the thinking required to take, and for you to make, the quiz!

   • Thank you. I just enjoy making them quizzes. I rarely write now

3. 10 out of 10

   • Great score. Are you an African?

     • no.Pakistani

4. I only got three but I enjoyed the quiz :o)

   • Am glad you enjoyed. Be blessed

5. I got 5

   • That was not bad

6. i got 5 out of 10.

   • The marks are not bad. You must know something about Africa then

7. 7 out of 10.

   • You are as good as an African. Conhratulations

     • I doubt it’s his cup of tea though or he would have got 10

       • You know these are deeply African

8. Got 1/10…I only got correct on Apartheid…haha…one of the hardest quiz I’ve ever played.. But at least I had fun and learned something new today..??

   • You amaze me my friend. At least you got something

     • Haha yeah at least i ain’t got zero at all… ??

       • Thank you for the spirit

         • very much welcome

9. I am appalled that I missed zombie…

   • Sorry about the zombie bit. It is African

     • I read it came to the Caribbean from Africa. I just forgot from where, exactly and thus I missed that question. And now I’m appalled at myself

10. Super quiz! I got 9 out of 10 – I only got Dengue wrong 🙂

    • Dengue is a problem in Africa
      It is called malaria too

11. got 4 out of 10 right!

    • Good my friend

12. Only half right. Not bad considering I wasn’t familiar with some of them. Enjoyed this quiz though.

13. 5/10, but most of them were by luck! Awesome quiz!

14. 0/10 not bad for a kid

    • Sometimes we guess right but not always

15. You got 2 out of 10 right!

    Bad day, right?

    • Ha ha ha. Sometimes these quizzes are a bit out of our line. Good news it is only for fun.