Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (108 results returned)

#8950, aired 2023-10-13LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES $2000: This landlocked African country was once called Nyasaland Malawi
#8799, aired 2023-02-02BIG RIVER $1600: Its drainage basin includes parts of Angola, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Tanzania, Zambia & 2 other countries the Congo
#8741, aired 2022-11-14THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE $1,800 (Daily Double): You can go from "A" to "Z" crossing the 660-mile border between these 2 southern African countries Angola & Zambia
#8578, aired 2022-02-16COUNTRIES ON THE EQUATOR $1200: Neighboring nations on the equator, a republic & a democratic republic are both named for this African river the Congo
#8405, aired 2021-05-212-WORD COUNTRIES $1200: Residents of this West African country are known as Burkinabe Burkina Faso
#8342, aired 2021-02-23AFRICAN COUNTRIES $400: The Nairobi Animal Orphanage is in this country Kenya
#8342, aired 2021-02-23AFRICAN COUNTRIES $800: "(Kinshasa)" sometimes follows the name of this country the Democratic Republic of the Congo
#8342, aired 2021-02-23AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1200: Some in Puntland, part of this East African country, defend piracy as a response to illegal fishing & toxic dumping Somalia
#8342, aired 2021-02-23AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1600: Formerly French, this large nation has its main cities like Oran up near the Mediterranean & a vast, largely empty south Algeria
#8342, aired 2021-02-23AFRICAN COUNTRIES $4,000 (Daily Double): They're the two countries highlighted here; insert two letters into the name of one to get the other Mali & Malawi
#7927, aired 2019-02-12COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1000: In 2018 this southern African "land" changed its name to Eswatini Swaziland
#7908, aired 2019-01-16COUNTRIES $1000: Ras Dashen, this African country's highest peak, has been translated as "General Who Fights in Front of the Emperor" Ethiopia
#7852, aired 2018-10-30AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $1600: The splendors of Victoria Falls are found on the border of these 2 "Z" countries of Africa Zambia and Zimbabwe
#7825, aired 2018-09-21COUNTRIES WITH FEWER THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE $1600: The small African nation of Djibouti has a strategic location on this sea the Red Sea
#7589, aired 2017-09-14LANGUAGES OF AFRICA $2,000 (Daily Double): It's the official language in 5 African countries, including Mozambique & Cape Verde Portuguese
#7513, aired 2017-04-19THE COMMONWEALTH $800: 2.2 billion people reside in 52 member countries, alphabetically from Antigua & Barbuda to this African nation Zambia
#7426, aired 2016-12-19LANDLOCKED AFRICAN COUNTRIES $400: After the 1993 secession of Eritrea, this other "E" nation became landlocked Ethiopia
#7426, aired 2016-12-19LANDLOCKED AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1200: This country became independent in 2011 (yay!) but in the process lost coastal access to the Red Sea (bummer) South Sudan
#7426, aired 2016-12-19LANDLOCKED AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1600: Algeria is on the northern border of this 4-letter nation Mali
#7426, aired 2016-12-19LANDLOCKED AFRICAN COUNTRIES $2000: This 2-word nation whose name means "Land of Honorable People" is landlocked like its neighbor Niger Burkina Faso
#7426, aired 2016-12-19LANDLOCKED AFRICAN COUNTRIES $3,200 (Daily Double): If you turned in 175 quadrillion of this country's old currency in 2015, you would get 5 U.S. dollars Zimbabwe
#7382, aired 2016-10-182-WORD COUNTRIES $2000: The name of this West African country may refer to the shape of nearby hills resembling a certain beast Sierra Leone
#7375, aired 2016-10-07AFRICAN LAKES $1,000 (Daily Double): One of the world's largest manmade lakes, Lake Kariba lies on "Z" border of these 2 African countries Zambia & Zimbabwe
#7311, aired 2016-05-30AFRICAN COUNTRIES $400: The Ganda are one of its major ethnic groups Uganda
#7311, aired 2016-05-30AFRICAN COUNTRIES $800: It gets its "N"ame from its large coastal desert Namibia
#7311, aired 2016-05-30AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1200: There was once a place called Italian East Africa; now most of it is this Ethiopia
#7311, aired 2016-05-30AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1600: In 1462 an explorer gave this country its name, possibly because a nearby mountain resembled a lion Sierra Leone
#7311, aired 2016-05-30AFRICAN COUNTRIES $2000: Gambia or the Gambia was once part of a union with this country that surrounds it Senegal
#7222, aired 2016-01-26RECENT AFRICAN HISTORY $400: In Sept. 2015 Liberia, one of the 3 countries hardest hit by this terrible disease, was declared free of it Ebola
#7189, aired 2015-12-10FRENCH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES $2000: In 1985 this African nation officially changed its name to the French version Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
#6857, aired 2014-06-10AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY CAPITAL $400: Tunis Tunisia
#6857, aired 2014-06-10AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY CAPITAL $800: Addis Ababa Ethiopia
#6857, aired 2014-06-10AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY CAPITAL $1200: Khartoum Sudan
#6857, aired 2014-06-10AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY CAPITAL $1600: Kampala Uganda
#6857, aired 2014-06-10AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY CAPITAL $2000: Abuja Nigeria
#6790, aired 2014-03-07THE NEW YORK TIMES: THE 1990s $800: (The New York Times reporter James Risen gives the clue.) In 1998 I reported on the deadly al-Qaeda bombings of U.S. embassies in these 2 neighboring African countries, a prelude to the worse attacks to follow Kenya & Tanzania
#6759, aired 2014-01-23HEAD FOR THE BORDERS $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) It's bordered by nine countries, the most for any African nation. It also has one of the continent's wordiest names Democratic Republic of the Congo
#6589, aired 2013-04-18VWLLSS AFRICAN COUNTRIES $400: LBR Liberia
#6589, aired 2013-04-18VWLLSS AFRICAN COUNTRIES $800: GND Uganda
#6589, aired 2013-04-18VWLLSS AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1200: NMB Namibia
#6589, aired 2013-04-18VWLLSS AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1600: NGL Angola
#6589, aired 2013-04-18VWLLSS AFRICAN COUNTRIES $2000: LGR Algeria
#6526, aired 2013-01-21MOST POPULOUS COUNTRIES $2000: No. 15, the largest Arab country by population is this North African country with 84 million Egypt
#6226, aired 2011-10-17COUNTRIES OF AFRIC"A" $400: Addis Ababa is the capital & largest city of this African country Ethiopia
#5955, aired 2010-07-02AMONG THE 10 MOST POPULOUS COUNTRIES $800: It's the only African country in the top 10 Nigeria
#5855, aired 2010-02-12AFRICAN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): A kingdom of West Central Africa founded around 1390 is called this, like 2 current countries, but spelled with a K Kongo
#5841, aired 2010-01-25COUNTRIES IN SPACE $1000: This north African country once ruled by France launched its ALSAT-1 satellite from a Russian cosmodrome Algeria
#5718, aired 2009-06-17INTO AFRICA $1000: Aside from the Republic of the Congo, one of the 3 countries once known together as French Equatorial Africa (1 of) Chad, Gabon & the Central African Republic
#5696, aired 2009-05-18COLONIALISM IN AFRICA $200: One of the only 2 African countries that were independent at the start of World War I Ethiopia (or Liberia)
#5665, aired 2009-04-03CONSONANT-LESS COUNTRIES $400: On the African continent, OOO Morocco
#5408, aired 2008-02-27AFRICAN COUNTRIES $400: In 1999 Thabo Mbeki became this country's democratically elected president South Africa
#5408, aired 2008-02-27AFRICAN COUNTRIES $700 (Daily Double): This large country is alphabetically first of the countries in Africa Algeria
#5408, aired 2008-02-27AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1200: Bioko, an island of this "equatorial" African republic, was once known as Fernando Poo Equatorial Guinea
#5408, aired 2008-02-27AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1600: The capital city of this Horn of Africa nation has the same name as the country Djibouti
#5408, aired 2008-02-27AFRICAN COUNTRIES $2000: Festus Mogae is the president of this landlocked African republic once known as Bechuanaland Botswana
#5378, aired 2008-01-16COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1600: Oran & Annaba are important cities in this north African nation Algeria
#5329, aired 2007-11-08THE NEW YORK TIMES TRAVEL $800: The Times reports that war-torn countries are reviving tourism, like this African nation ravaged by genocide in 1994 Rwanda
#5238, aired 2007-05-23GHANA IN 60 SECONDS $1600: One of the 3 African countries that Ghana borders (1 of) Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Togo
#4854, aired 2005-10-20INTO AFRICA $1200: 2 central African countries share this name; one is "The Republic of" it & the other "The Democratic Republic of" it Congo
#4614, aired 2004-09-30STARBUCKS $800: 1 of the 2 African countries in names of Starbucks coffee beans Kenya (or Ethiopia)
#4553, aired 2004-05-2620th CENTURY COUNTRIES $1200: Botswana is one of the 32 African countries that gained independence in this decade the 1960s
#4495, aired 2004-03-05INTO AFRICA $1600: Of the 5 African countries that border the Mediterranean, it's the largest in area Algeria
#4416, aired 2003-11-17ANAGRAMMED COUNTRIES $800: Some of the computers in this southwest African country are analog Angola
#4416, aired 2003-11-17ANAGRAMMED COUNTRIES $1000: If you head to this African country, be sure to bring plenty of regalia Algeria
#4321, aired 2003-05-19AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY CITIES $400: Zagazig, Memphis, Aswan Egypt
#4321, aired 2003-05-19AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY CITIES $800: Kimberley, Humansdorp, Soweto South Africa
#4321, aired 2003-05-19AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY CITIES $1200: Tangier, Meknes, Casablanca Morocco
#4321, aired 2003-05-19AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY CITIES $1600: Malindi, Machakos, Mombasa Kenya
#4321, aired 2003-05-19AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY CITIES $2000: Tobruk, Benghazi, As-Sidrah Libya
#4271, aired 2003-03-102-WORD COUNTRIES $1600: This west African country's city of Freetown was founded in 1787 as a haven for freed slaves Sierra Leone
#4226, aired 2003-01-06SHE'S IN CHARGE $400: Chairman of her own company, this African-American woman & talk show host has a TV show seen in 107 countries Oprah Winfrey
#3656, aired 2000-06-26ISLAND COUNTRIES $500: The Mozambique Channel separates this island nation from the African mainland Madagascar
#3301, aired 1999-01-04CLOTHES MAKE THE LAND $400: Proud Masai warriors like these live in either of these two East African countries Kenya or Tanzania
#3268, aired 1998-11-18COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1000: This north African country has been part of the Ottoman & Carthaginian Empires Tunisia
#3266, aired 1998-11-1610-LETTER COUNTRIES $400: This African nation is the largest island in the Indian Ocean Madagascar
#3258, aired 1998-11-04COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $200: The Spanish ports of Ceuta & Melilla actually lie on the Mediterranean coast of this North African nation Morocco
#3218, aired 1998-09-09COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $500: You'll find this African country's national museum in its capital, Kampala Uganda
#3092, aired 1998-01-27COUNTRIES $300: This African country was formerly known as Abyssinia Ethiopia
#3025, aired 1997-10-24AFRICAN COUNTRIES $200: In May 1997, after a 32-year rule, strongman Mobutu Sese Seko was ousted from the country he had named this Zaire
#3025, aired 1997-10-24AFRICAN COUNTRIES $400: In 1911 Italy took control of this country; today it's under Qaddafi's control Libya
#3025, aired 1997-10-24AFRICAN COUNTRIES $600: Hassan II has been the king of this country since 1961 Morocco
#3025, aired 1997-10-24AFRICAN COUNTRIES $800: Asmara is the capital & largest city of this country that was formerly part of Ethiopia Eritrea
#3025, aired 1997-10-24AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1000: This country on the Atlantic coast is Africa's most populous Nigeria
#3013, aired 1997-10-08LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES $1000: Timbuktu is the legendary out-of-the-way stop in this landlocked African country Mali
#2968, aired 1997-06-25COUNTRIES ON THE "M"AP $400: If you're off on the road to this north African country take some dirhams, its currency Morocco
#2843, aired 1997-01-01COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $400: The Suez Canal divides the Asian & African portions of this country Egypt
#2752, aired 1996-07-16COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $600: Khartoum is the capital of this largest African nation Sudan
#2483, aired 1995-05-24GEOGRAPHY $3,000 (Daily Double): Lake Nasser spans the border of these 2 African countries Egypt & Sudan
#2142, aired 1993-12-21MODERN HISTORY $400: 1 of the 2 African countries the U.S. wanted Cuba to withdraw troops from in 1977 (1 of) Angola (or Ethiopia)
#2122, aired 1993-11-23SMALL AFRICAN COUNTRIES $200: This large country could say to tiny Lesotho, "Don't move, we've got you surrounded" South Africa
#2122, aired 1993-11-23SMALL AFRICAN COUNTRIES $400: Rwanda-Urundi split into Rwanda & this Burundi
#2122, aired 1993-11-23SMALL AFRICAN COUNTRIES $600: Guinea is bordered by this country that also has Guinea in its name Guinea-Bissau
#2122, aired 1993-11-23SMALL AFRICAN COUNTRIES $800: Ouagadougou is the capital of this "faso"nating landlocked country Burkina Faso
#2122, aired 1993-11-23SMALL AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1000: As its name reflects, this capital of Sierra Leone was founded as a haven for freed slaves Freetown
#2072, aired 1993-09-14COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $600: The Mozambique Channel separates this island country from the African mainland Madagascar
#1854, aired 1992-10-01COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $500: This African country looks a bit like a boot with Brazzaville near the heel & Pointe-Noire at the toe the Congo
#1788, aired 1992-05-13THE ENVIRONMENT $100: Officials from 35 African countries met in January 1992 to try to save the vanishing herds of these elephants
#1744, aired 1992-03-12COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $800: In 1991 King Hassan II celebrated 30 years on the throne of this African country Morocco
#1647, aired 1991-10-29COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $600: This North African country's 3 main regions are Cyrenaica, Tripolitania & Fezzan Libya
#1470, aired 1991-01-11FOREIGN EXCHANGE $1000: It is the monetary unit used by more African countries than any other franc
#1100, aired 1989-05-19COUNTRIES $500: The name of this West African country means "lion mountains" Sierra Leone
#963, aired 1988-11-09AFRICA $800: The two African countries that share land borders with Egypt Libya and Sudan
#900, aired 1988-07-01GEOGRAPHY $800: Of all African countries, only Gabon, Congo, Zaire, Uganda, Kenya & Somalia share this geog. distinction they are all on the equator
#832, aired 1988-03-29THE LOW COUNTRIES $200: In 1960, Belgium granted independence to this African country Zaire (the Belgian Congo)
#738, aired 1987-11-18AFRICA $500 (Daily Double): One of the four African countries that belong to OPEC (1 of) Nigeria, Libya, Algeria, or Gabon
#620, aired 1987-04-24LAKES & RIVERS $600: The 2 African countries named for the Niger River Niger & Nigeria
#371, aired 1986-02-10MINI-COUNTRIES $400: A problem for this African country is that much of its mail is mistakenly sent to Switzerland Swaziland
#297, aired 1985-10-29WORLD CAPITALS $500 (Daily Double): 1 of 2 North African countries whose names were taken from their capital cities Tunisia (or Algeria)

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (17 results returned)

#8908, aired 2023-07-05AFRICAN COUNTRIES: Nicknamed "the Kingdom in the Sky", this landlocked nation is the only country in the world to lie entirely above 4,000 feet Lesotho
#8816, aired 2023-02-27AFRICAN COUNTRIES: Once Africa's largest country in area, it dropped to third in 2011 when a portion of it declared independence Sudan
#8344, aired 2021-02-25LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES: Losing its ocean access in 1993, this African Union member is the most populous landlocked nation, with 110 million people Ethiopia
#8321, aired 2021-01-25WORLD GEOGRAPHY: Of the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, these 2 on opposite sides of it are the smallest & largest in area Algeria & Monaco
#8290, aired 2020-11-27WORLD GEOGRAPHY: Of the 6 mainland African countries through which the equator passes, this landlocked nation is last alphabetically Uganda
#7934, aired 2019-02-21AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: The 7-letter names of these western- & easternmost mainland countries begin with the same letter Senegal & Somalia
#7675, aired 2018-01-12AFRICAN COUNTRIES: With more than 90 million people it's Africa's third most populous country, though it's more than 90% desert Egypt
#7172, aired 2015-11-17AFRICAN COUNTRIES: These 2 6-letter rhyming countries both derive their names from rivers & were both once controlled by Great Britain Zambia & Gambia
#5929, aired 2010-05-27COLONIAL AFRICA: In 1945 Africa had only 4 independent countries; these 2 started with the same first letter Egypt & Ethiopia
#5534, aired 2008-10-02MODERN MONARCHIES: Of the 3 African countries ruled by monarchs, it's the farthest north Morocco
#4295, aired 2003-04-11AFRICAN COUNTRIES: 2 of the 3 4-letter countries of Africa (2 of) Chad, Mali, & Togo
#4263, aired 2003-02-26THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE: Of the Central American countries, it has the highest percentage of people of African descent Belize
#4134, aired 2002-07-18AFRICAN COUNTRIES: This country of more than 100 million people is home to the Kanuri, Edo & Igbo ethnic groups Nigeria
#3421, aired 1999-06-21AFRICA: 1 of the 3 African countries that are still kingdoms Lesotho, Morocco or Swaziland
#2962, aired 1997-06-171990s AFRICA: In 1994 these 2 African countries' presidents Habyarimana & Ntaryamira died in a plane crash Rwanda & Burundi
#2948, aired 1997-05-28AFRICAN COUNTRIES: The northernmost country in Africa, it's much smaller than the countries that border it Tunisia
#1600, aired 1991-07-12AFRICA: 2 of the 4 African countries that have been members of the UN since its founding (2 of) Egypt, South Africa, Ethiopia & Liberia

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