| 1 | South Africa |
| 2 | Zakumi |
| 3 | Leopard |
| 4 | Angola (ANG), Côte d'Ivoire (CIV), Ghana (GHA), Togo (TOG), Tunisia (TUN) |
| 5 | Kayak |
| 6 | South Africa |
| 7 | Namibia |
| 8 | Togo |
| 9 | Swahili, freedom |
| 10 | Ladysmith Black Mambazo |
| 11 | Tanzania |
| 12 | Kenya |
| 13 | Kenya |
| 14 | Ethiopia |
| 15 | Do They Know It's Christmas? |
| 16 | Bob Geldof |
| 17 | Tears Are Not Enough |
| 18 | We Are the World |
| 19 | Lesotho |
| 20 | Morocco |
| 21 | Swaziland |
| 22 | Liberia |
| 23 | Cameroon |
| 24 | Senegal |
| 25 | Mali |
| 26 | South Africa |
| 27 | Tunisia |
| 28 | Somalia |
| 29 | Libya |
| 30 | Tanzania. The title refers to overpopulation; the population of the world could stand shoulder to shoulder on the island of Zanzibar (at the beginning of the novel). |
| 31 | Private detective. Botswana |
| 32 | Isak Dinesen, Kenya |
| 33 | John Clayton, Kala |
| 34 | Last Chance to See, Madagascar |
| 35 | Barbara Kingsolver, Congo |
| 36 | South Africa, Absalom |
| 37 | To catch the space elevator. |
| 38 | France |
| 39 | A coke bottle |
| 40 | Imhotep |
| 41 | The Golden Raspberry (for worst actress, Bo Derek) |
| 42 | The Oscar (for best actor, Humphrey Bogart) |
| 43 | Boer War |
| 44 | Algeria |
| 45 | Guinea |
| 46 | Gabon |
| 47 | Namibia |
| 48 | Lesotho |
| 49 | Lake Nyasa or Lake Malawi, either name is correct |
| 50 | Eritrea |