Friday Challenge: Fun facts about South Africa, nature, and global trivia

Friday Challenge

QUESTIONS

1 What is the shortest day of the year called?

2 If you did an about-turn, how many degrees would you have turned?

3 What is the largest animal in the world?

4 What does Elon Musk want to colonise?

5 Name the large island off the east coast of Africa.

6 What is the capital of eSwatini?

7 Who wrote the book, Robinson Crusoe?

8 Where would you find the ‘Big Hole’?

9 What is the name of the game reserve next to Sun City?

10 What is the name of the sausage unique to South Africa that is a staple during a braai?

11 What do the Zulus call a braai?

12 How many sides does a pentagram have?

13 What are people who worship the devil know as?

14 What is KwaZulu-Natal’s second port?

15 How many days are there in December?

16 What is South Africa’s national flower?

17 The words ! ke e:/xarra//ke, which appear on the South Africa’s coat of arms, mean?

18 Who is the secretary-general of the ANC?

19 Which elections are being held next year?

20 Who is the coach of Bafana Bafana?

ANSWERS

1 The winter solstice (July 21 in the Southern Hemisphere, December 21 in the Northern hemisphere. 2 180º.3 The 100-ton, 32-metre-long Blue Whale, which is bigger than any of the dinosaurs were. Blue Whales weigh up to 200 tons (the equivalent of about 40 elephants or 30 Tyrannosaurus rex), while the heaviest dinosaurs weighed around 90 to 100 tons. 4 Mars. 5 Madagascar. 6 Mbabane. 7 Daniel Defoe. 8 Kimberley. 9 Pilanesberg National Park. 10 Boerewors. 11 Shisa nyama, which literally means ‘burn meat’. 12 Five. 13 Satanists. 14 Richards Bay. 15 31. 16 The King Protea. 17 Diverse people unite. 18 Fikile Mbalula. 19 The Local Government Elections. 20 Hugo Broos.

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