Friday Challenge: Test Your Knowledge with These 20 Brain-Busting Questions!From the Fifa World Cup to iconic landmarks, historical moments, and more – how many of these tricky questions can you answer correctly? Take the challenge now!
Former world champion Dricus du Plessis, South Africa's most successful Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter.
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Friday Challenge
Questions
1 Who was the infamous Fifa World Cup voting member who was responsible for the tournament not being held in South Africa in 2006, but in Germany. It caused a scandal?
2 Following the 1994 Fifa World Cup in Mexico, one of the Colombian players was murdered because of an own-goal he scored, which eliminated Colombia. Who was he?
3 What is the highest mountain in the world?
4 Where is the 2026 Fifa World Cup going to be held?
5 Where is the 2027 Rugby World Cup going to be held?
6 What is the capital of Namibia?
7 What do MMA fighters compete in?
8 How many sides does that have?
9 What is the square root of 81?
10 Which country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun?
11 Who painted the Mona Lisa?
12 Who wrote the Harry Potter series of books?
13 What city is know as ‘the Big Apple’?
14 What type of animal is a Komodo dragon?
15 Which month is named after Julius Caesar?
16 What is the tallest building in the world?
17 Which country in Africa is the most populated?
18 Where was chess invented?
19 Who was the first African-American president of the US?
20 What is the biggest country in the world?
Answers
1 New Zealander Charlie Dempsey. He was the football official whose abstention from the Fifa vote led to Germany being the winner. His vote would have given the hosting rights to South Africa. After Germany was announced as the winner, he said that he was put under pressure not to cast his vote. 2 Centre-back Andrés Escobar. 3 Mount Everest. 4 It will be shared between Mexico, Canada and the US. 5 Australia. 6 Windhoek. 7 An octagonal cage (hence the sport’s other name, Cage Fighting). 8 Eight. 9 9. 10 Japan. 11 Leonardo da Vinci. 12 JK Rowling. 13 New York, 14 Lizard. 15 July. 16 Burj Khalifa in Dubai. 17 Nigeria, 18 India. 19 Barack Obama. 20 Russia.
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