Test Your Knowledge: How Well Do You Really Know Africa and South Africa?

Friday Challenge

Questions

1 How many countries are there in Africa?

2 What is South Africa’s biggest export?

3 Who is SA’s biggest trading partner?

4 Of Africa’s countries, which is the biggest?

5 Where is the Blyde River Canyon.

6 What is Limpopo’s capital?

7 Is sugar cane indigenous?

8 Up until the 1870s, countless herds millions of migratory game of all species occupied the interior of South Africa, particularly in the Karoo and Highveld regions. These herds, often described by travelers as taking up to 5 days to pass a single point, were shot out, especially by visiting European ‘sport’ hunters. Two species were made extinct. One was the blaubok. What was the other?

9 Who is the US vice-president?

10 How old is a nonagenarian?

11 What is uphutu?

12 What is the full name of Durban airport?

13 Who was the Bafana captain gunned down in Vosloorus in 2014?

14 Who was his girlfriend at the time?

15 What is a tooth doctor called?

16 What is arachnophobia?

17 Near which town are the Cango Caves?

18 What is the capital of Ethiopia?

19 Are there world heritage sites in KZN?

20 If so, what are they?

Answers

1 54. 2 precious metals and stones (including gold, platinum, and diamonds). 3 China. 4 Algeria (it used to be Sudan before they split it). 5 Mpumalanga. 6 Polokwane. 7 No. 8 The quagga. 9 JD Vance. 10 In their nineties. 11 A dry porridge made by steaming maize meal over low heat. 12 King Shaka International Airport. 13 Senzo Meyiwa. 14 Kelly Khumalo. 15 A dentist. 16  A fear of spiders. 17 Oudtshoorn. 18 Addis Ababa. 19 Yes, two. 20 uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, and iSimangaliso Wetland Park.

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