Friday Brain Teaser: Test Your SA Smarts – What Does 'Natal' Really Mean in KwaZulu-Natal? (Plus 19 More Tricky Questions!)

Friday Challenge

Questions

1 What does Natal mean, as in KwaZulu-Natal?

2 Why was the region, then the province called Natal?

3 Who is the President of Russia?

4 What is the capital of Egypt?

5 Who was the last president of Apartheid South Africa (Hint: he shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela)?

6 How many months of the year have 28 days?

7 What is the square root of 49?

8 How many hours are there in a leap year?

9 What are the four points of the compass.

10 What are the offices of a judge called?

11 The name Soweto is an acronym. What does it stand for?

12 How many disciples did Jesus have?

13 Who is regarded as the founder of Islam?

14 What is the capital of the Free State?

15 Where was the first steam train in South Africa used?

16 Where and what was Durban’s first airport?

17 Which famous South African athlete killed his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day?

18 In what year did this happen?

19 What was the girlfriend’s name?

20 What is the headland that borders Durban Harbour called?

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Answers

1 Birth or beginnings in Portuguese. 2 Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama first named the region Natal (originally Terra do Natal, or Rio de Natal), on Christmas Day in 1497, while searching for a sea route to India. 3 Vladimir Putin. 4 Cairo. 5. FW de Klerk. 6 All 12. 7 7. 8 8 784 9 Chambers. 10 Chambers 11 SOuth-WEstern TOwnships. 12 12. 13 The Prophet Muhammad (570–632AD). 14 Bloemfontein. 15 In Durban (it was a 3.2km line connecting the town of Durban to the harbour at the Point. 16 Stamford Hill Aerodrome (present day Suncoast Casino area). The headquarters of Natal Mounted Rifles, opposite King’s Park Stadium, are in the old airport control tower and terminus building. 17 Oscar Pistorius. 18 2013. 19 Reeva Steenkamp. 20 The Bluff

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