Test Your Knowledge: 20 Fascinating Facts About South Africa and Beyond!From football to geography, politics to wildlife – see how many you can get right!
How much do you really know about this great country of ours?
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Friday challenge
Questions
1. Who did Mörda cheat on?
2. What is arachnophobia?
3. Name the Eastern Cape’s capital?
4. What is the world’s poorest country?
5. Who coaches Kaizer Chiefs?
6. How many oceans are there?
7. Who succeeded Thabo Mbeki as President of South Africa?
8. Who succeeded him?
9. What is the world’s best-selling car?
10. What are the African Big 5?
11. Which politician goes to have his shower in a Sandton hotel?
12. In which countries is the world-famous Serengeti National Park?
13. Name the sunken pier between Durban’s uShaka Marine World and the harbour entrance?
14. Regardless of breed, what two kinds of dog are the most aggressive?
15. Which tree is Pretoria famous for?
16. Who is the ruler of eSwatini?
17. Who is SA’s biggest trading partner?
18. What are mules?
19. When and what is the canoe race between Pietermaritzburg to Durban?
20. Which stars do yachtsmen in the southern hemisphere use to navigate?
Answers
1. DJ Zinhle. 2. A fear of spiders. 3. Bhisho. 4. South Sudan. 5. Khalil Ben Youssef and Cedric Kaze. 6. The Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern (Antarctic), and Arctic oceans. 7. Kgalema Motlanthe. 8. Jacob Zuma. 9. The Toyota Corolla. 10. The lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant, and Cape buffalo. 11. Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi. 12. Tanzania and Kenya. 13. Vetch’s Pier. 14. Dachshunds and Chihuahuas (small dog syndrome!). 15. Pretoria is famous for its jacaranda trees. 16. King Mswati III (born Makhosetive Dlamini in 1968). He is one of the world’s last absolute rulers, alongside the rulers of Brunei, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Vatican City. 17. China. 18. A sterile hybrid resulting from the cross-breeding of a jack (a male donkey) and a mare (a female horse). 19. The 75th Dusi Canoe Marathon started yesterday, Thursday, February 19, and finishes tomorrow, Saturday, February 20. 20. The stars in the Southern Cross.
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