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Friday Challenge: This 20-Question Brain Teaser Will Test Your Nous

Greg Hutson|Published

How well do you know the country you live in?

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QUESTIONS

1 What is AmaZulu Football Club’s nickname?

2 What is the name of the great valley that the Umgeni River flows through?

3 When is St Patrick’s Day this year?

4 What is the capital of the Free State?

5 Near which seaside resort is Sibaya Casino?

6 Where is the Nelson Mandela Capture Site?

7 What is South Africa’s national culinary dish?

8 How many colours are there in the South African flag?

9 The administrative capital of South Africa is where?

10 Which former Atlanta Chiefs football player founded the club Kaizer Chiefs?

11 Who founded the Nazareth Baptist Church?

12 Who leads the NFP (National Freedom Party)?

13 Where is Fort Hare?

14 What is the title of South Africa’s national anthem?

15 In which World Heritage Site is the town of St Lucia?

16 Is Chardonnay a red or a white wine?

17 What two Durban areas are mostly Indian in terms of population?

18 What is the top-selling music band of all time?

19 What is the commonly used English translation for ‘a meeting’ in Zulu?

20 How many blue flag beaches are there in KwaZulu-Natal?

ANSWERS

1 Usuthu, 2 The Valley of a Thousand Hills, 3 Tuesday, March 17, 4 Bloemfontein, 5 Umdloti, 6 Near Howick, 7 Bobotie, which is more of a Cape Malay dish and not eaten much outside of the Western Cape, Braai Vleis/shisanyama (burnt meat) are more likely candidates, 8 Six, 9 Pretoria, 10 Kaizer Motaung, 11 Isaac Shembe, 12 Ivan Barnes, 13 The main campus is in Alice, in the Eastern Cape, 14 The National Anthem of South Africa – it combines the 19th-century hymn Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika (God Bless Africa) with sections of the former anthem, Die Stem van Suid-Afrika (The Call of South Africa), 15 The iSimangaliso Wetland Park, 16 Chardonnay is a white wine trying to be red, 17 Phoenix and Chatsworth, 18 The Beatles, 19 Imbizo, 20 Twelve – four on the North Coast and eight on the South Coast.

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