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1 Which former DA leader wants to be mayor of Johannesburg?
2 A shade of which colour is azure?
3 What is a geologist?
4 What is an equilateral triangle?
5 Which direction is clockwise, left to right or right to left?
6 What are the ‘rivers’ in the sea called?
7 Who is the leader of China?
8 Which movie won this year’s Oscar for best feature film?
9 Who wrote Moby Dick?
10 What single most important thing changed lives in the 20th Century?
11 How many countries have nuclear weapons?
12 Which celestial body orbits the Earth?
13 How many arms does an octopus have?
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 Helen Zille. 2 Blue. 3 A geologist is someone who studies how the Earth was formed, how it changes over time, and the processes that shape the planet such as erosion, tectonic movement and volcanic activity. 4 An equilateral triangle is a triangle with three equal sides. 5 Clockwise is from left to right. 6 The ‘rivers’ in the sea are called currents. 7 Xi Jinping. 8 One Battle After Another. 9 Herman Melville. 10 The most important life-changing development of the 20th century is the computer. 11 Nine countries have nuclear weapons: USA, Russia, UK, France, China, North Korea, Pakistan, India and Israel. 12 The celestial body that orbits the Earth is the Moon. 13 An octopus has eight arms. 14 The two dog types most often considered aggressive regardless of breed are dachshunds and chihuahuas. 15 Pretoria is famous for its jacaranda trees. 16 The ruler of eSwatini is King Mswati III. 17 South Africa’s biggest trading partner is China. 18 Mules are sterile hybrids resulting from the cross-breeding of a male donkey and a female horse. 19 The Dusi Canoe Marathon is the annual race between Pietermaritzburg and Durban. 20 Yachtsmen in the southern hemisphere navigate using the Southern Cross.
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