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Friday Challenge: Test your knowledge with this South African-flavoured general knowledge quiz

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Have you got what it takes?

Have you got what it takes?

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Friday Challenge
Are you up for it?

QUESTIONS

1 What is H2O?

2 Much of KwaZulu-Natal used to be under cultivation for which type of crop?

3 How many nights are there in a leap year?

4 How many naughts are there in 10 million?

5 Which Durban school is referred to as The Green Machine?

6 How many sides does a hexagon have?

7 What colour is vermillion a shade of?

8 What was the colonial name of Zimbabwe?

9 Avians are what?

10 What does uKhahlamba, the isiZulu name for the Drakensberg, mean?

11 Who is the captain of Bafana Bafana?

12 Which team won the PSL this year?

13 What is the migration up SA’s east coast called?

14 How many are there in a Baker’s dozen?

15 Who is South Africa’s chief justice?

16 What does the motto on KwaZulu-Natal’s coat of arms mean?

17 Which type of tea is only grown in South Africa?

18 What does Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu mean?

19 Which world-famous fantasy author was born in Bloemfontein (he wrote The Hobbit and Lord Of The Rings)?

20 Name the South African world boxing champion who was only 4 foot, 10 inches (147cm) tall. He was also the shortest world champ.

ANSWERS

1 Water. 2 Sugar. 3 366. 4 Seven. 5 Glenwood High School. 6 Six. 7 Red. 8 Rhodesia. 9 Birds. 10 Barrier of Spears. 11 Ronwen Williams. 12 Orlando Pirates. 13 The Sardine Run. 14 Thirteen. 15 Mandisa Maya. 16 Masisukume Sakhe, which means, ‘Let us stand up and build’ or ‘Arise and build’. 17 Rooibos. 18 A person is a person through other people. 19 JRR Tolkien. 20 Jacob ‘Baby Jake’ Matlala.

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