Friday Challenge: Let's play 20 questions and see how much you know, or don't about our beautiful country

Questions:

1 Which South African Olympic swimmer went on the become the Princess of Monaco?

2 Where was the first Football World Cup played?

3 Who was first black captain of the Springboks?

4 Who is the teams’ current captain?

5 Which star middle-distance athlete was recently found not to have violated world athletics rules?

6 How many months of the year end with 31 days?

7 What is the name of the national highway that stretches from Cape Town to Beitbridge?

8 What is the lowest denomination of currency currently in use in South Africa?

9 What is a guavadilla?

10 Which PSL team was know as ‘the Swanky Boys’ or Matsatsantsa a Pitori?

11 What came first: the chicken or the egg?

12 What is the capital of Lesotho?

13 What are the three most popular types of bunny chow?

14 Where is Putsonderwater?

15 Who is the editor of this newspaper?

16 What is a one-humped camel called?

17 Who was known as the ‘Mother-of-the Nation’?

18 What is the fastest land animal?

19 Which precious mineral is South Africa the world’s largest producer of?

20 Which famous South African golfer is know as the known as the ‘Big Easy’?

Answers: 1. Charlene Wittstock. 2 Uruguay (1930, the hosts win it). 3 Mahlatse Chiliboy Ralepelle. 4 Jesse Kriel. 5 Caster Semeya. 6 Seven: January, March, May, July, August, October, and December. 7 The N1. 8 10c. 9 It is the South African name for the yellow-skinned granadilla (passionfruit)/ 10 SuperSport United FC (which has been sold to a private consortium). 11 Trick question: From an evolutionary standpoint, it was the egg because they were being laid long before chickens were around. From a biblical perspective, the chicken because like all other beings, God created them fully formed. 12 Maseru. 13 Beans, Vegetable and Mutton. 14 Putsonderwater (well without water) is in the Northern Cape. 15 Ayanda Mdluli. 16 A dromedary (Arabian Camel). The two-humped variety is the Bactrian Camel ad is native to Central Asia. 17 Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. 18 Cheetah. 19 Gold (historically, although now it’s also platinum and diamonds). 20 Ernie Els.

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