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Friday Challenge: Test your grey matter and maybe learn something along the way

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Test you knowledge with these 20 questions to broaden and deepen your general knowledge

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Questions

1 Who is the mayor of Durban?

2 What is the purpose of a compass?

3 Which language is spoken the most?

4 Which gas do plants absorb?

5 How long is South Africa’s coastline?

6 Which is the Red Planet?

7 What is the largest mammal in the world?

8 Where is the busiest port in Africa?

9 The main ingredient in sushi is?

10 Which sport has a slam dunk?

11 How many people on the field during a football match?

12 What is Earth’s main source of energy?

13 Which musical instrument is known as the “king of instruments”?

14 What vitamin comes from sunlight?

15 What is the most popular drink after water?

16 What is the name of the fairy in Peter Pan?

17 How many feet in a kilometre?

18 How many metres is the Midmar Mile?

19 Which famous canoe marathon did conservationist Ian Player start?

20 On what river does it begin?


Answers

1 Cyril Xaba. 2 To show direction (north, south, east, west). 3 Mandarin. 4 Carbon dioxide. 5 About 26 000km. 6 Mars. 7 The blue whale. 8 Durban. 9 Rice. 10 Basketball. 11 23. 12 The Sun. 13 The organ. 14 Vitamin D. 15 Tea. 16 Tinker Bell. 17 3 280. 18 1 600m. 19 The Dusi Canoe Marathon. 20 The Msunduzi.

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