Weekly Challenge
Test you knowledge with these 20 questions to broaden and deepen your general knowledge
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QUESTIONS
1 What do Americans celebrate on July 4?
2 When did all of South Africa finally achieve independence/democracy?
3 How many seconds in a leap year?
4 When did South Africa get TV?
5 What is the most widely used spice?
6 Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?
7 What is the national tree of South Africa?
8 What two ways would the greeting ‘hello’ be given in isiZulu?
9 Last week we asked what were the ‘Big Five’ animals in South Africa. What are the ‘Little Five’?
10 How long would it take to walk the length of the Great Wall of China?
11 What is the name of the principle mountain range in South Africa?
12 What is the current name of the Eastern Cape town that used to know as Grahamstown?
13 What river is Port Edward on?
14 How many feet in a metre?
15 Which fruit is on top of the Wimbledon Men’s trophy?
16 What toxin do the Acacia trees found in Africa secrete to protect their leaves from being eaten?
17 Adult bodies have how many kilometres of blood vessels?
18 How big is Africa?
19 What is the name of KwaZulu-Natal’s longest river?
20 Who is the national police commissioner?
Answers
1 Independence. 2 April 27, 1994. 3 31 622 400 seconds. 4 1976. 5 Black pepper. 6 Technically it is a fruit owing to it containing seeds, but it is used as a vegetable (it’s not the sort of thing you would put in a fruit salad). 7 The Real Yellowwood (Podocarpus lati folius).There is an American yellowwood but it is a different species. 8 Sawubona to one person, or sanibonani to multiple people. 9 Elephant shrew, antlion, rhinoceros beetle, buffalo weaver, and leopard tortoise. 10 About 18 months. 11 The Drakensberg. 12 Makhanda. 13 Umtamvuna River. The river forms the border between the KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape. 14 Three. 15 Pineapple (the fruit was a rare and expensive luxury item when the tournament began in the late 19th century, symbolising status, glory, and prestige). 16 Tannin. 17 100 000km. 18 19 million square kilometres. 19 The Tugela/Thukela. 20 Fanie Masemola.
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