A South Africa Question Tour - Statistics

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  • The average score is 15 of 32
Answer Stats
Hint Answer % Correct
Cities 2: Judicial capital of South Africa Bloemfontein
100%
Cities 4: South Africa's largest city Johannesburg
100%
Cities 1: Executive capital of South Africa Pretoria
100%
People 2: Author of "The Lord of the Rings" J.R.R. Tolkien
89%
People 4: First black president of South Africa. Nelson Mandela
89%
Wildlife 1: "King of the Jungle" that frankly prefers the savanna African Lion
78%
Natural Landmarks 1: This iconic mount overlooking Cape Town is featured in the constellation Mensa, the only terrestrial feature to do so. Table Mountain
78%
Wildlife 4: These sharks come to South Africa to feed on colonies of Cape fur seals and are known for their breaching. Great White Shark
67%
People 1: King of the Zulu known for his military reforms Shaka
67%
Wildlife 3: Small antelope used as the name of the South African Rugby Team Springbok
67%
Wildlife 2: These bovines are often referred to as the Black Death or Widowmaker due to their short tempers and vengeful moods. Cape Buffalo
56%
Cities 3: City known for its "Golden Mile." Durban
56%
Natural Landmarks 2: Famous national park and safari site that, along with the Limpopo National Park in Mozambique and Gonarezhou National Park in Zimbabwe, forms the Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Park Kruger National Park
56%
Cuisine 1: Social barbecue event whose name comes from the Afrikaans word for grilled meat Braai
44%
Natural Landmarks 3: Mountain range that traditionally divided the kingdom of Lesotho and the Zulu Kingdom, home to the Tugela Falls, the second highest waterfall in the world. Drakensberg
44%
Musicians 1: "Pata Pata," "Soweto Blues" Miriam Makeba
44%
History 4: Term for areas set aside for black South Africans during apartheid, known for their poor quality of life. Bantustan
33%
Culture 1: Famous novel by Alan Paton centered on two priests dealing with a murder Cry the Beloved Country
33%
Culture 2: 2009 Science fiction film directed by Neill Blomkamp and directed by Peter Jackson about aliens being confined to internment camps, based on real-life events in Cape Town. District 9
33%
Cuisine 3: Popular Cape Town sandwich stuffed with fries; it shares its name with a "great" Fitzgerald character. Gatsby
33%
Cuisine 4: Afrikaner desert made from fried dough sipped in syrup or honey Koeksister
33%
Natural Landmarks 4: Cut by the eponymous river, this canyon is home to the Three Rondavels and God's Window viewpoints Motlatse River Canyon
33%
History 3: Capital of the Zulu Kingdom almost completely destroyed by British forces Ulundi
33%
History 1: Site of many fossils of early humans such as Australopithecus Cradle of Humankind
22%
Musicians 4: "Mannenberg," "Black Lightning" Abdullah Ibrahim
11%
Musicians 2: "Weekend Special," "Too Late for Mama" Brenda Fassie
11%
People 3: Famous Afrikaans poet and writer regarded by British TV show "Spitting Image" as "The Only Nice South African." Ouch. Breyten Breytenbach
11%
Culture 3: Form of stick fighting performed by the Nguni peoples now often performed at wedding ceremonies; the answers to People1 and People4 are some of its most famous practitioners. Donga
11%
Musicians 3: "Bring Him Back Home," "Grazing in the Grass" Hugh Masekela
11%
History 2: Period of increased conflict between native peoples in the 1810s to the 1840s Mfecane
11%
Culture 4: Novel by Sol Plaatje detailing the history of the Transvaal Kingdom, one of the first to be written by a black author in an African language. Mhudi
11%
Cuisine 2: Maize(corn) porridge commonly eaten throughout Southern and Western Africa Ugali
11%
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