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A South Africa Question Tour - Statistics
General Stats
- This quiz has been taken 9 times
- The average score is 16 of 32
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Cities 2: Judicial capital of South Africa | Bloemfontein | 100%
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| Cities 4: South Africa's largest city | Johannesburg | 100%
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| People 2: Author of "The Lord of the Rings" | J.R.R. Tolkien | 100%
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| People 4: First black president of South Africa. | Nelson Mandela | 100%
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| Cities 1: Executive capital of South Africa | Pretoria | 100%
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| Wildlife 1: "King of the Jungle" that frankly prefers the savanna | African Lion | 86%
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| Natural Landmarks 1: This iconic mount overlooking Cape Town is featured in the constellation Mensa, the only terrestrial feature to do so. | Table Mountain | 86%
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| 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 | 71%
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| People 1: King of the Zulu known for his military reforms | Shaka | 71%
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| Wildlife 3: Small antelope used as the name of the South African Rugby Team | Springbok | 71%
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| Wildlife 2: These bovines are often referred to as the Black Death or Widowmaker due to their short tempers and vengeful moods. | Cape Buffalo | 57%
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| Cities 3: City known for its "Golden Mile." | Durban | 57%
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| 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 | 57%
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| Cuisine 1: Social barbecue event whose name comes from the Afrikaans word for grilled meat | Braai | 43%
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| Culture 1: Famous novel by Alan Paton centered on two priests dealing with a murder | Cry the Beloved Country | 43%
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| 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 | 43%
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| 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 | 43%
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| Cuisine 3: Popular Cape Town sandwich stuffed with fries; it shares its name with a "great" Fitzgerald character. | Gatsby | 43%
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| Cuisine 4: Afrikaner desert made from fried dough sipped in syrup or honey | Koeksister | 43%
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| Musicians 1: "Pata Pata," "Soweto Blues" | Miriam Makeba | 43%
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| History 4: Term for areas set aside for black South Africans during apartheid, known for their poor quality of life. | Bantustan | 29%
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| Natural Landmarks 4: Cut by the eponymous river, this canyon is home to the Three Rondavels and God's Window viewpoints | Motlatse River Canyon | 29%
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| History 3: Capital of the Zulu Kingdom almost completely destroyed by British forces | Ulundi | 29%
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| Musicians 4: "Mannenberg," "Black Lightning" | Abdullah Ibrahim | 14%
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| Musicians 2: "Weekend Special," "Too Late for Mama" | Brenda Fassie | 14%
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| People 3: Famous Afrikaans poet and writer regarded by British TV show "Spitting Image" as "The Only Nice South African." Ouch. | Breyten Breytenbach | 14%
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| History 1: Site of many fossils of early humans such as Australopithecus | Cradle of Humankind | 14%
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| 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 | 14%
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| Musicians 3: "Bring Him Back Home," "Grazing in the Grass" | Hugh Masekela | 14%
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| History 2: Period of increased conflict between native peoples in the 1810s to the 1840s | Mfecane | 14%
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| 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 | 14%
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| Cuisine 2: Maize(corn) porridge commonly eaten throughout Southern and Western Africa | Ugali | 14%
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