A South Africa Question Tour

Sawubona! Here is a set of 32 questions in eight categories about the history, culture, and geography of South Africa.

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Hint	Answer
Cities 1: Executive capital of South Africa	Pretoria
Cities 2: Judicial capital of South Africa	Bloemfontein
Cities 3: City known for its "Golden Mile."	Durban
Cities 4: South Africa's largest city	Johannesburg
Natural Landmarks 1: This iconic mount overlooking Cape Town is featured in the constellation Mensa, the only terrestrial feature to do so.	Table Mountain
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
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
Natural Landmarks 4: Cut by the eponymous river, this canyon is home to the Three Rondavels and God's Window viewpoints	Motlatse River Canyon
People 1: King of the Zulu known for his military reforms	Shaka
People 2: Author of "The Lord of the Rings"	J.R.R. Tolkien
People 3: Famous Afrikaans poet and writer regarded by British TV show "Spitting Image" as "The Only Nice South African." Ouch.	Breyten Breytenbach
People 4: First black president of South Africa.	Nelson Mandela
History 1: Site of many fossils of early humans such as Australopithecus	Cradle of Humankind
History 2: Period of increased conflict between native peoples in the 1810s to the 1840s	Mfecane
History 3: Capital of the Zulu Kingdom almost completely destroyed by British forces	Ulundi
History 4: Term for areas set aside for black South Africans during apartheid, known for their poor quality of life.	Bantustan

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Culture 1: Famous novel by Alan Paton centered on two priests dealing with a murder	Cry the Beloved Country
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
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
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
Wildlife 1: "King of the Jungle" that frankly prefers the savanna	African Lion
Wildlife 2: These bovines are often referred to as the Black Death or Widowmaker due to their short tempers and vengeful moods.	Cape Buffalo
Wildlife 3: Small antelope used as the name of the South African Rugby Team	Springbok
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
Cuisine 1: Social barbecue event whose name comes from the Afrikaans word for grilled meat	Braai
Cuisine 2: Maize(corn) porridge commonly eaten throughout Southern and Western Africa	Ugali
Cuisine 3: Popular Cape Town sandwich stuffed with fries; it shares its name with a "great" Fitzgerald character.	Gatsby
Cuisine 4: Afrikaner desert made from fried dough sipped in syrup or honey	Koeksister
Musicians 1: "Pata Pata," "Soweto Blues"	Miriam Makeba
Musicians 2: "Weekend Special," "Too Late for Mama"	Brenda Fassie
Musicians 3: "Bring Him Back Home," "Grazing in the Grass"	Hugh Masekela
Musicians 4: "Mannenberg," "Black Lightning"	Abdullah Ibrahim