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Cities 1: Executive capital of South Africa
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Pretoria
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Cities 2: Judicial capital of South Africa
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Bloemfontein
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Cities 3: City known for its "Golden Mile."
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Durban
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Cities 4: South Africa's largest city
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Johannesburg
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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.
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Table Mountain
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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
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Kruger National Park
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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.
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Drakensberg
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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
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Motlatse River Canyon
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People 1: King of the Zulu known for his military reforms
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Shaka
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People 2: Author of "The Lord of the Rings"
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J.R.R. Tolkien
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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.
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Breyten Breytenbach
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People 4: First black president of South Africa.
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Nelson Mandela
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History 1: Site of many fossils of early humans such as Australopithecus
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Cradle of Humankind
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History 2: Period of increased conflict between native peoples in the 1810s to the 1840s
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Mfecane
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History 3: Capital of the Zulu Kingdom almost completely destroyed by British forces
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Ulundi
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History 4: Term for areas set aside for black South Africans during apartheid, known for their poor quality of life.
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Bantustan
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Culture 1: Famous novel by Alan Paton centered on two priests dealing with a murder
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Cry the Beloved Country
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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.
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District 9
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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.
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Donga
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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.
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Mhudi
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Wildlife 1: "King of the Jungle" that frankly prefers the savanna
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African Lion
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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.
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Cape Buffalo
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Wildlife 3: Small antelope used as the name of the South African Rugby Team
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Springbok
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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.
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Great White Shark
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Cuisine 1: Social barbecue event whose name comes from the Afrikaans word for grilled meat
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Braai
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Cuisine 2: Maize(corn) porridge commonly eaten throughout Southern and Western Africa
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Ugali
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Cuisine 3: Popular Cape Town sandwich stuffed with fries; it shares its name with a "great" Fitzgerald character.
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Gatsby
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Cuisine 4: Afrikaner desert made from fried dough sipped in syrup or honey
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Koeksister
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Musicians 1: "Pata Pata," "Soweto Blues"
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Miriam Makeba
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Musicians 2: "Weekend Special," "Too Late for Mama"
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Brenda Fassie
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Musicians 3: "Bring Him Back Home," "Grazing in the Grass"
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Hugh Masekela
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Musicians 4: "Mannenberg," "Black Lightning"
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Abdullah Ibrahim
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