| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Who became the first black President of South Africa in 1994? | Nelson Mandela | 96%
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| What event did South Africa host in 2010? | FIFA World Cup | 93%
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| What was the name of South Africa's formalized system of racial segregation? | Apartheid | 90%
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| What disease significantly lowered life expectancy in South Africa between 1991 and 2005? | HIV / AIDS | 87%
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| What country established the Cape Colony in 1652? | Netherlands | 83%
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| What type of weapons did South Africa successfully develop in the 1970s? | {Nuclear} Weapons | 83%
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| What European country became the first to reach South Africa in 1488? | Portugal | 77%
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| What was discovered near Johannesburg in 1886? | Gold | 70%
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| What surgery was first performed by South African doctor Christiaan Barnard in 1967? | Heart Transplant | 66%
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| What notorious type of "camp" was invented by the British during the Second Anglo-Boer War ? | Concentration Camp | 65%
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| What Anglican archbishop won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984? | Desmond Tutu | 65%
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| What future world leader began his career as an activist while living in South Africa between 1893 and 1914? | Mahatma Gandhi | 58%
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| On what island was that person once imprisoned? | Robben Island | 56%
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| What political party has ruled South Africa since 1994? | African National Congress | 54%
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| What country in the interior was founded by Boer settlers in 1854? | {Orange} Free State | 54%
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| What South African company once controlled over 90% of the global diamond trade? | De Beers | 49%
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| What warrior-king led the Zulu kingdom to a period of expansion in the early 1800s? | Shaka | 45%
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| What ethnic group, which includes Zulus and Xhosas, migrated into South Africa around 300 AD? | Bantu | 29%
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| What group of South African people form a branch of human genetics that split from all others over 100,000 years ago? | San (Bushmen) | 20%
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