Statistics for South Africa A-Z

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	Hint	Answer	% Correct
A	Period of racial segregation	Apartheid	96%
C	Oldest city in South Africa	Cape Town	95%
J	Most populous city	Johannesburg	93%
L	Country that is surrounded by South Africa	Lesotho	92%
M	First African president	Mandela	92%
Z	Dominant ethnic group	Zulu	90%
N	Country that gained independence from South Africa in 1990	Namibia	88%
U	Country that colonized South Africa	United Kingdom	87%
E	One of the official languages	English	83%
K	Largest desert	Kalahari	81%
B	Dutch-descended people	Boers	79%
R	Currency of South Africa	Rand	75%
G	This was found near J in 1886	Gold	71%
V	2010 World Cup noisemakers	Vuvuzela	71%
H	Type of surgery that was first performed by Christiaan Barnard	Heart Transplant	67%
S	Rugby union team nickname	Springboks	64%
O	Longest river	Orange	63%
X	Native language of M	Xhosa	63%
P	Major city with initials PE	Port Elizabeth	58%
T	Actress in "Monster" and "Tully"	Theron	56%
D	Major diamond company	De Beers	52%
Y	Disease Max Theiler developed a vaccine against in 1937	Yellow Fever	52%
I	Medium-sized antelope	Impala	45%
W	Province in which C is situated	Western Cape	45%
F	Modern-day province that was once the country of B	Free State	36%
Q	Extinct half-striped South African zebra	Quagga	21%