Think you know South Africa? Submit your answers and we will grade you from American to German to Xhosa yourself! You don't even have to submit them, just realize that there's a lot more to this country than Kruger!
So you went on safari once huh? Do you even know what safari means? in Swahili?!? Do you even know what countries speak Swahili?!!!?
1. What are the 11 official languages of South Africa?
2. What are the 9 provinces?
3. What language is very often heard throughout the country but is not one of the official languages?
4. What group of people makes up a major percentage of the population yet does not speak their native language, nor is it an official language?
5. Name 5 of South Africa’s National Parks?
6. What is the southernmost point of Africa?
7. What species of whale draws tourists from all over the world during its migration around the southernmost tip of Africa?
8. What are the two major political parties of South Africa and what do their acronyms stand for?
9. What is the significance of 46664?
10. What is the largest township in South Africa?
11. What is the name of one truly mixed race township outside of Cape Town?
12. What is the largest township outside of Cape Town by population? By area?
13. What does enkosi mean?
14. What is the national bird of South Africa? What is the national flower?
15. Which bay lies just behind Cape Town and which lies just in front of it?
16. What does klein mean?
17. Was Nelson Mandela a Xhosa or a Zulu? What is Jacob Zuma?
18. Who is premier of Western Cape?
19. Who is mayor of Cape Town?
20. What is the capital of South Africa?
21. Which of South Africa’s neighbors used to be a part of the country?
22. Name six of South Africa’s immediate neighbors.
23. Name the four geographical structures that create the city bowl of Cape Town.
24. What does bafana bafana mean? What language is it in?
25. Name three of South Africa’s top exports and the provinces from which they come.
26. What is Kimberly, South Africa famous for? Name two things that are named after it.
27. What time zone is South Africa in? Is there daylights savings?
28. Where is malaria found in South Africa?
29. In what year was the current constitution written? What rights does it allow that the US does not?
30. Where is the oldest botanical garden in Africa?
31. Why is it inadvisable to swim off the majority of Cape Town’s beaches?
32. Name three ways in which you could distinguish a black South African from someone with Bushman ancestry?
33. In Xhosa, which three letters represent clicks?
34. What was the Bantu migration?
35. Name three coastal major cities of South Africa. Name three landlocked.
36. What is the national tree of South Africa?
37. What is a tarantaal?
38. What river delineates a segment of the border between South Africa and Namibia?
39. What is the most dangerous land animal in and around Cape Town?
40. Name five of the top venomous snakes of South Africa.
41. What’s was number one cause of death in South Africa in 2012?
42. In what year did apartheid end?
43. In what language does Knysna mean ‘ferns’?
44. What plant do the Bushmen use to sleep on?
45. What are the big five? Why did they get recognition as the big five?
46. Who colonized South Africa?
47. What major surgery was first performed in South Africa?
48. What are two specifically South African dog breeds?
49. What is South Africa’s version of jerky?
50. What famous avian hangs out on Boulder’s beach?
51. What is Namaqualand famous for?
52. What are the top three sports to watch in South Africa?
53. What is Qunu famous for?
54. Who was F W de Klerk?
55. What two oceans meet along South Africa’s coast?
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