BRAIN test
As it’s Heritage Day tomorrow, today is a South African quiz.
1. This local muso was exiled to the States
Where he met Belafonte and became one of his mates
Grazing in the Grass should be a clue
Maestro with a horn should also
help you. Who am I?
2. Who wrote and directed the film “The Gods Must Be Crazy”? A) Neill Blomkamp, B) Richard Attenborough, C) Darrell Roodt, D) Jamie Uys
3. Which South African film won the 2006 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language?
4. Which South African province stretches furthest north?
5. What was the name of the Staffordshire Terrier in Sir Percy Fitzpatrick’s most famous book?
6. Who wrote “Cry, the Beloved Country”?
7. Which South African, in 2018, became the youngest-ever cricketer to top the ICC Test bowling rankings?
8. Which South African golfer has won the most major tournaments? 9. By what name is “Sesame Street” known in South Africa?
10. An adaption of Bizet’s opera “Carmen” by Mark Dornford-May and Andiswa Kedama was made into a film in 2005. It was set in which South African township?
11. Name the site, known also as the Hill of the Jackal, which is the location of a city of an 800- yearold civilisation, situated in SA on the border with Botswana and Zimbabwe.
12. Name the anti-apartheid figure with whom Mamphela Ramphele had a child.
13. In what industry would one find the state-owned company Alexkor? 14. In which year was the Johannesburg Miners’ strike known as the Rand Rebellion? A) 1908, B) 1922, C) 1936, D) 1952
15. Name one of the two prospectors who first found gold on the Witwatersrand.
16. What word is “ithebula” in Zulu and “tafoleng” in Sotho?
17. South African musician Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo is better known by what stage name? A) DJ Maphorisa, B) Nasty C, C) French Montana, D) AKA
18. For the average South African wall plug, how many amps are outputted? A) 2A, B) 8A, C) 15A, D) 220A
19. Name the South African musician also known as Bernoldus Niemand. He played in the bands Corporal Punishment and the Cherry Faced Lurchers. He is arguably most famous for his anticonscription song “Hou my vas Korporaal”. He died in 1995.
20. What is SA’s largest land snake? Answers on this page