South African trivia

How much do you know about the southernmost country in Africa and its citizens?

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Last updated: September 9, 2015

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Hint	Answer
Island on which Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years	Robben Island
Current president	Jacob Zuma
Number of wives of above	6
Neighbouring country	Lesotho
Neighbouring country	Swaziland
Neighbouring country	Namibia
Neighbouring country	Botswana
Neighbouring country	Zimbabwe
Neighbouring country	Mozambique
Largest city	Johannesburg
Capital city (executive)	Pretoria
Capital city (legislative)	Cape Town
Capital city (judicial)	Bloemfontein
Number of official languages	11
Surgeon who performed first ever human heart transplant	Christiaan Barnard
First South African in space	Mark Shuttleworth

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Oscar-winning film set in South African township/slum	Tsotsi
Oscar-winning actress	Charlize Theron
Olympic swimmer and wife of Prince Albert of Monaco	Charlene Wittstock
Name of the national rugby team	Springbokke
Alternative band of which Yolandi Vi$$er is a member	Die Antwoord
City of Cape Town's most famous landmark	Table Mountain
Swimmer who beat Michael Phelps in 200m butterfly during the 2012 Olympics	Chad le Clos
Paralympic athlete who killed his girlfriend	Oscar Pistorius
Actor that starred in the A-Team and District 9	Sharlto Copley
Victoria's Secret Angel	Candice Swanepoel
Comedian and next host of the Tonight Show	Trevor Noah
First black Archbishop of Cape Town and Nobel Peace Prize winner	Desmond Tutu
Film starring Hilary Swank, set in South Africa	Red Dust
International event hosted by South Africa in 2010	FIFA World Cup
World's largest diamond, found in South Africa in 1905	Cullinan Diamond

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Jun 6, 2020

hey, a lot of these are now out of date

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