Statistics for Famous South Africans

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Who are/were they?		Answer	% Correct
First post-Apartheid leader of South Africa		Nelson Mandela	95%
CEO of Tesla and SpaceX with a hilarious Twitter feed	American, Canadian	Elon Musk	72%
Leader best-known for his non-violent resistance against the colonialists	Indian	Mohandas Gandhi	72%
Cleric, theologian, and human rights activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize		Desmond Tutu	69%
Writer of fantasy works such as The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings	English	J.R.R. Tolkien	68%
Wife of the above (enter her first name)		Winnie Mandela	65%
High-paid actress known for The Devil's Advocate or Monster	American	Charlize Theron	60%
Last Apartheid president who helped transform the country into a democracy		F. W. de Klerk	60%
Comedian and current host of The Daily Show		Trevor Noah	58%
This tennis player has won a record 20 Grand Slams	Swiss	Roger Federer	54%
Warrior king who united the Zulu tribes		Shaka Zulu	54%
Former sprinter at the Paralympics who got convicted of murdering has girlfriend		Oscar Pistorius	46%
He conducted the first successful human-to-human heart transplant		Christiaan Barnard	39%
Ardent believer of British imperalism who wanted a Cape to Cairo Railway	English	Cecil Rhodes	36%
2nd President of South Africa, also the first to have resigned		Thabo Mbeki	34%
This golfer won nine major championships		Gary Player	31%
First black captain of the Springboks, he helped win the 2019 Rugby World Cup		Siya Kolisi	21%
Canadian NBA player named NBA MVP 2005 and 2006	Canadian	Steve Nash	18%
Former Olympic swimmer who married the Prince of Monaco	Zimbabwean, Monégasque	Charlene of Monaco	13%
Victoria's Secret model and one of the top-earning in her field		Candice Swanepoel	11%