Statistics for South Africa Country Quiz

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Clue	Answer	% Correct
Capital cities	Cape Town	96%
Most populous city	Johannesburg	95%
Former president (1994–1999)	Nelson Mandela	93%
Bordering country	Lesotho	91%
Most-spoken languages	English	90%
Capital cities	Pretoria	89%
Bordering country	Eswatini	87%
Bordering country	Namibia	87%
Bordering country	Zimbabwe	87%
Bordering country	Botswana	86%
Bordering country	Mozambique	86%
Terms for the period of racial segregation	Apartheid	84%
Most-spoken languages	Afrikaans	83%
Not actually the southernmost point, but close	Cape of {Good} {Hope}	80%
Capital cities	Bloemfontein	70%
Most-spoken languages	Zulu	68%
Noisemaker made famous at the 2010 World Cup	Vuvuzela	64%
Currency	Rand	56%
Largest desert	Kalahari	54%
Rugby union team nickname (Hint: antelope)	{Springbok}s	54%
Group of people descended from Dutch settlers	{Boer}s	53%
Nobel Prize winning Anglican bishop	Desmond Tutu	53%
Most-spoken languages	Xhosa	45%
Island prison where the above once lived	Robben Island	44%
Ruling political party	African National Congress	41%
Company that once controlled over 90% of diamond trade worldwide	De Beers	39%
Former president (2009–2018)	Jacob Zuma	36%
Longest river	Orange	33%