11-07-2025
Friday Challenge: Let's play 20 questions and see how much you know, or don't about our beautiful country
Test you knowledge with these 20 questions to broaden and deepen your general knowledge
Questions:
1 Which South African Olympic swimmer went on the become the Princess of Monaco?
2 Where was the first Football World Cup played?
3 Who was first black captain of the Springboks?
4 Who is the teams' current captain?
5 Which star middle-distance athlete was recently found not to have violated world athletics rules?
6 How many months of the year end with 31 days?
7 What is the name of the national highway that stretches from Cape Town to Beitbridge?
8 What is the lowest denomination of currency currently in use in South Africa?
9 What is a guavadilla?
10 Which PSL team was know as 'the Swanky Boys' or Matsatsantsa a Pitori?
11 What came first: the chicken or the egg?
12 What is the capital of Lesotho?
13 What are the three most popular types of bunny chow?
14 Where is Putsonderwater?
15 Who is the editor of this newspaper?
16 What is a one-humped camel called?
17 Who was known as the 'Mother-of-the Nation'?
18 What is the fastest land animal?
19 Which precious mineral is South Africa the world's largest producer of?
20 Which famous South African golfer is know as the known as the 'Big Easy'?
