South Africa! The Rainbow Nation Quiz

Answer: Orange

The Source of the Orange is in the Drakensberg mountains, in Lesotho only about 200 km. from the Indian Ocean. It flows about 2,200 km. west to the Atlantic forming the border with Namibia towards its mouth. At the mouth are twin towns of Alexander Bay on the South African (south) bank and Oranjemund on the Namibian (north) bank.

Answer: Steers

Steers is one of the largest local fast food chains in South Africa. It specialises in burgers. Nando's are a Portuguese spicy chicken outlet, RJ's are steakhouses and Scooters specialise in pizza.

Answer: Mustard and black

The Chiefs, based in Soweto, are considered by many to be the most popular football team in the country. They were founded by Kaizer Motaung, an ex Orlando Pirates player, in 1970. Orlando Pirates based only a few kilometers away from the Chiefs are to this day their biggest rivals.

Answer: Purple

The flag also contains blue, white and black. It was designed in 1994 by Frederick G. Brownell as a temporary flag for the first democratic election but was so popular that it was decided to keep it as the permanent one.

Answer: Any colour

Many of them are very brightly coloured. The mini-busses of which the vast majority were 16 or 20 seater Toyota Hi-Aces are presently (2006/7) being replaced with larger 30-40 seaters in terms of safety legislation.

Answer: Lime green and purple

OUTsurance was an innovator with a cash back system in South Africa in the mid 1990's. They are one of the largest cover-by-phone operations in the country.

Answer: Orange

This Castle point was originally named for the Royal House of The Netherlands. The other points of the castle are Leerdam, Buren, Katzenellenbogen and Nassau. The castle was originally constructed by the early Dutch settlers in the 1660's for protection from hostile local tribes and replaced their original clay & timber structure.

It is the oldest surviving building in South Africa and was declared a national monument in 1936. It is currently occupied as a military museum.

Answer: Grey, white and black

The Sharks were one of the original Super 10 and 12 rugby franchises. The other South African franchises are the Cats, the Cheetahs, the Bulls and the Stormers.

Answer: Green

Current (2007) South African Notes are 10 - green, 20 - brown, 50 - red, 100 - blue and 200 orange. 1, 2 and 5 Rand notes were discontinued in the early 1990's and at the same time the 100 and 200 Rand notes were introduced.

Answer: Green, yellow and black

The ANC was founded in 1912 in Bloemfontein as the Native National Congress. The name was changed to African National Congress in 1923.
The party was banned by the Nationalist Party government in 1960 and most of the senior members were either imprisoned or forced to flee the country. In 1990 the party along with the Pan Africanist Congress were unbanned and the ANC gained a substantial majority of votes in the first democratic elections in 1994.