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Quiz about A Brief History of South Africa

A Brief History of South Africa Quiz

This is a simple quiz with a South African theme. All questions are multiple choice.

A multiple-choice quiz by husker7. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
husker7

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
102,712

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
2401

Last 3 plays: Guest 95 (3/10), bernie73 (6/10), Guest 169 (8/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who is the only one of the following South Africans not to have won the Nobel Peace prize? Hint

Steve Biko

Nelson Mandela

F. W. de Klerk

Desmond Tutu

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Question 2 of 10

2. Of which church was Desmond Tutu an important leader? Hint

Roman Catholic

Anglican

Baptist

Methodist

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of the following parties did not contest the 1994 general elections? Hint

National Party

Pan Africanist Congress

Azanian People's Organisation

Soccer Party

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Question 4 of 10

4. An explorer from which European country was the first to land in South Africa? Hint

Netherlands

Portugal

England

Spain

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Question 5 of 10

5. In which year did Jan van Riebeeck arrive in South Africa? Hint

1651

1652

1653

1654

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which South African leader was instrumental in drafting the League of Nations charter? Hint

Hendrik Verwoerd

B. J. Vorster

Barry Hertzog

Jan Smuts

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of the following has never been an African National Congress president? Hint

Oliver Tambo

Thabo Mbeki

Nelson Mandela

Chris Hani

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Question 8 of 10

8. Adam Kok was the leader of which nation? Hint

Griquas

San

Khoi

Xhosa

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was the main reason for the influx of immigrants from India? Hint

They were fleeing from British rule

There was a religious purge in India

The diamond rush of the 1800's

To work in the canefields of Natal

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of the following films set in South Africa was not based on a true story? Hint

Breaker Morant

Zulu

Cry, the beloved country

Cry freedom

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who is the only one of the following South Africans not to have won the Nobel Peace prize?

Answer: Steve Biko

Biko was a high profile Black consciousness figure in the 1970's. He was detained by security police of the South African government and was murdered while in detention. His death was labelled "accidental".

2. Of which church was Desmond Tutu an important leader?

Answer: Anglican

Tutu was the Archbishop of the Anglican Church when he received the Nobel Peace prize.

3. Which of the following parties did not contest the 1994 general elections?

Answer: Azanian People's Organisation

Believe it or not, the Soccer Party was one of 29 parties contesting the first democratic elections. Azapo refused to take part in the process.

4. An explorer from which European country was the first to land in South Africa?

Answer: Portugal

Barthlomeu Diaz landed in what is now known as Cape Town in the 15th century. However, it was Dutch explorers of the the 17th century and Enlish settlers of the 19th century who would eventually colonise South Africa.

5. In which year did Jan van Riebeeck arrive in South Africa?

Answer: 1652

Van Riebeeck was an employee of the Dutch East India Company. The Dutch would eventually lose control of South Africa to the British.

6. Which South African leader was instrumental in drafting the League of Nations charter?

Answer: Jan Smuts

More conservative South African politicians criticized Smuts for being an Anglophile and had opposed his decision to join the Allied forces in the Second World War.

7. Which of the following has never been an African National Congress president?

Answer: Chris Hani

Hani was the assassinated leader of the South African Communist Party.

8. Adam Kok was the leader of which nation?

Answer: Griquas

The Griquas were one of the first Black nations to gain a measure of independence from Dutch rule in the 19th century and in fact established their own state within a state. The capital was Kokstad.

9. What was the main reason for the influx of immigrants from India?

Answer: To work in the canefields of Natal

Natal, now known as Kwa-Zulu Natal, and the most populous of the country's nine provinces still has a large and important population of people of Indian descent.

10. Which of the following films set in South Africa was not based on a true story?

Answer: Cry, the beloved country

Zulu was based on an incident during the war between the British and the Zulu, Cry Freedom was the stoty of Steve Biko, and Breaker Morant was based on a court case during the Anglo-Boer war.

Source: Author husker7

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