South Africa Trivia

1. Cape Town is the second biggest city in South Africa after Johannesburg. Where in South Africa is it located?

From Quiz Cape Town - South Africa's Mother City

Answer: South western coast

Cape Town is located on the south western coast of South Africa. It sits at latitude 33.55° S which is the same as Sydney and Buenos Aires and in the northern hemisphere, the same as Casablanca and Los Angeles. Cape Town is just east of the Greenwich meridian line at longitude 18.25° E and is two hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. Pretoria is south west of Johannesburg in the northeast. Durban is on the eastern coast near the Lesotho border. Bloemfontein is centrally located near the diamond mines at Kimberley.

From Quiz If Only Moses Asked for Directions

Answer: Coelacanth

East London is situated in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa and the museum is the home to the first ceolacanth to be caught in the world. Until this specimen was caught off the Chalumna River near East London in 1938, the coelacanth had only been known from fossil remains and was believed to be extinct for some 80 million years.

From Quiz The Zulu Kingdom: KwaZulu-Natal

Answer: Christmas

Vasco Da Gama landed in KwaZulu-Natal on 25 December 1497. The largest city in Kwa-Zulu Natal, Durban, was named after the Governor of the Cape Colony from 1834 to 1838, Sir Benjamin d'Urban.

From Quiz South Africa: An Overview

Answer: Springbok

The springbok is a small gazelle inhabiting grasslands in South Africa. Its name literally means "jumping antelope", which is a distinctive feature of the animal when it is spooked. National colours in most sporting codes are considered "springbok colours" and are a source of great pride for the country's sportspeople and fans.

From Quiz A Whale of a Town

Answer: Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean runs down the west coast of South Africa before it meets the Indian Ocean at Cape Agulhas which is the southernmost point of Africa, which is about 145 kilometers east of Hermanus.

From Quiz Wild About Kruger

Answer: Paul Kruger

Paul Kruger was state president of the South African Republic when he expressed concern about the dwindling numbers of wild animals. Hunting was rife in the 19th century. His concern eventually led to the establishment of the Sabie Game Sanctuary in 1898. When the reserve was re-proclaimed in 1926, its name was changed to honour Kruger.

From Quiz South Africa - Name the Place

Answer: Grahamstown

Grahamstown is also the home of Rhodes University which was founded in 1904. The Annual National Arts Festival is held here with about 350 different events over a 2 week period.

From Quiz South African Towns and Cities

Answer: Pretoria

The beautiful Union Buildings were designed by Sir Herbert Baker and are home to the Office of the President of the Republic of South Africa. A good time to visit Pretoria is in October when the jacaranda trees are in bloom - a stunning sight!

From Quiz The A - Z of ZA: Geography

Answer: Net exporter - by over 50%

Although we have very little arable land, it is used to full potential, and irrigation is used to increase production. The value of imports for 2004/2005 was R 13 291 million, while our value of exports for the same time period was R 22 938 million.

From Quiz South African Geography - General Stuff 2

Answer: Durban

Located at the end of Durban's Golden Mile uShaka Marine World is the world's largest marine theme park and home to the fifth largest aquarium in the world. It is spread over 15 hectares of prime beach front.

From Quiz Places in South Africa

Answer: Pretoria

Pretoria's main street, Church Street, is the longest urban street in South Africa and one of the longest straight streets in the world. Pretoria is one of South Africa's leading academic cities, and it is home to both the largest residential university in the country (the University of Pretoria) and the largest distance education university (the University of South Africa, more commonly known by its initials, UNISA).

From Quiz South African Geography - General Stuff

Answer: 6

The bordering countries are Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland and Lesotho, which is in fact landlocked within South Africa.

From Quiz South Africa, Local is Lekker

Answer: Pretoria

Pretoria became the capital of the South African Republic (the Transvaal) in 1860 and the executive capital of the Republic of South Africa (as it is today) in 1910. The municipal area falls under the name Tshwane.

From Quiz Simply South Africa

Answer: Lebombo

The Kruger Park is roughly the size of Israel and has been around for over 100 years.

From Quiz Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika

Answer: The protea

The protea, a particularly hardy and somewhat unattractive flower, is named after the minor Greek oceanic deity Proteus. The national cricket team is called the Proteas, as opposed to the Springboks (or Amabokoboko) - rugby; and Bafana Bafana - soccer/football.

From Quiz South Africa

Answer: cannon

A time signal has been fired since 1806. Initially the gun was fired at sunrise & sunset but now it is fired at noon.

From Quiz Cities of South Africa

Answer: Johannesburg

Situated at an altitude of 1753 mt (5750 ft).

From Quiz Cape Town - South Africa's Mother City

Answer: Portuguese

In 1488 Bartolomeu Dias, a Portuguese explorer named the area the Cape of Storms, but later King John II of Portugal changed the name to the Cape of Good Hope because of the optimism associated with the opening of a sea route to India and the East Indies. It was wrongly thought as ships "rounded the Cape", that this was where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans met. This is not true. That occurs 150km to the east south east off Cape Agulhas, southern Africa's southern tip. However for ships sailing down the west African coast, rounding the Cape is where ships start travelling east rather than south. In the 16th Century Portuguese, French, Danish, Dutch and English ships stopped over in Table Bay en-route to the East Indies. They traded tobacco, copper and iron with the local inhabitants, the Khoikhoi, who in return gave them fresh meat.

From Quiz I've Got a Brand New Combine Harvester

Answer: Ceres

The Ceres valley is found in the Cape Winelands district, found by the Hex river mountain range. Due to the Mediterranean climate and fairly consistent yearly rainfall, the area is perfectly suited to the cultivation of apples, pears and various stone fruits. The Ceres Beverage Company, uses only fruit from the valley and exports their product all over the world. Their largest market is the United States. Ceres advertises their product as being without preservatives and "100% pure".

From Quiz Interesting Places to Visit in South Africa

Answer: Franschhoek

Windhoek is the capital of Namibia. Noordhoek is the name of a town and valley in the Western Cape. Fish Hoek is on False Bay.

From Quiz The Zulu Kingdom: KwaZulu-Natal

Answer: Sub-tropical

KwaZulu-Natal skies sport an average of 320 days a year of sunshine and beach weather. During the summer months, especially January and February, the temperature can reach up to 35 degrees Celsius.

From Quiz South Africa: An Overview

Answer: Kruger National Park

The Kruger National Park was established in 1898 under the name Sabie National Park by then President Paul Kruger. The park consists of 18,989 square kilometers of conservation area, with eight main gates that lead to different accommodation sites. The Kruger Park boasts more than 140 species of mammals, including the "Big Five" (lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant and rhinoceros) and hundreds of bird and reptile species.

From Quiz Wild About Kruger

Answer: Jock

Percy Fitzpatrick published the book 'Jock of the Bushveld' in 1905, telling the story of the feisty bullterrier that accompanied him on his travels in the frontier days of the Lowveld.

From Quiz South Africa - Name the Place

Answer: Barberton

Barberton is located in the province of Mpumalanga, which was once called Transvaal. The Sheba Mine which can be found in Barberton is one of the oldest and richest mines in the world.

From Quiz South African Towns and Cities

Answer: Johannesburg

Johannesburg is an urban forest that has six million trees. From the air, the northern suburbs in particular look like a rain forest canopy. Jozi (as it is fondly referred to by its residents) is a sister city of New York (USA), Birmingham (UK), Sao Paolo (Brazil) and Xi'an (China).

From Quiz The A - Z of ZA: Geography

Answer: Bloukrans River Bridge

The Bloukrans River Bridge is situated near Storms River. This 216m high bridge provides a jump of about 160m. The Storms River Bridge, also known as the Paul Sauer Bridge, it is a 190m long single span bridge. John Ross Bridge crosses the Tugel River in KwaZulu-Natal, and Crocodile Bridge is a restcamp in the Kruger National Park)

From Quiz South African Geography - General Stuff 2

Answer: 11

There are 11 official languages: Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu. Zulu is the most predominantly spoken language with about 24% of the population using it as their home language.

From Quiz South African Geography - General Stuff

Answer: Njesuthi

Njesuthi lies on the border of Lesotho in the Drakensburg mountains.

From Quiz South Africa, Local is Lekker

Answer: Orange River

The Orange river, and its tributary the Vaal, is 2200 km long and mouths at Alexander Bay. It also forms a natural border between South Africa and Namibia.

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