South Africa

Question 1

16 December is which South African public holiday?

Answer 1

Day of Reconciliation

Question 2

21 March is which South African public holiday?

Answer 2

Human rights day

Question 3

10 April is which South African public holiday?

Answer 3

Family day

Question 4

27 April is which South African public holiday?

Answer 4

Freedom day

Question 5

16 June is which South African public holiday?

Answer 5

Youth day

Question 6

1 May is which South African public holiday?

Answer 6

Workers day

Question 7

9 August is which South African public holiday?

Answer 7

Womens day

Question 8

24 September is which South African public holiday?

Answer 8

Heritage day

Question 9

Which bank note has a lion on it?

Answer 9

R50

Question 10

Which bank note has a buffalo on it?

Answer 10

R100

Question 11

Which bank note has an elephant on it?

Answer 11

R20

Question 12

Which bank note has a rhino on it?

Answer 12

R10

Question 13

Which bank note has a leopard on it?

Answer 13

R200

Question 14

What colour is the R10 bank note?

Answer 14

Green

Question 15

What colour is the R20 bank note?

Answer 15

Brown

Question 16

What colour is the R50 bank note?

Answer 16

Purple/Red

Question 17

What colour is the R100 bank note?

Answer 17

Blue

Question 18

What colour is the R200 bank note?

Answer 18

Orange

Question 19

The arum lily is on which South African coin?

Answer 19

10c

Question 20

The king protea is on which South African coin?

Answer 20

20c

Question 21

The Strelitzia is on which South African coin?

Answer 21

50c

Question 22

A Springbok is on which South African coin?

Answer 22

R1

Question 23

A kudu is on which South African coin?

Answer 23

R2

Question 24

A black wildebeest is on which South African coin?

Answer 24

R5

Question 25

Who won the Nobel Peace Prize together with Nelson Mandela?

Answer 25

FW de Klerk

Question 26

Name the South African barefooted distance runner who trained and competed in the 1980s and 1990s

Answer 26

Zola Budd

Question 27

What is the longest national route in South Africa?

Answer 27

N2

Question 28

South African Ernie Els is famous for which sport?

Answer 28

Golf

Question 29

Which South African movie directed by Gavin Hood, won the Oscar for best foreign language film in 2006?

Answer 29

Tsotsi

Question 30

Which activist is the subject of the 1987 movie ‘Cry Freedom’?

Answer 30

Steve Biko

Question 31

Egoli, meaning place of gold, is the Zulu name for which South African city?

Answer 31

Johannesburg

Question 32

Which treaty signed in 1902 ended the Second Boer War?

Answer 32

Treaty of Vereeniging

Question 33

Who was President of South Africa prior to P.W Botha?

Answer 33

Marais Viljoen

Question 34

Which explorer led the first European expedition to round the Cape of Good Hope?

Answer 34

Bartolomeu Dias

Question 35

What is the name of the first high-speed train to operate in South Africa as well as on the African continent?

Answer 35

Gautrain

Question 36

What does UIF stand for?

Answer 36

Unemployment Insurance Fund

Question 37

What does SARS stand for?

Answer 37

South African Revenue Service

Question 38

What does NSFAS stand for?

Answer 38

National Student Financial Aid Scheme

Question 39

What does RAF stand for?

Answer 39

Road Accident Fund

Question 40

What does SAA stand for?

Answer 40

South African Airways

Question 41

What does SABC stand for?

Answer 41

South African Broadcasting Corporation

Question 42

What does SABS stand for?

Answer 42

South African Bureau of Standards

Question 43

What does SANParks stand for?

Answer 43

South African National Parks

Question 44

What does SAPO stand for?

Answer 44

South African Post Office

Question 45

What does SAQA stand for?

Answer 45

South African Qualifications Authority

Question 46

What does SARB stand for?

Answer 46

South African Reserve Bank

Question 47

What does SASSA stand for?

Answer 47

South African Social Security Agency

Question 48

What does SAWS stand for?

Answer 48

South African Weather Service

Question 49

Who is the South African Deputy president?

Answer 49

Paul Mashatile

Question 50

Who is the premier of the Western Cape?

Answer 50

Alan Winde

Question 51

Who is the premier of Gauteng?

Answer 51

Panyaza Lesufi

Question 52

What is the name of the former South African deputy president who resigned in 2023?

Answer 52

David Mabuza