How about some trivial pursuit. How patriotic are you?

[Carl Wrbka]

1.   Name the most westerly cape in South Africa.
2.   Name the trial at which Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment.
3.   When he was barely out of his teens, Pieter Toerien brought out which international performer to SA?
4.   What was the original Dutch coinage used at the Cape?
5.   What is the common name for a Hippo tragus niger?
6.   What is the common name for the semi-precious stone crocidolite?
7.   What did the Cape San believe had been created by the mantis?
8.   Where is the annual Whale Festival held?
9.   John Fairbairn founded the first non-governmental commercial newspaper in S.A. What was it called?
10.   Which Kwazulu-Natal south coast resort means "Sweet Waters" in Zulu?
11.   Which evolutionary scientist wrote about the rocks of Sea Point?
12.   What was Telkom Park formerly known as?
13.   Caprivi Strip has common boundaries with Angola, Zimbabwe, Botswana and which other country?
14.   What is the deepest goldmine in the world?
15.   Name the ford on the Buffels River in the Dundee district.
16.   Which South African fast bowler used to bowl off the "wrong foot"?
17.   To which species of plant does the Kokerboom belong?
18.   Which Eastern Cape river has the same name every day, irrespective of the day of the week?
19.   Why is Woman's Day held on 9 August each year?
20.   "Laduma" is often uttered by soccer commentators. What does it signify?
21.   Name the mountain range north of King William's Town.
22.   What was the best known musical score written by the Rev Martinhus Lourens de Villiers?
23.   In rugby, who was known as the Rolls Royce of fullbacks?
24.   Near which town is the Abe Bailey Nature Reserve?
25.   Who is regarded as the "Architect of Apartheid"?
26.   Who produced Funny People and the Gods Must Be Crazy?
27.   On which British island do SA meteorologists have a base?
28.   Which spear fisherman claimed an SA record for a 49, 2 kg yellowfin tunny?
29.   The two largest platinum mines in the world are situated outside which town?
30.   After who is the Department of Ichthyology at Rhodes University named?
31.   What was the name of the 'flu epidemic which struck S A in 1918 - 19?
32.   Which S A frog was used in human pregnancy tests?
33.   What does the Zulu word "Laduma" mean?
34.   Is andalusite a refractory mineral or a reef on the KZN north coast?
35.   Who was the first black South African to have English prose published in book form?
36.   Who was the coach who took the SA rugby team to become World Cup champions?
37.   Where in S A is the world's largest single citrus orchard?
38.   In what year did 5000 British settlers arrive at the Cape?
39.   What is Evita Bezuidenhout's real name?
40.   Where did John Logie Baird's wife teach music?
41.   What is the first play that Pieter Toerin opened in London first before bringing it to S A?
42.   To which family does the bush-tailed meerkat belong?
43.   Name the hotel and country club estate in George.
44.   What is this desolate stretch of the Namibian coastline called?
45.   Who was the Minister of Sport in South Africa's first democratic government?
46.   Where is the world's largest grape vine?
47.   What was the name of the parliament formed in 1984, which gave Indians and Coloureds the vote as well as  Whites?
48.   Who is South Africa's cricketer of the century?
49.   What was the Day of Goodwill previously known as?
50.   Which two men wrote the musical show District Six: The Musical?
51.   Where is the only preserved Quagga specimen in Africa?
52.   Who, at the end of the millennium, was South Africa's highest ranked woman professional tennis player?
53.   Where were the first oranges and lemons brought from to plant in S A?
54.   South Africa has the oldest air force in the world. True or False?
55.   Who was poet Izak Wilhelmus van der Merwe better known as?
56.   Which SA athlete won a silver medal in the 800m at the 1996 Olympic Games?
57.   What is the chief distinguishing feature between the black and white rhino?
58.   What is the Duzi?
59.   What is the northernmost mountain range in S A?
60.   Which cricketer set a world record of five catches in a one-day international against the West Indies in 1993?
61.   What public holiday is celebrated on 16 June?
62.   What instrument does Hugh Masekela play?
63.   Name the animal similar to a Zebra, which has been extinct since 1883?



Answers to be posted soon!!!!

[georg ruf jr.]

Gee Carl. So many questions at once. Wonder who's gonna dare. Don't have benugh time now...

[Dalene Steenkamp (Coetzee)]

I know some answers and some not..  will compare to your answers, Carl.

Re 9.  -  John Fiarbairn  -  something interesting about him.  Did you know that he was also one of the original foundation members of the company Old Mutual?  From there then the investment group name Fairbairn Capital, with subs such as Galaxy and Investment Frontiers. 

Re 14. -  Deepest Goldmine  -  you sure that one still the deepest?  Thought there was a program the other day about some other mine on the Asia continent now being the deepest gold mine in the world?

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

Ha save your amunition and split the questions

I have one for you

What is the meaning of:

Ondondozonananandana ????

I made a video about that, interviewing people in Windhoek, all i got is a big laugh LOL

Any one knows ????? Or must i clear up from Germany, would be a shame........... LOL

[SandyB]

Ouch my brain hurts ..

[Dalene Steenkamp (Coetzee)]

Going to try the few that I think I am right with:

2.  Nelson Mandela's trial  -  Rivonia Trial
4.  The coin was the VOC version of the Spanish piece of eight
5.  Hippo tragus niger  -  Sable Antelope
6.  Crocidolite  -  Asbestos
8.  Whale Festival  - Hermanus
9.  John Fairbairn paper  -  South African Journal  -  South African Commercial Advertiser (not sure wich one 1st)
13.  The other country to border the Caprivi  -  Congo
14.  Deepest gold mine  -  Tau Tona of Western Deep Levels
17.  Kokerboom  -  a succulent (taking a big chance here - not to sure)
18.  River -  Sondagsrivier
22.  Marthinus Lourens de Villiers  -  the original composer of the old National Anthym:  Die Stem van SA
26.  Funny People and The Gods must be crazy  -  Jamie Uys
29.  Platinum mines  -  outside Rustenburg?  (not sure) must be  -  Implats
31.  Flu epidemic of 1918/19  -  The Spanish Flu
38.  Britsh settlers  -  in the year 1820
39.  Evita's real name  -  Pieter Dirk Uys
42.  Meerkat -  I know the 'stokstert' is of the mongoose family, so the busy-tailed one must be squirrel?
44.  Stretch of Namib next to coast  -  Skeleton Coast
49.  Day of Goodwill previous  -  Gelofte Dag
57.  Black & White rhino difference  -  the upper lip of the Black rhino has a little "spoutlike" thing - not the White one
58.  Duzi  -  it is an annual Canoe Marathon held on the Bergrivier
63.  Extinct zebra   -  the Mountain Zebra


My mind is still whizzing  -  I just can't come up with the right answers to some questions and I know them  -  like Ernies Golf pozzie -  sh**t  -  I hate it when I forget simple things like that.  Also know the Mantis thing - ????  seems like I'm not using my mind enough these days.

[Carl Wrbka]

Are you ready for the answers? Naa suffer some more.

[Carl Wrbka]

Answers.

1.   Cape Columbine, near Paternoster
2.   Rivonia
3.   Marlene Dietrich
4.   Rijksdaalder
5.   Sable antelope
6.   Tiger's eye
7.   The moon
8.   Hermanus
9.   SA Commercial Advertiser
10.   Amanzimtoti
11.   Charles Darwin
12.   Boet Erasmus Stadium
13.   Zambia
14.   Western Deep Levels near Carletonville in North West Province
15.   Rorkes Drift
16.   Mike Procter
17.   Aloe
18.   Sundays River
19.   The Anniversary of the 'Federation of S A Women's' Anti-pass law march
20.   It's an exclamation when a goal has been scored
21.   The Amatola mountain range
22.   Die Stem
23.   Andre Joubert
24.   Carletonville
25.   Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
26.   Jamie Uys
27.   Gough Island
28.   Paul Lindsay
29.   Rustenburg
30.   Prof JLB Smith, the man who found the Coelacanth
31.   Spanish flu
32.   The common Platanna - Xenopus Laevis
33.   Thunder
34.   A mineral
35.   Reginald Dhlomo - An African Tragedy (1928)
36.   Kitch Christie
37.   Zebedelia, Northern Province
38.   1820
39.   Pieter Dirk Uys
40.   UCT College of Music
41.   Japes
42.   The Mongoose-family
43.   Fancourt
44.   The Skeleton coast
45.   Steve Tshwete
46.   Graaf Reinet
47.   The Tricameral Parliament
48.   Graeme Pollock
49.   Boxing day
50.   David Kramer & Taliep Petersen
51.   In Cape Town museum
52.   Amanda Coetzer
53.   St. Helena
54.   False. It has the second oldest.
55.   Boerneef
56.   Hezekiel Sepeng
57.   The difference between their lips
58.   It's a canoe marathon
59.   The Soutpansberg mountains
60.   Jonty Rhodes
61.   Youth day (Formerly Geloftedag)
62.   Trumpet
63.   Kwagga

[georg ruf jr.]

Hi Carl. The idea is good. Maybe you should think of some rule, like only posting a few questions. For eg: Posting all 6 questions of one card. Think about it. The most of us play these games like just going by... So 63 question would cost one hours just googling the ones you don't know.
Keep it going.
Georg

[Carl Wrbka]

Ok. This was a once-off trivia challenge that somebody sent me by e-mail, I dont have any more.  :36_2_35:

[georg ruf jr.]

If you have the Trivial Pursuit game, you could form a new one for us. Only if you like....

[Dalene Steenkamp (Coetzee)]

So how come I was the only one that dared some answers?

No, don't google the answers - just answer those one knows.  Makes it more interesting, otherwise everyone would be able to post the correct answers.

Carl, regarding the deepest mine - like my previous post.  Western Deep Levels is made up of 3 different mines, from wich Tau Tona for sure is the deepest, runs nearly to 5,5 km now, but still - is it still the deepest gold mine in the world?  Does anyone else know?

Re crocodolimite  -  you sure about the answer there.  It is one of six "grondstowwe" that causes lung infections, disease etc, from wich asbestos is the main one (this is what I know  - can anyone varify the tiger eye thing - search for it on google and post it for us please)

Good idea this trivial persuit  -  for sure would be good if someone can post more such stuff - makes us use our brains again for a change!  (the little I have left for sure is rusted as well)

[Carl Wrbka]

Hi Dalene,

I did some checking and found the following on Wikipaedia:

Tiger's eye (also Tigers eye, Tiger eye) is a chatoyant gemstone that is usually yellow- to red-brown, with a silky luster. A member of the quartz group, it is a classic example of pseudomorphous replacement by silica of fibrous crocidolite (blue asbestos). An incompletely silicified blue variant is called Hawk's eye.

In a way, asbestos could count as a correct answer.

Regarding the deepest mine:

TauTona
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

TauTona is a gold mine in South Africa. At some 3.6 kilometers deep it is currently home to the world's deepest mining operations.
The mine is one of the three Western Deep Levels mines of the West Wits gold field west of Johannesburg.

Thanks for daring some answers. I see your grey matter is not so rusted after all.   

Cheers

Carl.       

[Dalene Steenkamp (Coetzee)]

Tell you now  -  I'm not gonna take my son on in a challenge!  He has a general knowledge that scares me......

Thanks for searching.

Get your friend to send some more questions like that. 

Cheers

[Carl Wrbka]

Ok. Your wish is my command. I've kept the next one to 6 questions as requested. I've already posted the answers, so no cheating.