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The first black president in South Africa

Who is Nelson Mandela?

100

Junior's home (and the home of almost half of all Native Americans)

What is a reservation?
100

The most important meal of the day

What is breakfast?

100

The super-hero alias of Bruce Wayne

Who is Batman?

100

The equivalent of "det finns" in Swedish

What is "there is/there are"?

200

The largest city in South Africa

What is Johannesburg?

200

The author who wrote this book partly based on his own life

Who is Sherman Alexie?
200

A type of instructional text used in cooking

What is a recipe?

200

The heroine of "The Hunger Games"

Who is Katniss Everdeen?

200

A group of words giving a complete thought, starting with a capital letter and ending with a full stop, a question mark, or an exclamation mark.

What is a sentence?

300

A system for racial segregation, used from 1948 to the 1990s

What is Apartheid?
300

Junior's romantic interest in the book

Who is Penelope?

300

Someone who refuses to eat meat, for ethical, religious, political or health reasons

What is a vegetarian?

300

Another word for a personal hero (someone you look up to)

What is a role model?

300

A type of text that consists of dialogue and direction for a film or play

What is a script?

400

The number of capitals in South Africa

What is three?

400

The group of Native Americans that Junior belongs to

The Spokane tribe

400

The Scottish national dish, made from the intestines of a sheep

What is Haggis?

400

A popular formula for Heroic stories in fiction

What is "the Hero's journey?"

400

The final paragraph of an essay

What is a conclusion?

500

An island outside of Cape Town where political prisoners were held in maximum security for much of the 1900's

What is Robben Island?

500

Minerals that have replaced and taken the shape of  (a piece of) a tree

What is petrified wood?

500

A measurement often used for cooking in English, meaning 2,36 dl.

What is a cup?

500

A mission with a series of obstacles that the hero of a story has to overcome.

What is a quest?

500

A book of translations of words between two languages, in alphabetical order

What is a bilingual dictionary?

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