Science
This term refers to any animal that eats both plants and animals
Omnivore
This stimulant chemical compound is naturally found in coffee beans, tea leaves, and cacao pods, acting as a natural pesticide for the plants.
Caffeine
This iconic national rugby union team made history by winning back-to-back world titles, defeating New Zealand 12-11 in the 2023 final.
Springboks (South Africa)
This colossal African waterfall, located on the Zambezi River at the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, is locally known as Mosi-oa-Tunya ("The Smoke That Thunders").
Victoria Falls
This 2022 legacy sequel, starring Tom Cruise as a veteran naval aviator, soared past $1.4 billion worldwide to become the biggest hit of his career.
Top Gun: Maverick
Stated by a famous apple-dropping physicist, his first law of motion dictates that an object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an external force.
Sir Isaac Newton
This classic Italian sauce from Genoa traditionally consists of crushed garlic, pine nuts, coarse salt, basil leaves, and hard cheese blended with olive oil.
Pesto
This legendary flanker made history in 2019 by becoming the first Black captain to lift the Webb Ellis Cup for South Africa.
Siya Kolisi
This European capital city is famous for its ancient landmarks like the Colosseum, the Pantheon, and Trevi Fountain.
Rome
This actor played the iconic character of Wolverine for over two decades, most recently co-starring in the 2024 smash hit Deadpool & Wolverine.
Hugh Jackman
This powerful protein, the most abundant in the human body, is the main structural component of connective tissues like skin and tendons.
Collagen
This culinary process involves plunging food, usually vegetables, into boiling water and then immediately into ice water to stop the cooking.
Blanching
This legendary track star stunned the world at the 2016 Rio Olympics by shattering Michael Johnson's 17-year-old world record in the 400-metre sprint from lane eight.
Wayde van Niekerk
This Asian city-state is uniquely both a country and its own capital city, located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula.
Singapore
This 2023 blockbuster, directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Margot Robbie, became the highest-grossing film of the year globally.
Barbie
Formulated by Albert Einstein, this iconic equation expresses the equivalence of mass and energy as E = mc².
Theory of relativity
This unique visual effect, characterized by streaks of intramuscular fat running through a cut of beef, heavily influences its tenderness and grading.
Marbling
By capturing gold in the 100m breaststroke and silver in the 200m breaststroke at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, she officially retired as South Africa's most decorated Olympian.
Tatjana Smith (formerly Schoenmaker)
This Nordic island nation is famous for its dramatic volcanic landscape, hot springs, geysers, and capital city of Reykjavík.
Iceland
This prestigious Hollywood ceremony, held annually at the Dolby Theatre, celebrated its milestone 98th edition in early 2026 to honour the best films of the prior year.
Academy Awards (Oscars)
These air sacs, located at the end of the bronchioles, are the exact site of oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange in the lungs.
Alveoli
This stretchy protein matrix forms when wheat flour is mixed with water and kneaded, giving dough its elasticity and structure.
Gluten
He holds the record for the fastest century in One Day International (ODI) cricket history, smashing 100 runs off just 31 balls against the West Indies in 2015.
AB De Villiers
This line of 0 degrees longitude, which passes through Greenwich, England, serves as the starting point for measuring distances east and west around the globe.
Prime Meridian
This iconic sci-fi franchise created by George Lucas released its first film in 1977, subtitled A New Hope.
Star Wars