Famous cities and landmarks
Test your grammar
Famous foods!
Cocktails and drinks
South African facts
100
Where is this iconic landmark ?
Machu Pichu, Peru
100
Name any 2 pronouns (50 points for each):
I, me, he, she, herself, you, it, that, they, each, few, many, who, whoever, whose, someone, everybody.
< any 2 of these>
100
Name this food:
Paella! .....country of origin (Spain)
100
Name this cocktail!
Bloody Mary! ......
100
How many official languages does South Africa have?
Eleven official languages:
- English, Afrikaans, Venda, isiXhosa, Zulu, Swati, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho, Tsonga (don't confuse Tsonga with Tshwane)
< side note, I think a case can be made for Tamil haha>
200
Which city is this?
Casablanca, Morocco (One of two 'blue' cities...the other is Santorini, Greece)
200
Convert the following sentence to the future continuous :
'I had walked.'
Convert the following sentence to the future continuous :
'I had walked.' (past perfect)
'I will be walking.' (future continuous)
200
Name this food!
Nasi Goreng (...popular in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore!)
200
Name that cocktail!
Pina Colada!
(.....'If you like piiiiina colaaadas....getting caught in the rain') .... <everybody knows the song, but sadly not the cocktail>
200
What is the national bird of South Africa?
The Blue Crane
(Everybody knows the Springboks).
300
Where is this iconic landmark?
The Terracotta Army, Xi'An, China
300
Name the past participle for the following verbs
(100 points per conversion):
1) hide
2) forget
3) know
4) drive
5) keep
(100 points for each)
Answers:
Answers:
300
Name this dish :
Jiaozi or Wonton (dumplings!)
300
Name that cocktail!
Cosmopolitan
(1 1/2 oz Vodka Citron, 1 oz Cranberry juice, 1/2 oz Cointreau, 1/2 oz Fresh lime juice)
<garnished with a lime or citrus wheel>
300
Where in South Africa is the world's highest bridge bungee?
Bloukrans, Western Cape
(It's a 216m jump. A Guinness world record)
400
Which city is this?
Taipei, Taiwan
400
Can you name 4 auxiliary verbs for 'to do': (100 points for each)
For example : to be (am, is, are, was, were, being, been, will be)
- To Be: am, is, are, was, were, being, been, will be.
- To Have: has, have, had, having, will have.
- To Do: does, do, did, will do.
400
Name this dish :
Butter chicken, basmati rice & naan
400
This is a Moscow mule. What goes in a Moscow mule?
Ginger beer, vodka, lime juice... (garnished with mint and lime slices).
400
How many capital cities does South Africa have?
Three! Cape Town (Legislative), Pretoria (Administrative), and Bloemfontein (Judicial).
(Sorry Joburg!)
500
Can you recognise this city?
Doha, Qatar.
500
What conditional is this?
"If I hadn't eaten so much, I wouldn't have felt sick."
Third conditional !
"If I hadn't eaten so much, I wouldn't have felt sick."
(but I did eat a lot, and so I did feel sick).
Form:
- if + past perfect, ...would + have + past participle
(C'mon guys!!... We should know this by now! LOL)
500
What's this?
Macarons! .....(it's French)
500
What goes inside a mojito?
Mint leaves, lime juice, soda water (club soda), white rum, granulated sugar + fresh lime (optional).
500
How many UNESCO Heritage sites are in South Africa?
(If you can correctly name them, you get 100 points for each one)....< don't use google! hehe>
CULTURAL
- Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs (1999) (aka The Cradle of Humankind)
- Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (2003)
- Robben Island (1999)
- Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape (2007)
- Khomani Cultural Landscape (2017)
MIXED
- UKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park (2000)
NATURAL
- Cape Floral Region Protected Areas (2004).... (Table Mountain falls part of this).
- Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park (1999)
- Vredefort Dome (2005)
- Barberton Makhonjwa Mountain Land (2018)
<If you didn't know, now you know>