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Name of today's monarch sitting on the English throne.

King Charles III

100

Who was South Africa's first democratically elected president?

Nelson Mandela

100

They settled in the region of London in 43CE

the Romans

100

The stylistic device in "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers".

Alliteration

100

Winner of the most recent Eurovision Song Contenst.

Nemo / Switzerland

200

3 sports that are particularly popular in Britain.

football / cricket / tennis / rugby

200

Common nickname of Nelson Mandela

Madiba

200

Name of the famous stone monument in England that was built by ancient druids.

Stonehenge

200

A question to which the answer is obvious (and redundant).

Rhetorical question

200

Name of the 5th planet in our solar system.

Jupiter

300

Current British Prime Minister

Rishi Sunak

300

When were the first apartheid laws enacted?

1948

300

The first territory claimed for the English crown on the American continent

Newfoundland

300

The stylistic device that shows two sides of a topic.

Contrast

300

Explain the generation gap.

..."when older and younger people do not understand each other because of their different experiences..." (Cambridge Dictionary)

400

Number of members of parliament in the House of Commons

650

400

The name of the township Trevor Noah lived in for most of his childhood.

Soweto

400

The year when women in the UK (and Germany) got the right to vote.

1918

400

What do you call a group of people who share a unique set of linguistic features?

Speech community

400

The main tasks of the House of Lords in the UK.

Debate legislation and amend (add/change) or reject bills.

500

Who were the leaders of the campaigns to leave the EU?

Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage

500

Jeopardy! Guess the distance between London (UK) and Johannisburg (S.A.) in hours of flight. The closest guess wins this round.

~11 hours

500

When and by whom was the Magna Carta signed?

1215 by John, King of England

500

The number of official languages in South Africa.

11

500

The smallest member of the European Union.

Malta

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