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Global “30 Seconds Core” Knowledge
100

This former South African president spent 27 years in prison before becoming president.

Who is Nelson Mandela?

100

This mountain overlooks Cape Town and appears on countless postcards

What is Table Mountain

100

This wizard attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Who is Harry Potter

100

South Africa's national rugby team

Who are the Springboks

100

This is the largest planet in our solar system

What is Jupiter

200

This Nobel Peace Prize winner was known as "The Arch.

Who is Desmond Tutu

200

This waterfall on the Zambezi River is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World

What is Victoria Falls

200

This blue alien race inhabits Pandora in Avatar

What are the Na'vi

200

Scoring three goals in one game earns this term.

What is a hat-trick

200

This is the name of the process where water moves through a semi-permeable membrane from a less concentrated solution to a more concentrated one

What is osmosis

300

This South African comedian hosts The Daily Show and wrote Born a Crime

Who is Trevor Noah

300

This ancient wonder was built as a tomb for Pharaoh Khufu

What is the Great Pyramid of Giza

300

This actor portrayed Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Who is Robert Downey Jr.

300

This Argentinian won the 2022 FIFA World Cup as captain

Who is Lionel Messi?

300

Who made theory that explains how species evolve over time through natural selection and was published in On the Origin of Species

Who is Charles Darwin

400

This golfer nicknamed "The Big Easy" won four major championships

Who is Ernie Els

400

This giant canyon in Arizona was carved by the Colorado River.

What is the Grand Canyon

400

Walter White's criminal alias in Breaking Bad

Who is Heisenberg

400

This Formula 1 circuit is nicknamed "The Green Hell.

What is the Nürburgring?

400

This empire was ruled by Julius Caesar and later Augustus

What is the Roman Empire

500

This surgeon performed the world's first successful human heart transplant

Who is Christiaan Barnard

500

This prehistoric stone monument sits on Salisbury Plain in England

What is Stonehenge

500

This director made Jaws, Jurassic Park, E.T., and Schindler's List

Who is Steven Spielberg

500

This South African swimmer has won multiple Olympic gold medals, including at Rio 2016

Who is Chad le Clos?

500

This war ended in 1945 and reshaped global politics for decades

What is World War II?