Trevor Noah Trivia
What country is Trevor Noah born in?
South Africa
What is the name of Trevor Noah's abusive stepfather?
Able
What is the term for the segregation and discrimination in South Africa?
apartheid
What did Trevor do when it was raining and decided the flies were too much to handle?
He pooped inside.
What did Trevor's mother teach him that school did not?
How to think
What is Trevor's mother's name?
Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah
What was the name of Trevor's deaf dog?
Fufi
Who was the man who was freed from prison in the 1990s and became the face of hope for South Africans?
Nelson Mandela
He offered loans with interest.
What does Trevor view as the best way to bridge the gap between races?
language
Trevor descended from which South African tribe?
Xhosa
What is Trevor's baby brother's name?
During the times of segregation, South Africans could not leave their homelands with a what?
passport
What happens to Trevor's mother at the end of the book?
The stepfather shot her in the head.
What about the saying, "if you give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll eat for a lifetime" does Trevor Noah have an issue with?
No one ever says that it would be nice if you have him a fishing rod.
What ethnicity is Trevor's father?
Dutch (from Switzerland)
What is the name of Trevor's blind great grandmother?
Koko
law office
What did Trevor do to the white family's house where his future stepfather lived?
He accidentally burned it down.
What realization does Trevor come to about stealing once he see the camera?
He was stealing from PEOPLE. The camera had a face to the item and held valuable memories.
What physical element of Trevor affected him more than the majority around him? (Hint: How was he "the odd one out" almost everywhere he went?)
He is "colored" or "mixed."
What is the name of Trevor's grandfather who has the nickname, "smokin' hot grandpa"?
Temperance
What was the name of the "homelands" or slums that the South Africans lived in?
Bantustans
Why is the book called "Born a Crime"?
The book is a memoir of Trevor Noah who was illegally born of a white man and black woman during apartheid; therefore, Trevor Noah was "born a crime."
What is unique about the contrast in the tone Trevor uses and the content he discusses?
He uses humor and a lighthearted perspective while discussing heavy issues, such as racism, poverty, abuse, etc.