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What year did India declare independency?

1947

100

What were the two continents that Trevor Noah highlighted early on, in which Britain explored to colonize?

Africa & Asia

100

What is the name of the law that was implemented in South Africa by the National Party in 1948?

Apartheid Law

100

Who is an anti-apartheid revolutionary, statesman and philanthropist who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999?

Nelson Mandela

100

How many Anglo-Boer wars happened?

2

First Anglo-Boer war was between 1880-81

Second Anglo-Boer war was between 1899-1902

200

What year did Nelson Mandela become president of South Africa?

1994

200

What is the name that the Trevor Noah created to call India during the conversation?

Great India

200

What is the name of the descendants of the Dutch-speaking settlers of the eastern Cape in Southern Africa during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries?

"Boers"

The name of the group is derived from "boer," which means "farmer" in Dutch and Afrikaans

200

Who is an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule?

Mahatma Gandhi

200

What is the name of the region that India and Pakistan battle for ownership?

Kashmir

300

In what decade did the British East India Company arrive in India?

1750s

300

What is the traditional Indian dish that Trevor Noah mentioned during the show?

Curry

300

What is the name of the company that imposed itself in India?

British East India Company 

300

What is the name of the canal which greatly improved trade between Britain and India?

The Suez Canal

300

What is the name of the massacre that occured in Punjab, due to a protest against the arrest of pro-Indian independence leaders. This massacre is responsible for the deaths of 379 and 1000 people and over 1,200 other people being injured. It occured in 1919.

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre

400

How many years did Nelson Mandela stay in Prison for?

27 years

400

How did Trevor Noah reference horsers later on in the video?

Skinny Cow

400

What is the name of the historical event that Gandhi commenced in 1930?

The Salt March

was an act of civil disobedience led by Mohandas Gandhi to protest British rule in India, regarding mainly on the British Salt Tax

400

What is the name of the South African activist who was killed by the police while being restrained in a jail cell in 1976?

Steve Biko

400

How many people were killed in the event known as Soweto Youth Uprising, in where black students were protesting against apartheid?

600 people

500

In what year was the Apartheid Law implemented?

1948

500

What is the name of at least 1 of the 3 Indian gods that Trevor Noah mentioned?

Shiva, Lakshmi, Hare Krishna 

500

What is the name of the period of British rule on the Indian subcontinent from 1858 to 1947

The British Raj or The Raj

500

What is the name of the big British colony that was founded Dutch East India Company arrived to South Africa in 1652?

Cape Colony 

It was later seized by British forced in 1795


500

What happened at Sharpville, South Africa on the 21nd of March, 1930?

The Sharpeville massacre occurred at the police station in the South African township of Sharpeville in Transvaal. After a day of demonstrations against pass laws, a crowd of about 7,000 protesters went to the police station. It caused the death of 69 people and 180 injured.