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Previous quiz’s answers:
Part 1:
1. Name the company the online retailer Kalahari merged with.
Takealot.com
2. Name the local company that is partnering with Starbucks to bring the coffeehouse chain to South Africa.
Taste Holdings
3. Who is Minenhle Makhanya?
The architect behind Nkandla
4. True or false? The author of To Kill a Mockingbird, Scott Lee, published a sequel.
False, the writer of To Kill a Mockingbird is Harper Lee.
5. True or false? Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair was a speaker at the 2015 Mining Indaba.
True.
6. Which country won the 2015 Afcon tournament?
Ivory Coast
7. Which news agency first received leaks from South Africa’s intelligence community, now known as the Spy Cables?
Al Jazeera
8. Who is or was Boris Nemtsov?
A Russian opposition leader
9. Which South African musician was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE)?
Johnny Clegg
Part 2:
10. Where is Steyn City, which is currently under construction, situated?
Near Fourways
11. True or false? The name of the newest addition to the British royal family is Victoria.
False, her name is Charlotte.
12. Who is Manny Pacquiao?
A Filipino boxer
13. From which country is Mick Fanning, the surfer who was attacked by a shark at the J-Bay Open?
Australia
14. What does the website AshleyMadison.com specialise in?
Matching up married people who want to have affairs
15. What thrust Martin Shkreli into the media spotlight?
His move to increase the price of a life-saving drug by over 5 000%
16. Name the Asian city that was forced to scrap its Olympics 2020 logo amidst plagiarism allegations.
Tokyo
17. Which stationery company drew harsh criticism for its sexist Women’s Day ad?
Bic
18. True or false? Roger Federer won the 2015 Wimbledon championship.
False, Novak Djokovic won.
Bonus questions in magazine:
19. Who directed the film Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens?
JJ Abrams
20. Of which town was former finance minister David ‘Des’ van Rooyen mayor?
Khutsong
Bonus question in magazine:
10. In which country is this year’s Dakar Rally taking place?
Argentina (and/or Bolivia)
