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Quiz #202: 22 - 29 October

Test your general knowledge and have some fun with our latest quiz, which you can complete online here.

 

Here are the answers to the quiz that appeared in the 11 October edition of finweek.

 

1. Name the Johannesburg suburb in which violence recently erupted after an innocent bystander was killed during an alleged gang-related gunfight.

Westbury

 

2. James Allison and Tasuku Honjo won the 2018 Nobel Medicine Prize for their research into fighting which disease?

Cancer

 

3. True or False? Following an earthquake on 28 September, a tsunami hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island.

True

 

4. Which international soccer player has recently been accused of rape?

Cristiano Ronaldo

 

5. True or False? It is now legal to be in possession of cannabis, so long as it be for private use, and used in private.

True

 

6. Which member of the ANC’s so-called Top Five has been accused of being involved in a plot to oust President  Cyril Ramaphosa?

Ace Magashule

 

7. True or False? Elon Musk remains the chairperson and CEO of Tesla.

False

 

8. How many clients does Capitec Bank currently have?

10.5m

 

9. A new trade agreement between the US, Canada and one other country was recently announced. Name the third country.

Mexico

 

BONUS QUESTION IN MAGAZINE

 

The financial services group Alexander Forbes recently announced the dismissal of its CEO. Name this CEO.

Andrew Darfoor

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