South Africa lies at the southern tip of Africa, between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
This quiz asks 20 questions about South African food, symbols, places, history and famous South Africans.
One run asks 20 questions from a bank of 40, so two runs do not ask the same set.
How to play
- Each round shows one question and four answers. Tap the answer you think is right.
- You have three lives. Each wrong answer costs one life.
- After each answer, the game shows a short explanation of the right answer.
- The quiz saves your best score and best time.
What counts in this quiz
- The bank holds 40 questions about South Africa: food, drink, symbols, geography, history, people, film, music, science, business, sport, language, society, nature.
- Every question has exactly one right answer among the four options.
What's not included, and why
- Facts that change with the news are not in the bank. The quiz asks no questions about sitting politicians or the rankings of today.
- Questions that need a map, such as naming every region of South Africa, live in the map quizzes.
Good to know
- South Africa has three capital cities: Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein.
- The world's first human heart transplant took place in Cape Town in 1967.
- The Vredefort crater in South Africa is the largest confirmed impact crater on Earth.
- South Africa has hosted the football, rugby and cricket World Cups.