AFRITHON FACT SHEET

NB!! These are the only answers you need to learn.... the questions and answers have been researched on the internet from various sources.

1. I am the largest living being in the world, and I weigh more than thirty elephants. I live in the oceans and I love sea food. What am I?

BLUE WHALE

2. I am a pure vegetarian, but most people think I eat anything that moves. I spend most of my time sleeping, and resting in shallow parts of ponds, lakes and rivers. Since I am heavy, I don't float to the surface of the water. I can swim fast, walk on the river bed and remain submerged for as long as 10 minutes at a time. What am I?

HIPPOPOTAMUS

3. When do leopards hunt?

AT NIGHT

4. What is our country's national animal?

THE SPRINGBOK

5. What does our National flag look like?

6. What is an impala?

AFRICAN ANTELOPE WITH CURVED HORNS; MOVES WITH ENORMOUS LEAPS

7. Who is the present South African President?

PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA

8. What is the South African rugby team called?

THE SPRINGBOKS

9. What is a vuvuzela?

A PLASTIC TRUMPET LIKE OBJECT ABOUT A METER LONG THAT SOUTH AFRICAN SOCCER FANS BLOW AT SOCCER MATCHES

10. How many national anthems does South Africa have?

ONE

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11. What is the national flower of our country?
THE GIANT OR KING PROTEA

12. What is South Africa's national fish?
GALJOEN –ONLY FOUND ALONG SOUTH AFRICAN COAST LINE

13. What is our national tree?
THE REAL YELLOWWOOD (GRADE 7: PODOCARPUS LATIFOLIUS)

14. Who is the main hunter in the lion pride?
THE FEMALE

15. What does “Sawubona” mean?
GREETING – HELLO

16. How many official languages are spoken in South Africa?
ELEVEN

17. How do warthogs enter their burrows?
BACKWARDS SO THAT THEY ARE IN A POSITION TO ATTACK

18. What is a Genet?
A BEAUTIFUL CAT-LIKE ANIMAL THAT SLEEPS BY DAY AMONG LOOSE BOULDERS AT THE FOOT OF THE CLIFFS, EMERGING AT NIGHT TO FEED ON RATS, LIZARDS AND BIRDS WHICH IT OFTEN HUNTS BY SCENT. WHEN CORNERED, THE GENET LETS OUT A NAUSEATING MUSKY SMELL.

19. What is the national bird of South Africa?
THE BLUE CRANE (GRADE 7: ANTHROPOIDES PARADISE)

20. What is the South African currency?
RANDS

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21. Who is Johnny Clegg?
SOUTH AFRICAN SINGER/SONG WRITER

22. Where is Table Mountain?
IN CAPE TOWN

23. Why is the white rhino so called?
THIS ENGLISH NAME ORIGINATED AS A PHONETIC FORM OF THE DESCRIPTIVE DUTCH SETTLERS' NAME "WYD", WHICH MEANS "WIDE", REFERRING TO ITS WIDE, SQUARE MUZZLE.

24. Where is the Kruger National Park?
IN SOUTH AFRICA

25. How long can a crocodile go without food?
6 to 8 MONTHS

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26. It weighs in at a hefty 700kg and clicks as it walks ... it is Africa's biggest antelope - what is it?
ELAND

27. Gary Player is famous for which sport?
GOLF

28. What are the big five animals of Africa?
LION, BUFFALO, LEOPARD, RHINO AND ELEPHANT

29. What does “Baie dankie” mean?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN AFRIKAANS

30. Which commonly seen bird in Southern Africa has a head shaped like a hammer?
HAMMERKOP BIRD

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31. What fish is known to travel north between the months of May and July, in their millions, hugging the shore as they make their way up along the coastline?
SARDINES

32. Which city is the capital city of South Africa?
PRETORIA

33. What is Charlise Theron famous for?
FIRST SOUTH AFRICAN ACTRESS TO WIN AN OSCAR

34. Who became the South African President in 1994?
NELSON MANDELA

35. When does a hippo feed?
AT NIGHT

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36. What animal makes this spoor?

LEOPARD

37. How do elephants cool down their body temperatures?
FLAPPING THEIR EARS. STANDING IN THE SHADE. WALLOWING IN WATER.

38. Which animal is the lion’s natural enemy?
MAN AND HYENA

39. Who is Graham Smith?
SOUTH AFRICAN (PROTEA) CRICKET CAPTAIN

40. How many litres of water can an average elephant hold in its trunk?
8,5 LITRES

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41. Who is Bafana Bafana?
SOUTH AFRICAN SOCCER TEAM


42. What animal is the buffalo’s major predator?
MAN AND LIONS

43. What sense of a black rhino is very poorly developed?
POOR EYE SIGHT

44. Everyone knows that South Africa's national animal is a springbok, but what's Zimbabwe's national animal?
SABLE ANTELOPE

45. In which year did Jan van Riebeeck arrive in South Africa?
6 APRIL 1652

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46. What animal makes this spoor?

WARTHOG

47. Who are the Parletones?
SOUTH AFRICAN BAND

48. Who are Ryk Neethling and Roland Schoeman?
SOUTH AFRICAN SWIMMERS

49. What is a group of owls called?
A PARLIAMENT OF OWLS

50. What is the name of Durban's brand new awe-inspiring, 70,000 capacity stadium?
MOSES MABHIDA STADIUM

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