Playing the Enemy

Who was the president of South Africa in 1994?

• Nelson Mandela

• Thabo Mbeki

• Francois Pienaar

• Jacob Zuma

What was the system called that discriminated against black people in South Africa?

• Discrimination

• Apartheid

• Integration

• Segregation

Which sport did Nelson Mandela choose to bring people closer together?

• Rugby

• Football

• Tennis

• Cricket

What was the final score at the end of the first 40 minutes in the final game of the 1995 Rugby World Cup?

• 6-6 tied

• 9-6 in favor of South Africa

• 9-9 tied

• 6-9 in favor of New Zealand

What did the crowd chant when Nelson Mandela stepped onto the field before the final game?

• One Team, One Country!

• We love Mandela!

• Go South Africa!

• Nel-son! Nel-son!

What did Francois Pienaar say to his teammates before the end of the game?

• We need to win for ourselves.

• Let's give up, we can't win.

• We can't lose this game.

• Play for those people. We have to do this for South Africa.

What did the prisoners do when they met the Springbok players?

• They sang a song for the players.

• They challenged the players to a game.

• They refused to talk to the players.

• They asked for forgiveness.

What did the Springboks have to do to make people remember the final game?

• They had to score the first goal.

• They had to entertain the crowd.

• They had to win it.

• They had to play fair.

What did the team members see when they took a trip to the prison island where Mandela had been in captivity?

• The cell where Mandela had to stay for 27 years.

• The cell where the All Blacks were kept.

• The cell where Pienaar had been in captivity.

• The cell where the prisoners were kept.

What did the better performance of the Springboks lead to in South Africa?

• More and more people began to wave the old national flag.

• More and more people began to lose interest in sports.

• More and more people began to wave their new national flag, which meant the real end of apartheid.

• More and more people began to support foreign teams.