Which of the following “Scandipop” groups does NOT hail from a Nordic country?

Which of the following is NOT the capital city of the African country mentioned?

Treatment of light and shade in a drawing:

The alphabet and script (lettering) used in many Slavic countries is known as:

Study of the origins of words:

Study of the physical properties and processes of planets:

A cordial syrup made from pomegranates is:

What is the colour of the Gs in the Google logo?

The brightly-coloured bird found in Central America that was known to the Aztecs is the:

Which of the following lists gives the current, official names of Dar es Salaam, Salisbury, Madras and Bombay respectively?

Which country had the world’s largest, proven oil reserves in 2019?

Which group of nations in the world has the highest, per capita consumption of coffee?

Of the 10 longest rivers in the world, 6 are on this continent. Which one is it?

The world’s busiest airport is:

The first country to win the Soccer World Cup TWICE.

The nation that never (or has never ) won the Soccer World Cup.

In World Cup Rugby, the Springboks have never lost to this nation’s team:

The 2023 Rugby World Cup will be held in:

Who were the first Rugby World Cup winners and when was the event first held?

The year in which the first modern Olympics were held in Athens.

A city which has never hosted the modern Olympic Games.

In the 1^st Test vs England in 2012, he was the first South African (Proteas) batsman to record a score of over 300 runs in a test match.

The composer of Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major (Op. 55), also known as “the Eroica Symphony”.

The longest-running number one hit song on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 chart for 2018.

Experts are fond of compiling lists e.g. of best-selling novels etc. Which of the following “young adult” books has sold the most copies?

Place these four Harry Potter stories in increasing order of all-time sales: Harry Potter and the …

(1) Chamber of Secrets.

(2) Goblet of Fire.

(3) Philosopher’s Stone.

(4) Deathly Hollows.

The best-selling novel of all time.

The all-time, best-selling, female author writing in English.

In 1953 the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Arthur Miller, published a play about the 1692-3 “witch trials” in Salem, Massachusetts. The play was …

Which of the following works is INCORRECTLY linked to the stated creed or ideology?

The 1999 Booker Prize for the best novel went to “Disgrace”, by which South African author?

An expression that is derived from the sport of boxing and describes when someone has given up and cannot go on any longer is:

To a numismatist (student and collector of coins) the two sides of a coin are known as the:

Which of these famous paintings is INCORRECTLY attributed below?

Which one of these works is displayed at the Museo Reina Sofia art museum in Madrid, Spain?

Comic book heroes and superheroes often have normal, everyday guises which hide their crime-busting personas.

Which of the following is NOT entirely correct?

The formula: Edges = Vertices + Faces - 2 (or E=V+F-2) applies to solid shapes like the cube and the tetrahedron and is attributed to which mathematician?

Which set of place names has NOT been immortalised in the naming of elements of the periodic table?

The correctly described constellation name amongst the following is …

A.

B.

C. )

Which bone of the body is the highest (off the ground) when a human being is standing?

All of the following are types of tape for binding or securing objects. Which is the weakest i.e. which one is the easiest to tear or break?

Which of these four people did NOT win both of the Nobel Prizes listed after their name?

Which of the following was NOT invented by South Africans?

The first female fashion designer to launch a perfume (fragrance) bearing her name.

Oil is sold by the standard barrel, the volume of which is …

Rock guitarist Frank Zappa named his daughters Moon Unit and Diva Muffin Zappa.

Which of the following celebrity child names is INCORRECT?

Which of the following is NOT an old musical instrument?

Which two spices are known, respectively, as the “king and queen of spices”?

Which of the following is NOT an edible legume or “pulse”?

Which of the following is NOT a variety of commonly eaten bean?

Known as “The Great Liberator”, this man’s memory is revered in many South American countries for having freed them from Spanish domination. Who was he?

His nickname is “Birdman” and he is the world’s most influential athlete in the new, extreme sport of skateboarding. His surname is also the name of a bird. What bird?

What is the other common name for the bird that is also known as the “Lammergeier”?

The variety of South African birds now known as lapwings were formerly known as …

The Indian author of “The Golden Gate”, “A Suitable Boy” and “An Equal Music” is:

Which airline can be regarded as the effective national carrier of Russia?

What was the name of the rebellion against foreign influence in China from 1899-1901?

How many MPs sit in the South African Parliament i.e. how many seats are contested in the national elections held every 5 years?

Which of the following metropolitan municipalities is INCORRECTLY linked to the stated city?

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