OLD MUTUAL SCHOOLS QUIZ
PROVINCIAL KNOCKOUT QUESTIONS
ROUND 8
SPELLINGS
1. Please spell S-H-A-N-G-A-N-I, a farming settlement in Zimbabwe
2. Please spell E-I-F-F-E-L F-L-A-T-S, a village in Zimbabwe
3. Please spell L-O-K-I-C-H-O-G-I-O, a district in Kenya
4. Please spell the name for the national capital city of Tanzania (Answer is
D-O-D-O-M-A) Common mistake is to think Dar es Salaam is the
capital.
HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY
1. Which African country has a calendar with 13 months? ETHIOPIA
2. Who was the first black person to manufacturer cars? Fredrick Douglas
Patterson (between 1915 and 1919)
3. By how many hours is Zimbabwe ahead of Senegal? 2 hours
4. What is the official language spoken in Cape Verde, French or
Portuguese? PORTUGUESE
SCIENCE AND NATURE
1. The largest known spider in the world is named after which biblical
character? GOLIATH
2. Which planet in the solar system is thought to weigh two and a half times
the weight of all other planets combined? JUPITER
3. What name is given to the lowest layer on the atmosphere?
TROPOSPHERE
4. The introduction of undesirable substances into the environment is
called? POLLUTION
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1. Name the recently-launched book in Zimbabwe meant to pool together
useful facts about Africa and its people for purposes of information
dissemination, education, reference, statistics and documentation?
AFRICA FACTBOOK
2. The Lauca Dame is a gravity dam currently being constructed in which
Southern African country? ANGOLA
3. China recently signed an agreement with which African country to build
a 600 mega watt atomic reactor? SUDAN
4. Which company in Zimbabwe is the largest provider of financial services
which includes insurance and banking? OLD MUTUAL
