Friday Challenge: From Bafana Bafana to the Sardine Run – can you score 20 out of 20?

Stretch your grey matter and answer these questions.

1 What was the score in Bafana Bafana’s last FIFA World Cup 2026 match?

4 What is the significance of the match?

7 Michaelangelo’s world-famous painting, Mona Lisa, hangs in the Louvre. Where in the world is that?

8 Who, this month, became the world’s first trillionaire?

9 Which river marks the boundary of Zululand?

10 How many Zulu kings have there been since Shaka kaSenzangakhona?

12 What is the capital of KwaZulu-Natal?

13 What is the most popular brand of motor vehicle in South Africa?

14 In which South African province would you find the Blyde River Canyon?

15 What is the most populous country in Africa?

16 Which woman won the Comrades Marathon for a fifth time this year?

17 What is the name for a doctor who specialises in heart surgery?

19 How old is the Earth (hint: answer on this page)?

20 Which annual marine migration is expected off the coast of KwaZulu-Natal next month?

1 1-0. 2 South Korea. 3 Atlanta, Georgia, in the US. 4 Bafana advanced to the second round for the first time. 5 Canada, in Los Angeles. 6 Honey. 7 Paris, France. 8 Elon Musk. 9 The Thukela (Tugela) River. 10 Eight. 11 Dingane kaSenzangakhona, Mpande kaSenzangakhona, Cetshwayo kaMpande, Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo, Solomon kaDinuzulu, Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon, Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, Misuzulu Sinqobile kaZwelithini. 12 Pietermaritzburg. 13 Toyota (followed by Suzuki, Volkswagen, Hyundai, and Ford). 14 Mpumalanga. 15 Nigeria (one in every six Africans live there). 16 Gerda Steyn. 17 A cardiologist. 18 The study of birds. 19 4.54 billion years. 20 The Sardine Run.