15 Quiz Questions on South Africa Famous People

Complete this Nelson Mandella quote. "The greatest glory in living lies not in never ?, but in ? every time we fall." [-------, ------]

Miriam Makeba South African diva; the Empress of African Song is commonly known as ... ? [M--- A-----]

Rhodesia which later became Northern and Southern Rhodesia and eventually became Zambia and Zimbabwe respectively was founded by ? who owned a company called ? [C---l John R-----,D- -----]

He is famed for performing the world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant in 1967. [Christiaan B------]

Goldblatt, David Born: 29 November 1930, 29 November 1930, Randfontein, South Africa is internationally acclaimed for his work as a ?

 painter
 photographer
 singer
 sprinter

Who painted The House On The Hill, Evening, Dassiehoek, Robertson, The Valley Of The Kaffirkuils. [V. V---------]

Allister Sparks is a veteran South African journalist and author of The Mind of South Africa. His account of the transition from apartheid to democracy is titled [Tomorrow Is ------- C------]

This Nobel Peace Prize winner served as Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town between 1985 and 1995. [Archbishop ------- ----]

This actress in born in 1954 in Upington, Northern Cape is well-known for her role as the Borg Queen in Star Trek: First Contact. [Alice K----]

The towering figure of South Africa's liberation struggle began this autobiography in prison, having pages in tiny writing smuggled out by comrades. In the end, a book was published. What is the title of the book ?

She was a Mozambican politician and humanitarian. Most of all she is recognized for being the only woman in the world to have been first lady of two different countries. Who is she ? [Graca M-----]

He has been President of the African National Congress (ANC) since December 2007 and was crowned 'African President of the Year' in 2009. [----- Z---]

The Madonna of the Townships was a popular recording artist prior to her drug-related death in 2004. [Brenda F-----]

JM Coetzee is two-time Booker Prize winner and a recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in ... ?

 2003
 2004
 2005
 2006

He has been a Teacher, lawyer, President and National Chairperson of the ANC [Oliver Reginald Kaizana T----]