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Below are the answers to Quiz #247: 14 December 2020-18 January 2021, which appeared in the 17 December edition of the magazine.
1. On 11 March, the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) breakout was officially labelled as a pandemic. On what date did SA enter the first ‘hard lockdown’?
27 March.
2. True or false? In May, a constitutional court in Taiwan decriminalised adultery.
True.
3. Fill in the missing word. In June, Liverpool FC, won its first Premier League title in years.
Thirty/30.
4. Tsakani Maluleke is the first woman to hold the position of auditor general in South Africa. In what year was SA’s first auditor general office established?
1911.
5. In 2020, Apple became the first US company in history to reach a $2tr market cap, doubling in valuation in just over two years. Who is the company’s CEO?
Tim Cook.
6. On what date did the United Kingdom officially withdraw from the European Union?
23 June 2016.
7. On 4 August, a massive explosion took place at the Beirut port, sparked by the accidental detonation of 2 750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate. Who is the president of Lebanon?
Michael Aoun.
8. True or false? On March 9, the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index suffered its worst single-day point drop ever.
True.
9. Prior to Donald Trump, who was the last single-term US president?
George H.W. Bush.
BONUS QUESTION IN THE MAGAZINE:
On 19 November, former president Jacob Zuma walked out of the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture, with the commission’s spokesperson saying it has yet to lay a charge against Zuma for doing so. Name the spokesperson.
Mbuyiselo Stemela.
