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What discovery led to Johannesburg's founding in 1886?
Answer: Gold
Why: The Witwatersrand, the ridge where the gold was found, also gave the rand currency its name.
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What is South Africa's most common home language?
Answer: Zulu
Why: Census 2022 found 24.4% speak Zulu most often at home, against 8.7% for English.
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Where does South Africa's Constitutional Court sit?
Answer: Johannesburg
Why: It stands on Constitution Hill, a former prison complex where both Gandhi and Mandela were held.
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Which Indian leader lived in South Africa for 21 years?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
Why: His method of nonviolent resistance, satyagraha, took shape in Johannesburg in 1906.
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Where was J. R. R. Tolkien born?
Answer: Bloemfontein
Why: At the age of three, he sailed to England with his mother and brother in 1895.
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What animal is Mapungubwe's famous gold figurine?
Answer: Rhinoceros
Why: Its body is gold foil pressed over a wooden core and held in place with tiny gold nails.