Nelson Mandela Trivia
Dive into Mandela madness: from 1918 beginnings to Nobel cheers, show you're savvy on the anti-apartheid icon with a wink.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
In South Africa, April 27 marks the anniversary of the first democratic, non-racial elections in 1994. What national holiday is observed on that date?
Freedom Day
While imprisoned on Robben Island, which language did Nelson Mandela learn to build rapport with his warders?
Afrikaans
In 1941, after defying an arranged marriage planned by his guardian, to which South African city did the young law student flee with his cousin Justice?
Johannesburg
In which year did the National Party’s election victory usher in South Africa’s formal apartheid era?
1948
While he was imprisoned, his push for inmate education led to what enduring nickname for the facility?
Robben Island University