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Quiz about Rabbitt Other South African Music

Rabbitt & Other South African Music Quiz

Definitely for more mature South African players.

A multiple-choice quiz by gillyz. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
gillyz

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
297,745

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
116

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Question 1 of 10

1. In the mid 1960s this group had a hit with "Timothy" and in 1968 overseas success with "Master Jack". Who were they? Hint

The Dealions

Mango Groove

Rabbitt

4 Jacks and a Jill

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was the name of Trevor Rabin's fox terrier? Hint

Charlie

Foxy

Jack

Fido

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was the name of the bookshop in the Rabbitt song of the same name? Hint

Hingly's

Bingley's

Dingley's

Jingley's

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Question 4 of 10

4. Where, according to the Rabbitt lyrics, did the people "go to school as the English did"? Hint

Pietermaritzburg

Durban

Johannesburg

Cape Town

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which South African artist is famous for his red "vellies"? Hint

Nataniel

Trevor Rabin

David Kramer

Kurt Darren

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Question 6 of 10

6. Where did "die manne" sit in the David Kramer song? Hint

in church

at a rugby match

in the Royal Hotel

at a braai

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Question 7 of 10

7. In what year did Bles Bridges pass away? Hint

2002

1998

2004

2000

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which South African Country and Western singer had a hit in South Africa with "Gentle on my Mind"? Hint

Kurt Darren

Ken J Larkin

Bles Bridges

Bobby Angel

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which legendary black songbird sang "Mama Themba's Wedding"? Hint

Yvonne Chaka Chaka

Brenda Fazi

Margaret Singana

Miriam Makeba

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who sang "World in Union", the theme song to the 1995 Rugby World Cup, when it was held in South Africa for the first time? Hint

Clare Johnstone

Amore

Mimi Coertsee

P J Powers

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In the mid 1960s this group had a hit with "Timothy" and in 1968 overseas success with "Master Jack". Who were they?

Answer: 4 Jacks and a Jill

On the same day that the final words were penned to "Timothy", 6 September 1966, Prime Minister Verwoerd was assassinated in Parliament.

2. What was the name of Trevor Rabin's fox terrier?

Answer: Charlie

Who could forget Lady Marmalade, his ginger cat. The first teen sensation band in South Africa who had screaming girls throwing things on to the stage. Their music was way ahead of its time, especially in South Africa, which was still reasonably conservative. Trevor Rabin went on to Hollywood to write music scores for movies including "Con Air".

3. What was the name of the bookshop in the Rabbitt song of the same name?

Answer: Dingley's

"Dingley's Bookshop" inspired a South African produced sitcom of the same name starring the evergreen Ekard Rabe.

4. Where, according to the Rabbitt lyrics, did the people "go to school as the English did"?

Answer: Pietermaritzburg

"Dingley's Bookshop". Pietermaritzburg is the administrative capital of Kwazulu-Natal province, previously Natal which was also known as the last outpost of the British Empire.

5. Which South African artist is famous for his red "vellies"?

Answer: David Kramer

"Vellies" is an abbreviation for "veldskoen" which is a colloquial name for rough, hand made leather shoes worn by farmers, and others, in South Africa. David Kramer had a pair of very fine RED ones.

6. Where did "die manne" sit in the David Kramer song?

Answer: in the Royal Hotel

"Hier sit die manne in die Royal Hotel" A typical scene from many small, dusty "dorps" was the older men of the town sitting on the verandah of the local hotel gossiping.

7. In what year did Bles Bridges pass away?

Answer: 2000

A year of "official" mourning for the blue-rinse brigade. Bles Bridges was the darling of all elderly Afrikaans ladies, hence the reference to "blue rinse".

8. Which South African Country and Western singer had a hit in South Africa with "Gentle on my Mind"?

Answer: Bobby Angel

He was born Robert Engelsman, but Bobby Angel is how we will always remember this craggy, good looking crooner. He is probably the closest to a country musician that we saw in South Africa.

9. Which legendary black songbird sang "Mama Themba's Wedding"?

Answer: Margaret Singana

The massive hit song from the 1974 musical "Ipi ntombi", which literally translates as "where's the girl?" about a young man who leaves his home, and his girl, to seek work on the mines in Johannesburg. A nation mourned in April 2000 when this legendary songstress passed away aged only 63.

10. Who sang "World in Union", the theme song to the 1995 Rugby World Cup, when it was held in South Africa for the first time?

Answer: P J Powers

P J Powers has always been a favourite of South Africans, but this time she sealed her popularity with South Africa winning the World Cup on home soil.

Source: Author gillyz

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