90 Nelson Mandela Trivia Questions with Answers
90 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which Indian civilian honor did Nelson Mandela receive in 1990?
Answer
Bharat Ratna
What honor did the United States Congress award Nelson Mandela in 1998?
Answer
Congressional Gold Medal
Which prison in Cape Town held Nelson Mandela after his transfer from Robben Island in 1982?
Answer
Pollsmoor Prison
Which 2013 film features Idris Elba portraying Nelson Mandela?
Answer
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
What was the name of Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo’s Johannesburg law firm?
Answer
Mandela and Tambo
Which organization did Nelson Mandela help found in 1944?
Answer
ANC Youth League
Which South African political party did Nelson Mandela lead to victory in 1994?
Answer
African National Congress
From which prison was Nelson Mandela released on 11 February 1990?
Answer
Victor Verster Prison
Who was Nelson Mandela’s first wife?
Answer
Evelyn Mase
What was the name of the 1952 mass protest led by Nelson Mandela and the ANC?
Answer
Defiance Campaign
At which school did Nelson Mandela cast his vote in South Africa’s first democratic national election?
Answer
Ohlange High School
What was the name of Nelson Mandela’s anti-apartheid armed wing?
Answer
Umkhonto we Sizwe
Which university did Nelson Mandela attend before leaving after a student protest in 1940?
Answer
University of Fort Hare
At which Johannesburg farm was Nelson Mandela’s underground headquarters raided in 1963?
Answer
Liliesleaf Farm
Which South African honor did Nelson Mandela become the first recipient of in 2002?
Answer
Order of Mapungubwe
Which speech did Nelson Mandela deliver from the dock at the Rivonia Trial in 1964?
Answer
I Am Prepared to Die
Which university awarded Nelson Mandela an LLB degree in 1989?
Answer
University of South Africa
Which organization elected Nelson Mandela as its president in 1991?
Answer
African National Congress
How many years did Nelson Mandela spend on Robben Island?
Answer
18 years
Where was Nelson Mandela inaugurated as South Africa’s president in 1994?
Answer
Union Buildings
What is the title of Nelson Mandela’s autobiography?
Answer
Long Walk to Freedom
Who shared the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela?
Answer
F. W. de Klerk
Which island prison held Nelson Mandela for 18 years?
Answer
Robben Island
What was Nelson Mandela’s original given name?
Answer
Rolihlahla
On what date was Nelson Mandela born?
Answer
18 July 1918