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Windsor High School (Cape Town) - Quiz
  • 1. In which Cape Town suburb is Windsor High School located?
A) Claremont
B) Constantia
C) Rondebosch
D) Lansdowne
  • 2. In what year was Windsor High School first established?
A) 1935
B) 1981
C) 1938
D) 1951
  • 3. What was the school's original name?
A) Lansdowne High
B) Cape Town High
C) Lansdowne Academy
D) Windsor High
  • 4. When did the school move into its current building?
A) 1935
B) 1938
C) 1981
D) 2018
  • 5. In what year was the school renamed from Lansdowne High to Windsor High?
A) 1935
B) 1938
C) 1981
D) 2018
  • 6. How was the name 'Windsor High' selected?
A) Selected by the principal
B) Open competition
C) Inherited from a neighboring school
D) Appointed by the government
  • 7. Who is the current head of Windsor High School?
A) Mrs D Morgan-Meyer
B) Mr. Van der Merwe
C) Phaldie Tregonning
D) John Gainsford
  • 8. Who was the former head of Windsor High removed in 2018?
A) John Gainsford
B) D Morgan-Meyer
C) Nelson Mandela
D) Phaldie Tregonning
  • 9. In which month and year was Phaldie Tregonning officially removed from his position?
A) July 2018
B) December 2018
C) May 2018
D) February 2018
  • 10. Which former Springbok centre attended the school?
A) John Gainsford
B) Phaldie Tregonning
C) D Morgan-Meyer
D) Siya Kolisi
  • 11. During which years did John Gainsford attend the school?
A) 1935-1938
B) 1951-1955
C) 2015-2018
D) 1981-1984
  • 12. What does the term 'Model C' denote in the history of the school?
A) A type of financial grant for students
B) A specialized science curriculum
C) Former whites-only schools that opened up before the end of apartheid
D) The name of the school's sports stadium
  • 13. What is the primary reason the school was previously reserved for the white population?
A) The old apartheid system
B) It was a private religious school
C) Lack of other facilities
D) Lack of local residents
  • 14. Who submitted the winning name for the school during the renaming process?
A) An ex-scholar
B) A government official
C) The school principal
D) A parent
  • 15. How long after the initial failure to agree on a name was the final name adopted?
A) 1 year
B) 3 years
C) 5 years
D) 10 years
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