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