You think you know Shona?

Answer these multiple choice questions then.

1. What is the name for a Shona Prince?

2. What is a blunt knife called?

3. What name is given to a virgin piece of land?

4. What is used to extract termites from their colony without destroying the colony?

5. Which one of these Shona musical instruments is not played by hands?

6. When your child comes back from herding cattle and has reddish eyes and a whitish skin but looks very healthy what could have happened?

7. If ploughing and one of the oxes falls to ground and sleeps, what do you do if you want to wake it up?

8. Which game makes the players conscious about balance and if one fails, he is chased and bitten till he reaches a place of refuge?

9. Which one is not used for cooking?

10. Which one is the smallest in size?

11. What is the name given to crushed cowpeas porridge?

12. Apart from honey, what else is sweet and is made by insects?

13. If your cattle or livestock in general, get into someone's field and eats their crops, what is the name given to the process of settling the score?

14.What is the name given to the most supreme spirit medium in the land?

15 Which one is not a method of marriage?

16 Which part of the beast do you give to your nephews after slaughtering?

17. What name is given to a fowl run?

18. What does a woman call her sister's husband if she is younger than the sister?

19. What is the name given to a system whereby the husband plays erotically with the wife's female siblings?

20. What role does a socially useless man play in the society when they gather at a function?

21. Which tree is not used to treat stomach ailments?

22. Which tree is not suitable for curving cooking utensils?

23. lf you see your donkey running in circles and kicking in the air whilst herding it, what could be the cause?

24. What are nightmares called in Shona?

25. What is used to talk deep sense, wisdom and guidance in a conversation?

Let me see your answers. Do you still think you know Shona?