South Africa’s World Cup headware – answers

questions

1. What will happen soon? people will recognise the hat
2. What are the hats made from? a construction helmet
3. Which noun, used by the reporter, tells us that everyone at the tournament should buy a Makarapa? a ‘must-have’
4. Which verb tells us that the original inventor doesn’t speak to journalists? to shun (‘he shuns speaking to journalists’)
5. What will people around the world know? that there is Makarapa, and that Makarapa was established in South Africa
6. Who will come to buy Makarapa in the future? any event in the world
7. Why was the hat developed in the first place? to protect fans’ heads from flying bottles
8. Where was it first sold? by the roadside
9. How many people work in the business? 35
10. Which countries are represented in the designs? South Africa, the USA and Argentina
11. What is not on the hats and why? the FIFA logo, because they would be sued if they were to use it
12. Which phrasal verb describes the progress of the World Cup preparations? to shape up (‘shaping up to be a colourful and noisy world cup)