22 January 2025

Quiztime

Hurrah! It's Quiztime again and so please don your thinking caps once more. On this occasion, the questions all concern South America. As usual, the answers will be provided in "Comments".

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1) What is the name of the cape at the southern tip of South America?
(a) Cape Dawn (b) Cape Porn (c) Cape Horn (d) Cape of Magellan

2) This is the South American singer-songwriter Shakira...
In which South American country was Shakira born and raised?
(a) Argentina (b) Colombia (c) Suriname (d) Chile

3) South America has produced many great footballers and this fellow is possibly the greatest of them all but what is his name?

4) Which South American country has the shortest name?

5) This animal is native to South America but what is it?
(a)  giant guinea pig (b) guanaco (c) alpaca (d) capybara

6) Of which South American country is this the flag:-
(a) Argentina (b) Brazil (c) Bolivia (d) Guyana

7) Name the only city in South America that has ever staged The Olympic Games.

8) This is a famous Incan citadel in Peru but what is it called?
(a) Pikachu (b) Mocca Chocca (c) Makka Pakka (d) Machu Picchu

9) In total around how many people live in South America?
(a) 140 million (b) 440 million (c) 840 million (d) 1.4 billion

10) The word "favela" is usually associated with Brazil but what does it mean?
(a) a street dance often seen at carnival time
(b) a five-stringed musical instrument
(c) a slum or ghetto district of a city
(d) a tortilla wrap containing salsa and cheese

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Okay. How did you do this time?

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4 comments:

  1. Yorkshire Pudding11:29 pm

    Answers
    1) (c) Cape Horn
    2) (b) Colombia
    3) Lionel Messi
    4) Peru
    5) (d) capybara
    6) (a) Argentina
    7) Rio de Janeiro
    8) (d) Machu Picchu
    9) (b) 440 million
    10) (c) a slum or ghetto district of a city

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  2. Bob11:48 pm

    1. Cape Horn.
    2. I thought she was from Spain, but I'll guess Colombia.
    3. Sportsball??? Since you gave no options I can't even guess!
    4. Peru.
    5. Capybara; I've seen photos before.
    6. Argentina.
    7. Rio.
    8. Machu Picchu
    9.140 million is my guess.
    10. I can't even guess ...

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  3. Kelly12:10 am

    How did I do this time? Crappy!! 💩 I only got half of them correct.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Ellen D.12:47 am

    8 out of 10 correct! I surprised myself! I just bought a Messi jersey for my grandson for Christmas! :)

    ReplyDelete

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