Spanish Trivia Ii

Front 1

Which Latin American country is known as the "crossroads of the world"?

Back 1

Panama

Front 2

Which island, off the coast of French Guiana, was the site of a notorious prison?

Back 2

Devil's Island

Front 3

Which disastrous act of nature is named after Juracan, the Arawak god of evil?

Back 3

hurricane

Front 4

What natural resource is Venezuela's most valuable export?

Back 4

Oil

Front 5

Empanadas are a popular food in Chile. Are they hard candies, fresh vegetables, meat-filled turnovers, or dairy desserts?

Back 5

meat-filled turnovers

Front 6

The highest mountain in the Andes and in the Western Hemispere is located in Argentina. What is the name of this 22,834-foot peak?

Back 6

Mt. Aconcagua

Front 7

Which two crops are Puerto Rico's leading exports?

Back 7

coffee and sugarcane

Front 8

Which Central American country has the most volcanoes?

Back 8

El Salvador

Front 9

The Orinoco crocodile, one of the 12 most endangered species, makes its home in which South American country?

Back 9

Venezuela

Front 10

The carnauba palm grows in Brazil. What product is obtained from the leaves of this tree?

Back 10

wax and polishes

Front 11

Chan Chan is the largest adobe city in the world. Name the South American country in which this 12-mile-long city is located?

Back 11

Peru

Front 12

Friendship Bridge, the largest single-span bridge in the world, connects which two countries?

Back 12

Brazil and Paraguay

Front 13

Is the Yucatan Peninsula a part of Belize, Cuba, Guatemala, or Mexico?

Back 13

Mexico

Front 14

What percentage of Panama is covered by dense jungle?

Back 14

70%

Front 15

Which South American capital city is surrounded by volcanoes?

Back 15

Quito, Ecuador

Front 16

Is the largest South American member of the cat family a jaguar, a puma, or a tiger?

Back 16

A jaguar

Front 17

What is the Spanish word for the number two?

Back 17

Dos

Front 18

Brazil shares its boundaries with all of the countries in South America except two. Name these two countries.

Back 18

Ecudor and Chile

Front 19

What name is given to the warm ocean current that develops along the coast of Ecuador and Peru and sometimes causes catastrophic weather conditions?

Back 19

el nino

Front 20

Which instrument is not usually found in a mariachi: an accordian, a guitar, a trumpet, or a violin?

Back 20

An accordian

Front 21

What is the name of the South American soldier and statesman who liberated Venezuela?

Back 21

Simon Bolivar

Front 22

What type of music--originally from Trinidad--is typically played on steel drums?

Back 22

calypso

Front 23

What is the national flower of Panama?

Back 23

white orchid

Front 24

What is the name of the volcano on Martinque which erupted in 1902 and killed more than 30,000 people?

Back 24

Mt. Pelee

Front 25

What name is given to the Central American musical instrument that is similar to a xylophone?

Back 25

marimba

Front 26

Is masa corn dough, a musical composition, or a high plateau?

Back 26

Corn Dough

Front 27

What is the name of the courtyard that serves as the center of family life in many Mexican homes?

Back 27

el patio

Front 28

What type of bean was used as money by the pre-Columbian Indians of Mexico?

Back 28

cacao bean

Front 29

For what discovery is Carlos Finlay, a Cuban physician and biologist, famous?

Back 29

Discovery that mosquitoes carry yellow fever

Front 30

What country ranks second in population and third in area among the nations of Latin America?

Back 30

Mexico

Front 31

Alpacas, llamas, and vicunas--grown at the higher altitudes in Bolivia and Chile for their milk, meat, and wool--are members of which animal family?

Back 31

camels

Front 32

In which South American country was the world's highest standard-gauge railroad built?

Back 32

Peru

Front 33

Which Latin American country leads all others in sugar production?

Back 33

Brazil or Cuba

Front 34

In 1945, Lucila Godoy Alcayaga became the first Latin American to receive a Nobel Prize in literature. Under what name did this poet-educator write?

Back 34

Gabriela Mistral

Front 35

The Cuna Indians of Panama are famous for mola making, an art form they created. Is a mola made of cloth, pottery, or wood?

Back 35

cloth

Front 36

Of the 13 countries on the continent of South America, which two are landlocked?

Back 36

Bolivia & Paraguay

Front 37

What Argentinean general and statesman liberated Chile and most of Peru from Spain?

Back 37

Jose de San Martin

Front 38

Which city is the largest in Mexico and serves as that country's capital?

Back 38

Mexico City

Front 39

When an Argentinean gaucho uses a bola, is he cooking, dancing, or hunting?

Back 39

hunting

Front 40

Name the river whose waters were dammed when the Panama Canal was built.

Back 40

Charges River

Front 41

At the southern tip of South America is Tierra del Fuego. What does this mean?

Back 41

Land of Fire

Front 42

Which country is the smallest, most densely populated, and most industrialized nation in Central America?

Back 42

El Salvador

Front 43

Which one of these countries is not among the leading coffee producers in Latin American: Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, or Guatemala?

Back 43

Chile

Front 44

Is nanduti--made by the Guarani Indian women of Paraguay--decorated pottery, fine lace, or woven cloth?

Back 44

fine lace

Front 45

What name is given to the great plains region of Colombia and Venezuela?

Back 45

llanos

Front 46

Which South American waterway is 1,370 miles long and ranks as the eighth longest river in the world?

Back 46

Orinoco River

Front 47

Are the cowboys who ride the great plains of Venezuela called charros, gauchos, llaneros, and vaqueros?

Back 47

llaneros

Front 48

Which South American waterfall consists of 275 cascades and is two miles wide?

Back 48

Iguaza Falls

Front 49

What is the name of the city in Mexico where the great pyramids of the Sun and Moon are located?

Back 49

Teotihuacan

Front 50

What is the name of the fast-paced ball game in which players use a basket-like racket to hurl a ball against a wall?

Back 50

jai alai

Front 51

What would your occupation be if you were a torrero or torrera?

Back 51

bullfighter

Front 52

Ushuaia is the southernmost town in the world. In which country is this town located?

Back 52

Argentina

Front 53

Who came to power in Cuba in 1959 and turned that country into a communist dictatorship?

Back 53

Fidel Castro

Front 54

Which islands--located in the Pacific Ocean near Ecuador--were named for the giant tortoises that inhabit them?

Back 54

Galapagos Islands