South America Quiz
It is said to have the highest infidelity rate in all of South America. Divorce has been legal in the country since 1987, and now the country has the highest divorce rate as well.
Argentina
Mt. Aconcagua is not only the highest point in this country but it is also the tallest mountain in the Americas, measuring at 22,841 feet high. Many mountaineers believe it is the highest nontechnical climb on Earth. Aconcagua means "stone guard" in an indigenous dialect.
Argentina
Officials in current this country's soccer star Lionel Messi's hometown of Rosario have banned parents from naming their children "Messi" because they said it would lead to too much mass confusion
Argentina
People from this country spend the most time listening to the radio, about 21 hours a week, of any nation in the world.
Argentina
Pope Francis, the current and 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, is a native of this country and the first non-European to be chosen to serve as Pope.
Argentina
The Perito Moreno Glacier in Patagonia is the third largest reserve of freshwater in the world and one of only three glaciers in this country that is growing, not shrinking.
Argentina
The name comes from the Latin word for silver, argentum.
Argentina
The world's widest avenue is the 9 de Julio (July 9th) in Buenos Aires, this country, with 14 lanes, plus 4 lanes of parallel streets.
Argentina
This country is the third biggest producer of beef in the world. It produces around 2.8 to 3.5 million tons a year.
Argentina
retired soccer legend Diego Maradona has his own religion made up by his fans is from this country
Argentina
Almost half the population of this country resides on Altiplano plateau, with an average altitude of 12,000 ft
Bolivia
It has Republican form of government. However, much of its subsequent history consists of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups.
Bolivia
It has over 30 official languages and 36 native cultures. The main language spoken is Spanish, Quechua and Aymara.
Bolivia
It has the world's largest butterfly sanctuary.
Bolivia
Lake Titicaca the highest and deepest navigable lake in the world
Bolivia
The Salar de Uyuni salt beds contain the largest deposit of salt on the planet. The largest deposit of lithium in the world is found under all that salt.
Bolivia
The capital, La Paz is the highest administrative capital city in the world situated at an attitude of 11,910ft. It is the most isolated of the Latin American republics.
Bolivia
This country holds the record as one of the wettest countries in the world. The annual rainfall is over 5000mm. The climate varies with altitude. It ranges from humid and tropical to cold and semi-arid.
Bolivia
Divorce in this country was legalized only in 2005, and the country has one of the lowest divorce rates globally
Chile
Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk was marooned for about four years on this country's Islas Juan Fernández, located 364 miles west of Valparaiso. After being rescued, he published his story of survival and was said to be the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's classic novel Robinson Crusoe
Chile
This country is the longest country in the world from north to south at 2,647 miles long and extends across 38 degrees of latitude.
Chile
This country may derive its name from the indigenous Mapuche word chilli, which may mean "where the land ends."
Chile
This country's Atacama Desert is the driest desert in the world. Parts of the Atacama have not seen a drop of rain since recordkeeping began. The Atacama is also home to geoglyphs, or large drawings made from stones, arranged on the side of the mountains. The Gigante de Atacama (Atacama Giant), located at Cerro Unitas, is the largest prehistoric anthropomorphic figure in the world at 390 feet (119 m) high and supposedly represents a deity for the indigenous people, from A.D. 1000 to 1400
Chile
This country's Biblioteca Nacional (National Library), completed in 1924, has 1.8 million volumes and is the largest national library of a Spanish-speaking country outside of Spain
Chile
This country's highest point is Nevada Ojos del Salado at 22,572 feet (6,880 m). It is the world's highest volcano
Chile
According to the World's Happiest Index, this country is considered the happiest country in the world. This country's ladies are often voted the most beautiful on the planet. Celebrities such as Sofía Vergara, Shakira, and Danna García are all from this country.
Colombia
Bogotá is the capital of this country. It is the second largest capital city in South America and at 8661 ft. it is one of the highest capital cities in the world.
Colombia
Home to 1,879 species of bird, this country has most diversity of birds in the world.
Colombia
It has the biggest salsa festival, biggest theater festival, biggest outdoor horse parade, biggest flower parade and second biggest carnival all over the world.
Colombia
It is the only South American country with Atlantic and Pacific coastlines. With over 300 beaches in the country, you can have your pick.
Colombia
It is the world's leading source of emeralds
Colombia
It is well known for it's coffee, of which Colombian Coffee is the most famous. Colombian Coffee is the name that's given to Arabica Coffee that's 100% washed, and produced in the coffee growing regions of this country.
Colombia
The near-empty eastern jungles of this country hold 54% of its land but only 3% of its population. The area is largely closed to tourists due to guerilla activity.
Colombia
In 1906, it was the first country in the world to waive the death penalty.
Ecuador
It has many active volcanoes and also, one of the greatest densities of volcanoes in the world. Though it's not the tallest mountain above sea level, the summit of this country's volcano of Chimborazo is actually the furthest point from the center of the Earth, due to the earth's slide bulge at the equator.
Ecuador
It is considered one of only seventeen "megadiverse" countries, for its great biodiversity, which includes the utterly unique Galapagos Islands, and which means: it is the most biodiverse country in the world per square kilometer, and the 8th most biodiverse country overall.
Ecuador
It is named for the equator, which runs through the country.
Ecuador
It is one of only two countries in South America that do not share a border with Brazil.
Ecuador
It was the first nation in 2008 to declare that nature has constitutional rights.
Ecuador
Quito is not its largest city - Guayaquil is.
Ecuador
Quito is not only the Capital but was also declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the year 1978 for having the best preserved and least altered historic center in all of Latin America.
Ecuador
Since the year 2000 this country uses the American Dollar as its currency. Because of the rarity of it's money, this country continues to issue its own coins, which are designed to equal theAmerican coins to make the transactions easier. before the dollar came the currency was "sucre"
Ecuador
The Galapagos Islands are where Charles Darwin noticed the diversity of species and began to study evolution.
Ecuador
A survey at the University of Dili, has shown that this country's people were among the 'crabbiest' people in the world.
Paraguay
Asunción is the Capital and the largest city with a population of over 540,000 people. It also is among the oldest cities in South America founded in 1537 Spanish explorer Juan de Salazar y Espinoza.
Paraguay
Dueling between two people is legal if the competitors are both registered blood donors. It is also compulsory for there to be medical staff on hand.
Paraguay
Only around 2% of the whole country's population lives to the west of the Paraguay River.
Paraguay
The Jesuit Ruins in this country belong to the best preserved in all of South America and include the Jesús, San Cosme y Damián and Trinidad Missions. These ruins have been named as UNESCO World Heritage sites.
Paraguay
This country is in the Guinness Book of World Records for having hosted the world's biggest barbecue ever with around 30,000 participants.
Paraguay
This country is the largest exporter of hydroelectric power. The world's largest dam is located here - Itaipu Dam
Paraguay
This country's people are the most ethnically unified in the Americas with 95% of the population being Mestizo.
Paraguay
Cotahuasi Canyon in the Arequipa region is considered one of the world's deepest canyon at 3,535 meters (11,597 feet) deep - twice as deep as the Grand Canyon USA.
Perú
It has the second largest amount of Shamans in the world, second only to India.
Perú
Lake Titicaca in Southern part of this country is the world's highest navigable lake, and South America largest lake.
Perú
Pima cotton is generally extra-long staple cotton. Tanguis cotton is highly regarded worldwide. This country's cotton is some of the world's finest.
Perú
The Amazon river, which starts in this country, is the largest river in the world by volume (with a total river flow greater than the next eight largest rivers combined) and one of the two cleanest (Congo river being the other). It flows 150,000 cubic meters per second. 2/3 of this country is Amazon Rainforest.
Perú
The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu was lost to the Amazon Jungle for hundreds of years, until it was re-discovered by Hiram Bingham the American explorer.
Perú
The oldest occupation of man in the Americas is traced back to the sacred City of Caral-Supe a few hours north of the capital Lima. The 626 hectare (1546 acre) site dates back 5000 years.
Perú
The potato is from this country and there are over 3,000 different varieties.
Perú
This country has 84 of the 103 ecological zones in the world.
Perú
About three quarters of the country is grassland.
Uruguay
Although 46% of its population practices Catholicism, this country is the most non-religious country in the Americas
Uruguay
In this country, cows outnumber people by three to one.
Uruguay
Independence day of this country is the 25th of August 1825 from Brazil.
Uruguay
The Country´s name comes from the Uruguay River which is means 'river of the painted birds' in the Guarani language.
Uruguay
The country is the first in the world to provide a free laptop and Wi-Fi connection to its school going kids.
Uruguay
The first ever Fifa World Cup was held in this country in 1930. The home team won it!
Uruguay
The people of this country are very fond of naming their houses, which is why every single house in the country has its own name. Their houses are not marked with numbers as in other countries. They also name their cities from a collection of names that they use for many other cities. So, you may get confused if you are travelling from one city to the other and so forth.
Uruguay
This country is ranked 1st in whole of Latin America in democracy, peace, lack of corruption, quality of living, Government, and equally first in South America when it comes to press freedom, size of the middle class, prosperity and security. After Chile it is the least corrupt country in Latin America.
Uruguay
This country's National Anthem is world's longest national anthem in terms of duration.
Uruguay
This is the only country in Latin America which is entirely outside the tropics.
Uruguay
Till date, this country won two gold medals in Summer Olympics. It won football gold medals at 1924 Olympic Games in Paris and 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam.
Uruguay
Baseball is this country's most popular sport, there has been a professional baseball league in the country since 1945.
Venezuela
It means "Little Venice" and is derived from the time when Amerigo Vespucci arrived in the year 1499, it reminded him of Venice, because the houses were built on the water.
Venezuela
Lake Maracaibo is South America's largest lake with over 13,000 cubic feet of water. Additionally, it's one of the oldest lakes on planet Earth, aged between 20 and 36 million-years-old
Venezuela
One of the really cool funny facts about this country is that public school students attend their classes in shifts. They may attend school from morning to afternoon or afternoon to evening.
Venezuela
Pico Bolivar is the highest mountain in this country, at 16,335 ft, it sits in the northern extension of the Andes mountain range in the west of this country.
Venezuela
Since the discovery of oil in the beginning of the 20th century, the country has the world's largest oil reserves and eighth largest gas reserves. It also been one of the world's leading exporters of oil.
Venezuela
The famous explorer Christopher Columbus, said he reached "heaven on earth" when he discovered this country in 1498.
Venezuela
The worlds tallest waterfall, Angel Falls, is located in this country.
Venezuela
This country is home to many weird and interesting animals including manatees, the Giant anteater, Three-toed sloth, Two-toed sloth, jaguar, Amazon river dolphins, Orinoco crocodiles and the worlds largest rodent the capybara.
Venezuela
