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Challenge yourself with our comprehensive Argentina trivia quiz featuring 50 free questions with answers about this vibrant South American nation. From its rich cultural heritage and tango traditions to its political history and natural wonders, this quiz covers everything you need to know about Argentina. Whether you're a geography enthusiast or simply curious about Argentine culture, discover how well you really know this fascinating country.
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Q 01What is the capital city of Argentina?
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the most populous city in Argentina and serves as its administrative, cultural, and economic center.
Q 02Which major mountain range forms part of Argentina's western border?
Andes
The Andes run through seven countries and hold the world's highest volcanoes, including Ojos del Salado on Argentina's western frontier.
Q 03Which partner dance began in the 1880s in the port districts of the Argentina-Uruguay estuary?
Tango
Tango grew up in the 1880s in the working-class port districts of Buenos Aires and Montevideo; UNESCO added it to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2009.
Q 04Which legendary Argentine footballer was often referred to by the nickname "El Pibe de Oro"?
Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona, a World Cup winner in 1986, was one of the most iconic figures in football history and was widely known as "El Pibe de Oro" (The Golden Boy).
Q 05What is the official currency of Argentina?
Peso
The 1992 peso replaced the austral at 10,000 to one and was pegged one-to-one to the US dollar until early 2002.
Q 06In what year did Argentina declare its independence from Spain?
1816
The Congress of Tucumán declared the independence of the United Provinces of South America on July 9, 1816; the house where it met is now a museum.
Q 07What is the highest mountain peak in Argentina, also the highest in the Americas?
Aconcagua
Mount Aconcagua, located in the Andes mountain range, is the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.
Q 08Which infused drink, shared among friends from a gourd with a metal straw, is the national beverage of Argentina?
Mate
Mate, brewed from yerba mate leaves, was declared Argentina's national infusion by law in 2013; Syria, through emigrants who returned from Argentina, became the world's largest importer of yerba mate.
Q 09Which Argentine writer's labyrinthine short stories fill Ficciones and El Aleph, published in Spanish in the 1940s?
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges wrote the Ficciones stories between 1941 and 1956 and is considered one of the most influential figures in 20th-century literature.
Q 10Which vast, sparsely populated region of glaciers and steppe at the southern tip of South America is shared by Argentina and Chile?
Patagonia
Patagonia spans the southern Andes, deserts, steppes and grasslands of both countries.
Q 11What bird, known for its strong territorial calls, is the national bird of Argentina?
Rufous Hornero
The Rufous Hornero, known as "Hornero" in Spanish, is a common ovenbird found across much of South America and is recognized as Argentina's national bird.
Q 12Which Argentine first lady championed labor rights and women's suffrage in the mid-1900s?
Eva Perón
Eva Perón, 'Evita', pushed through the 1947 law giving Argentine women the vote and founded the Female Peronist Party in 1949.
Q 13Which waterfall system on the Brazil border is a major attraction of northeastern Argentina?
Iguazu Falls
Iguazu Falls, on the Iguazu River between Misiones Province and Brazil's Paraná state, has some 275 separate drops; the Devil's Throat (Garganta del Diablo) is the tallest at about 80 metres.
Q 21Which Argentine city is famous for Swiss-style architecture, skiing and chocolate?
Bariloche
San Carlos de Bariloche, on Lake Nahuel Huapi, has a 1940 Civic Centre built in Alpine style and chocolate shops founded by European immigrants; nearby Cerro Catedral is one of South America's largest ski resorts.
Q 22What is the primary grape variety used in the production of Argentina's most famous red wines?
Malbec
Malbec, known as Côt in France and long associated with Cahors, arrived in Argentina in 1853 and thrives in the high, dry vineyards of the Andean foothills.
Q 23Who was the military leader who played a crucial role in the independence of Argentina, Chile, and Peru?
José de San Martín
Q 14What is the name of the traditional Argentine cowboy, an iconic figure in the country's culture?
Gaucho
Gaucho has named the horsemen of the Pampas since the 18th century; today it can mean any skilled country person, and the gaucho is a folk symbol in Uruguay too.
Q 15Which Argentine city is known as the "End of the World" due to its southernmost location?
Ushuaia
Ushuaia, on the Beagle Channel at 54°48′S, bills itself 'Fin del Mundo' and runs the End of the World Train, though Chile's Puerto Williams, across the channel, lies slightly further south.
Q 16What are Argentina's wide, fertile lowlands, known for cattle ranching, called?
Pampas
Pampas grasslands cover more than 1,200,000 km2 across central Argentina, all of Uruguay and Brazil's southernmost state.
Q 17Which Argentine army officer is the only president of the country to have been elected three times?
Juan Perón
Juan Perón won the presidency in 1946, 1951 and 1973; he was overthrown in 1955, spent 18 years in exile and died in office in July 1974.
Q 18What is the traditional Argentine barbecue of meats cooked over an open fire called?
Asado
Asado covers both the technique and the social event; the meat is grilled slowly over wood embers on a parrilla or staked on an iron cross (asado al asador).
Q 19Which large flightless bird, native to South America, is found in the grasslands of Argentina?
Rhea
The rhea, called ñandú locally, is South America's largest bird; the greater rhea stands about 1.5 metres tall and spreads its big wings like sails when running.
Q 20What emblem sits in the centre stripe of the flag of Argentina?
Sun of May
The Sun of May, a golden sun with a human face, was added to the flag in 1818, copying the sun engraved on Argentina's first coin of 1813; it commemorates the May Revolution of 1810.
José de San Martín crossed the Andes in 1817, won Chacabuco (1817) and Maipú (1818) in Chile, then sailed north to take Lima and serve as Protector of Peru in 1821.
Q 24Which ice mass feeds the Perito Moreno and Upsala glaciers?
Southern Patagonian Ice Field
The Southern Patagonian Ice Field, about 350 km long along the Andes and shared with Chile, also feeds the Pío XI glacier, the largest in the Southern Hemisphere outside Antarctica.
Q 25Which estuary where the Uruguay and Paraná meet forms part of Argentina's border with Uruguay?
Río de la Plata
The Río de la Plata, 'River of Silver', widens to about 220 km at its mouth, the widest river mouth in the world; Buenos Aires and Montevideo face each other across it.
Q 26Which concertina-like instrument, brought to Argentina by emigrants around 1870, anchors tango ensembles?
Bandoneon
The bandoneon, a German relative of the concertina from the 1840s, became tango's defining voice; by 1930 German factories were shipping some 25,000 a year to Argentina.
Q 27Which Argentine city sits at the heart of the largest wine-producing area in South America?
Mendoza
Mendoza, at the foot of the Andes near Aconcagua, anchors a province that makes roughly 70% of Argentina's wine; olive oil is its other big industry.
Q 28Which Argentine province is home to the Quebrada de Humahuaca?
Jujuy
The Quebrada de Humahuaca, a 150 km Andean valley in Jujuy province, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2003; Purmamarca's Hill of Seven Colours lies within it.
Q 29Which Argentine won the 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on carbohydrate metabolism?
Luis Federico Leloir
Luis Federico Leloir won the 1970 chemistry prize alone for discovering sugar nucleotides and their role in carbohydrate biosynthesis; his mentor Bernardo Houssay had won the 1947 medicine prize.
Q 30Which protected area in Argentine Patagonia is home to the Perito Moreno Glacier?
Los Glaciares National Park
Los Glaciares National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site in the Santa Cruz Province, is home to a vast ice field and several glaciers, most notably the Perito Moreno Glacier.