Q 01/05

Which conquistador founded Bogotá in 1538?

A) Francisco Pizarro

B) Nikolaus Federmann

C) Sebastián de Belalcázar

D) Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada

Answer · why

D) Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada

Belalcázar and Federmann attended the official founding ceremony the following year.

Q 02/05

Which indigenous people inhabited the Bogotá savanna before the Spanish arrived?

A) Inca

B) Muisca

C) Quechua

D) Mapuche

Answer · why

B) Muisca

Their goldwork fills the city's Gold Museum.

Q 03/05

What name did the Spanish crown give the city in 1540?

A) San Felipe

B) Nueva Granada

C) Cartagena

D) Santafé

Answer · why

D) Santafé

It honoured a town near Granada where Jiménez de Quesada grew up.

Q 04/05

Who rebaptised the city as Bogotá after independence?

A) Francisco de Paula Santander

B) Simón Bolívar

C) Antonio Nariño

D) Rafael Núñez

Answer · why

B) Simón Bolívar

He did it to honour the Muisca and mark the break from Spain.

Q 05/05

Which 1819 battle cleared Bolívar's path to the city?

A) Carabobo

B) Boyacá

C) Ayacucho

D) Pichincha

Answer · why

B) Boyacá

Bolívar entered the city victorious on 10 August 1819.