Q 01/05

Which of Bolivia's two capitals is the constitutional capital and seat of the judiciary?

A) Sucre

B) La Paz

C) Potosí

D) Cochabamba

Answer · why

A) Sucre

Sucre kept the title and the supreme court as a compromise after an 1898 bid to move the capital to La Paz set off a civil war; the president and cong...

Q 02/05

La Paz holds which distinction among the world's capital cities?

A) Oldest capital in South America

B) Highest administrative capital on Earth

C) Rainiest capital in the Americas

D) Coldest capital city on Earth

Answer · why

B) Highest administrative capital on Earth

Highest administrative capital on Earth, yet La Paz was built low for its setting: the centre lies in a deep canyon below the surrounding plateau, whi...

Q 03/05

Which is the largest city in Bolivia, located in the eastern tropical lowlands?

A) La Paz

B) Santa Cruz

C) El Alto

D) Cochabamba

Answer · why

B) Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz was a small outpost town for most of its history, then grew so fast on farming and natural gas that it overtook La Paz around the turn of t...

Q 04/05

In 2001 La Paz began sending young people into traffic dressed as which animal?

A) Llamas

B) Condors

C) Zebras

D) Jaguars

Answer · why

C) Zebras

Zebras were chosen because a striped crosswalk is a 'paso de cebra' in Spanish; the costumed helpers are at-risk young people hired by the city, and o...

Q 05/05

Salar de Uyuni in southwestern Bolivia is the world's largest what?

A) Salt flat

B) Lava field

C) Sand dune field

D) Freshwater marsh

Answer · why

A) Salt flat

Salt flat is what was left when a vast prehistoric lake dried up; after rain a thin film of water turns the whole plain into a giant mirror of the sky...