Q 01/05

Which motto is written across the starry blue globe on Brazil's flag?

A) Unity and Labour

B) Order and Progress

C) Peace and Justice

D) Faith and Fatherland

Answer · why

B) Order and Progress

Order and Progress is cut down from a maxim of the French philosopher Auguste Comte; the positivists who designed the republic's flag in 1889 were his...

Q 02/05

Which granite peak at the mouth of Guanabara Bay is reached by a famous cable car?

A) Corcovado

B) Pedra da Gávea

C) Sugarloaf

D) Dedo de Deus

Answer · why

C) Sugarloaf

Sugarloaf is named for its likeness to the cone-shaped loaves in which refined sugar was once sold; the cable car climbs it in two stages, by way of t...

Q 03/05

Which Brazilian flip-flop brand, launched in 1962, grew from a cheap workers' sandal into a global fashion label?

A) Melissa

B) Rider

C) Havaianas

D) Ipanema

Answer · why

C) Havaianas

Havaianas were once so tied to the poor that Brazil's government listed them among basic household goods; the design was modelled on the Japanese zori...

Q 04/05

Which statue has stood atop Corcovado mountain since 1931?

A) Monument to the Bandeiras

B) Christ the Redeemer

C) Christ the King

D) Christ of the Andes

Answer · why

B) Christ the Redeemer

Christ the Redeemer wears a mosaic of small soapstone tiles over its concrete frame; the stone was chosen because it weathers well and is easy to work...

Q 05/05

Which is Brazil's largest state by area?

A) Amazonas

B) Pará

C) Mato Grosso

D) Minas Gerais

Answer · why

A) Amazonas

Amazonas covers about 1.56 million square kilometres, the largest of Brazil's states, ahead of Pará at roughly 1.25 million; its capital is Manaus.