Q 01/05

In which country was Che Guevara born?

A) Colombia

B) Argentina

C) Bolivia

D) Venezuela

Answer · why

B) Argentina

He was born in Rosario in 1928, the eldest of five children in an upper-class family with Spanish, Basque and Irish roots.

Q 02/05

Which chronic condition afflicted Guevara throughout his life?

A) Diabetes

B) Asthma

C) Haemophilia

D) Epilepsy

Answer · why

B) Asthma

It ended his teenage plan to sell insecticide after a severe reaction, and hampered him in the Congo and Bolivia.

Q 03/05

Which sport earned the young Guevara the nickname 'Fuser', for his aggressive play?

A) Rugby union

B) Boxing

C) Football

D) Water polo

Answer · why

A) Rugby union

It contracted El Furibundo (furious) and his mother's surname, de la Serna; he played fly-half.

Q 04/05

Which two poems could Guevara recite by heart?

A) Poe's 'The Raven' and Darío's 'Azul'

B) Whitman's 'Song of Myself' and Neruda's 'Twenty Love Poems'

C) Keats's 'Ode to a Nightingale' and Lorca's 'Gypsy Ballads'

D) Kipling's 'If—' and Hernández's 'Martín Fierro'

Answer · why

D) Kipling's 'If—' and Hernández's 'Martín Fierro'

The family home held 3,000 books; he learned chess from his father and played tournaments at 12.

Q 05/05

How did a 1958 CIA personality report describe Guevara?

A) 'Quite well read' and 'fairly intellectual for a Latino'

B) 'A doctor of modest ability'

C) 'A dangerous fanatic with no education'

D) 'The brains of the Cuban operation'

Answer · why

A) 'Quite well read' and 'fairly intellectual for a Latino'

His notebooks contained sketches of Buddha, Aristotle, Freud and Nietzsche.