Q 01/05

Chile's northernmost city, Arica, lies just south of the border with which country?

A) Peru

B) Ecuador

C) Brazil

D) Venezuela

Answer · why

A) Peru

Peru. Chile seized Arica from Peru in the War of the Pacific, and a 1929 treaty between the two countries fixed the land border just north of the city...

Q 02/05

Which South American desert is the world's driest non-polar desert?

A) Sechura

B) Patagonian

C) Monte

D) Atacama

Answer · why

D) Atacama

Atacama. Its soils are so dry and nearly lifeless that scientists use the desert as a testing ground for Mars mission instruments.

Q 03/05

Which peak is both the world's highest volcano and Chile's highest point?

A) Nevado Ojos del Salado

B) Nevado Tres Cruces

C) Volcán Llullaillaco

D) Volcán Villarrica

Answer · why

A) Nevado Ojos del Salado

Nevado Ojos del Salado. The air around it is so dry that, despite the peak's great height, snow covers it mainly in winter.

Q 04/05

Chile's Antarctic claim overlaps those of Argentina and which other country?

A) Norway

B) Britain

C) Australia

D) France

Answer · why

B) Britain

Britain. All three claims overlap on the Antarctic Peninsula, and the 1959 Antarctic Treaty froze them rather than choosing between them.

Q 05/05

Which sailor, marooned on Chile's Juan Fernández Islands for four years, is thought to have inspired Robinson Crusoe?

A) William Dampier

B) William Bligh

C) Alexander Selkirk

D) James Cook

Answer · why

C) Alexander Selkirk

Alexander Selkirk. He asked to be put ashore because he feared his ship was unseaworthy, and that ship later sank.