Q 01/05

Which city is the country's capital and its largest city, sitting in the Valle de las Hamacas?

A) Santa Ana

B) San Miguel

C) San Francisco Gotera

D) San Salvador

Answer · why

D) San Salvador

San Salvador is not only the capital of El Salvador but also its largest city and primary political, cultural, educational, and financial center.

Q 02/05

In what year did El Salvador declare its independence from Spain?

A) 1823

B) 1831

C) 1841

D) 1821

Answer · why

D) 1821

El Salvador signed the Act of Independence of Central America on 15 September 1821 in Guatemala City, the same day as the rest of the captaincy genera...

Q 03/05

Which colourful bird, known locally as the torogoz, is the national bird of El Salvador?

A) Resplendent Quetzal

B) Scarlet Macaw

C) Turquoise-browed Motmot

D) Chestnut-mandibled Toucan

Answer · why

C) Turquoise-browed Motmot

The Turquoise-browed Motmot's local name torogoz imitates its call; it is also the national bird of Nicaragua, where it is the guardabarranco.

Q 04/05

Which ocean borders El Salvador to the south?

A) Pacific Ocean

B) Atlantic Ocean

C) Caribbean Sea

D) Gulf of Mexico

Answer · why

A) Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is El Salvador's only coast; it is the one Central American country with no Caribbean shoreline.

Q 05/05

Which Salvadoran archbishop was assassinated at the altar in March 1980?

A) Luis Chávez y González

B) Óscar Romero

C) Rutilio Grande

D) Arturo Rivera y Damas

Answer · why

B) Óscar Romero

Óscar Romero, archbishop from 1977, was shot through the heart on 24 March 1980 while celebrating Mass in the chapel of the Divine Providence hospital...