Q 01/05

Punta Roca and El Sunzal, in El Salvador's La Libertad department, are world-famous spots for which sport?

A) Surfing

B) Rock climbing

C) Scuba diving

D) Paragliding

Answer · why

A) Surfing

Surfing is the coast's calling card: the government markets it as Surf City, and in 2021 El Sunzal co-hosted the ISA World Surfing Games, a qualifier ...

Q 02/05

El Salvador shares its 15 September independence day with which of these countries?

A) Panama

B) Belize

C) Colombia

D) Costa Rica

Answer · why

D) Costa Rica

Costa Rica, like El Salvador and three more countries, dates its independence to the act signed in Guatemala City on 15 September 1821, so all five ce...

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 body of water 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 was shot dead on 24 March 1980 while celebrating Mass in a hospital chapel, the day after a sermon in which he called on soldiers to stop...