Q 01/05

Gabriel García Márquez was a writer and journalist from which country?

A) Peru

B) Colombia

C) Mexico

D) Venezuela

Answer · why

B) Colombia

Its president called him "the greatest Colombian who ever lived" when he died in 2014.

Q 02/05

By what affectionate nickname was García Márquez known across Latin America?

A) Nano

B) Gabo

C) Chico

D) Pepe

Answer · why

B) Gabo

The diminutive Gabito was used too.

Q 03/05

In what year did García Márquez win the Nobel Prize in Literature?

A) 1985

B) 1982

C) 1990

D) 1994

Answer · why

B) 1982

He was the first Colombian and fourth Latin American to win it.

Q 04/05

Which literary style is García Márquez credited with popularising?

A) Minimalism

B) Magic realism

C) Naturalism

D) Stream of consciousness

Answer · why

B) Magic realism

It drops magical events into otherwise ordinary, realistic settings with a straight face.

Q 05/05

What is the name of the fictional village where many García Márquez works are set?

A) Comala

B) Macondo

C) Santa María

D) Yoknapatawpha

Answer · why

B) Macondo

He borrowed the name from a banana plantation sign he saw from a train as a boy.