Q 01/05

The Iguazu Falls lie on the border between which two countries?

A) Brazil and Paraguay

B) Argentina and Paraguay

C) Argentina and Brazil

D) Brazil and Uruguay

Answer · why

C) Argentina and Brazil

They sit between the Argentine province of Misiones and the Brazilian state of Paraná.

Q 02/05

What does the name Iguazu mean in the Guarani language?

A) Devil's mouth

B) Sacred river

C) Big water

D) Roaring smoke

Answer · why

C) Big water

It combines y, meaning water, and ûasú, meaning big.

Q 03/05

What is the name of the long, narrow chasm into which about half of the river's flow plunges?

A) The Lovers' Leap

B) The Cauldron

C) The Serpent's Mouth

D) The Devil's Throat

Answer · why

D) The Devil's Throat

Garganta del Diablo in Spanish, Garganta do Diabo in Portuguese; the Argentina-Brazil border runs through it.

Q 04/05

Which side of the border holds most of the individual falls?

A) They are split exactly evenly

B) Argentina, with almost 80%

C) Paraguay, with about 60%

D) Brazil, with almost 80%

Answer · why

B) Argentina, with almost 80%

Brazil has over 95% of the river basin but only about 20% of the jumps.

Q 05/05

The falls' layout is often said to resemble which letter of the alphabet, reversed?

A) C

B) J

C) U

D) S

Answer · why

B) J

The great central chasm sits at the bend of the reversed J.