Q 01/05

Which German warship did its own captain scuttle off Montevideo in 1939 rather than fight on?

A) Bismarck

B) Graf Spee

C) Scharnhorst

D) Tirpitz

Answer · why

B) Graf Spee

Graf Spee had limped into the neutral port for repairs after a battle with three cruisers. Fooled by false reports of a waiting fleet, Captain Hans La...

Q 02/05

The Montevideo team whose plane crashed in the Andes in 1972, stranding survivors for 72 days, played which sport?

A) Football

B) Rugby

C) Basketball

D) Field hockey

Answer · why

B) Rugby

Rugby union's Old Christians Club had chartered the flight from Carrasco airport. Only 16 of the 45 people aboard came home, and a museum in Montevide...

Q 03/05

Which country did Uruguay beat 4–2 in Montevideo in 1930 to win the very first World Cup final?

A) Chile

B) Yugoslavia

C) Bolivia

D) Argentina

Answer · why

D) Argentina

Argentina brought so many fans across from Buenos Aires that Montevideo's port was overwhelmed, and many never reached the stadium. The hosts sealed t...

Q 04/05

Which Montevideo tower, finished in 1928, was briefly Latin America's tallest building?

A) Palacio Salvo

B) Palacio Barolo

C) Palacio Taranco

D) Palacio Estévez

Answer · why

A) Palacio Salvo

Palacio Salvo was given a rooftop lighthouse that, the story goes, was meant to meet the beam of its twin tower in Buenos Aires. The two lights never ...

Q 05/05

Montevideo's Carnival, with its drum parades and street stages, is considered the world's what?

A) Longest

B) Oldest

C) Largest

D) Costliest

Answer · why

A) Longest

The longest carnival in the world runs from mid-January to late February. In Montevideo that means up to 40 days of parades and open-air stages called...