Q 01/05

What is the capital and largest city of Nicaragua?

A) Managua

B) León

C) Granada

D) Masaya

Answer · why

A) Managua

It became capital in 1852 to end the feud between the two older colonial cities.

Q 02/05

Among the countries of Central America, where does Nicaragua rank by area?

A) Second

B) Third

C) Last

D) First

Answer · why

D) First

It is the third most populous after Guatemala and Honduras.

Q 03/05

Which two countries border Nicaragua by land?

A) Guatemala and Panama

B) El Salvador and Panama

C) Honduras and Costa Rica

D) Honduras and Guatemala

Answer · why

C) Honduras and Costa Rica

El Salvador and Colombia are maritime neighbours only.

Q 04/05

Nicaragua is nicknamed the land of what?

A) Rivers and jaguars

B) Lakes and volcanoes

C) Coffee and cacao

D) Eternal spring

Answer · why

B) Lakes and volcanoes

It has 21 active volcanoes and Central America's largest lake.

Q 05/05

Nicaragua is also called the 'breadbasket of Central America' because of what?

A) Its record wheat exports

B) Its fertile soil and arable land

C) Its centuries-old bakeries

D) Its vast rice paddies

Answer · why

B) Its fertile soil and arable land

Volcanic ash has enriched the Pacific lowlands.