Q 01/05

Paraguay is one of only two landlocked countries in South America. Which is the other?

A) Uruguay

B) Bolivia

C) Ecuador

D) Suriname

Answer · why

B) Bolivia

Both lost their coasts in 19th-century wars, and both then fought each other in the 1930s; Paraguay reaches the Atlantic via the Parana-Paraguay water...

Q 02/05

What is the capital and largest city of Paraguay?

A) Ciudad del Este

B) Asuncion

C) Encarnacion

D) Concepcion

Answer · why

B) Asuncion

Founded as a fort in 1537, it is nicknamed the 'Mother of Cities' because expeditions from it refounded Buenos Aires and other settlements.

Q 03/05

The capital was founded on 15 August 1537 as the first capital of which Spanish governorate?

A) New Granada

B) Rio de la Plata

C) Upper Peru

D) Nueva Toledo

Answer · why

B) Rio de la Plata

The date is the feast of the Assumption, hence the name; Buenos Aires had been abandoned and was refounded from Asuncion decades later.

Q 04/05

Over 90 percent of Paraguayans speak which indigenous language, the highest rate in Latin America?

A) Quechua

B) Guarani

C) Aymara

D) Mapudungun

Answer · why

B) Guarani

It shares official status with Spanish, which is actually spoken by slightly fewer people, about 87 percent.

Q 05/05

What is Paraguay's third most spoken language, used by about 10 percent near the eastern border?

A) German

B) Portuguese

C) Plautdietsch

D) Italian

Answer · why

B) Portuguese

The 'Brasiguayos' crossed west from the 1970s for cheap land and now dominate soy farming.