Q 01/05

Which 300-metre Santiago skyscraper overtook the twin towers of Caracas to become South America's tallest building?

A) Titanium La Portada

B) Gran Torre Costanera

C) Torre Entel

D) Torre Telefónica Chile

Answer · why

B) Gran Torre Costanera

Gran Torre Costanera stands 300 metres over the Sanhattan business district. A public observation deck on its top floors gives 360-degree views of the...

Q 02/05

Which port city, rather than the capital Santiago, has housed Chile's National Congress since the return to democracy?

A) Concepción

B) Antofagasta

C) Valparaíso

D) La Serena

Answer · why

C) Valparaíso

Valparaíso received a purpose-built Congress in the last years of military rule, which put the country's lawmakers in a different city from the presid...

Q 03/05

Which country did hosts Chile beat 2–0 in the violent 1962 World Cup match nicknamed the Battle of Santiago?

A) Spain

B) England

C) Hungary

D) Italy

Answer · why

D) Italy

Italy had a player sent off after eight minutes who refused to leave and was dragged from the pitch by policemen. Officers had to step in four times i...

Q 04/05

Which Chilean cocktail, a speciality of old Santiago bars like La Piojera, blends pipeño wine with pineapple ice cream?

A) Terremoto

B) Pisco sour

C) Piscola

D) Cola de mono

Answer · why

A) Terremoto

Terremoto means earthquake, a name coined after the quake that shook central Chile in 1985. Nobody knows who mixed it first, and several old bars clai...

Q 05/05

From which downtown Santiago hill, known as Huelén before the Spanish arrived, is a cannon traditionally fired at noon?

A) Cerro Chacarillas

B) Cerro Blanco

C) Cerro Santa Lucía

D) Cerro Renca

Answer · why

C) Cerro Santa Lucía

Cerro Santa Lucía got its Spanish name because the city's founder took the hill on the feast day of Saint Lucy in 1540. A single cannon shot still mar...