Q 01/05

Which country, whose capital began as an island city in Lake Texcoco, has the most Spanish speakers on Earth?

A) Spain

B) Mexico

C) Colombia

D) Argentina

Answer · why

B) Mexico

Mexico has more Spanish speakers than any other country, well over twice as many as Spain. Its capital, Mexico City, rose on the ruins of Aztec Tenoch...

Q 02/05

Which country, governed from San José, abolished its army after a brief civil war in 1948?

A) Costa Rica

B) Nicaragua

C) Dominican Republic

D) Venezuela

Answer · why

A) Costa Rica

Costa Rica scrapped its military on 1 December 1948, and it was said an army of teachers would replace it. It remains one of the few sovereign nations...

Q 03/05

Which city is the constitutional capital of Bolivia, although the government works from La Paz?

A) Cochabamba

B) Santa Cruz

C) Sucre

D) Potosí

Answer · why

C) Sucre

Sucre is Bolivia's capital on paper and the home of its Supreme Court. It was renamed in 1839 for an independence hero, Marshal Antonio José de Sucre.

Q 04/05

Which lake on the border of Peru and Bolivia is often called the highest navigable lake in the world?

A) Maracaibo

B) Poopó

C) Atitlán

D) Titicaca

Answer · why

D) Titicaca

Titicaca lies 3,812 metres above sea level in the Andes. The Uros people live on it, on floating islands they build from layers of totora reed.

Q 05/05

Which Venezuelan waterfall, named after a US pilot who flew over it, has the world's tallest uninterrupted drop?

A) Iguazu Falls

B) Angel Falls

C) Kaieteur Falls

D) Tequendama Falls

Answer · why

B) Angel Falls

Angel Falls drops 979 metres, with a single plunge of 807 metres. Jimmie Angel first saw it in 1933 while hunting from the air for a valuable ore bed.