Q 01/05

In 1499 the stilt houses along Venezuela's coast reminded Amerigo Vespucci of which city?

A) Venice

B) Genoa

C) Naples

D) Amsterdam

Answer · why

A) Venice

Veneziola, 'Little Venice', became Venezuela in Spanish; a rival account says a local people called themselves the Veneciuela.

Q 02/05

What is the capital and largest city of Venezuela?

A) Maracaibo

B) Caracas

C) Valencia

D) Barquisimeto

Answer · why

B) Caracas

Founded in 1567 in a mountain valley for protection from pirates, it is separated from the Caribbean by the 2,200-metre El Ávila range.

Q 03/05

Which of these countries does NOT share a land border with Venezuela?

A) Colombia

B) Brazil

C) Peru

D) Guyana

Answer · why

C) Peru

Trinidad and Tobago lies just off the north-east coast across a narrow strait, close enough to be a maritime neighbour.

Q 04/05

Angel Falls, the world's tallest uninterrupted waterfall, drops roughly how far?

A) 803 m

B) 560 m

C) 412 m

D) 979 m

Answer · why

D) 979 m

Its single plunge alone is 807 metres; the water is spray long before it reaches the bottom.

Q 05/05

Angel Falls is named after Jimmie Angel. Who was he?

A) A Spanish missionary who mapped the region

B) An American pilot who flew over it in 1933

C) A British explorer who scaled the tepui

D) A Venezuelan president of the 1930s

Answer · why

B) An American pilot who flew over it in 1933

He later crash-landed his plane on top of the mountain; his ashes were scattered over the falls in 1960, and Chávez proposed restoring the Pemon name ...