Q 01/05

Stilt houses on Venezuela's coast in 1499 are said to have reminded Amerigo Vespucci of which city?

A) Venice

B) Genoa

C) Naples

D) Amsterdam

Answer · why

A) Venice

Venice. He is said to have named the place Veneziola, 'Little Venice'; a rival early account says the locals already 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

Caracas. Coastal mountains shielded its valley from most pirate raids, but in 1595 English privateers crossed by a little-used pass and sacked the cit...

Q 03/05

Which island nation lies 11 km off Venezuela?

A) Antigua and Barbuda

B) Saint Kitts and Nevis

C) The Bahamas

D) Trinidad and Tobago

Answer · why

D) Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad sits on South America's continental shelf and was once joined to the mainland, so its wildlife is closer to Venezuela's ...

Q 04/05

Angel Falls was the model for the waterfall in which animated film?

A) Up

B) Rio

C) Encanto

D) Coco

Answer · why

A) Up

Up. Carl Fredricksen floats his house there under thousands of balloons to keep a promise to his late wife; the real falls drop 979 metres in Venezuel...

Q 05/05

Jimmie Angel, the American for whom Angel Falls is named, was what by trade?

A) A missionary

B) A botanist

C) A surveyor

D) A pilot

Answer · why

D) A pilot

A pilot. Angel flew over the falls in 1933 while searching for ore, then crash-landed on the mesa above them in 1937 and had to trek out on foot with ...