Statistics for History of Colombia

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What historical figure is Colombia named after?	Christopher Columbus	96%
What drug lord was worth $30 billion before his death in 1993?	Pablo Escobar	91%
Who served as the first President of Colombia – known as "The Liberator"?	Simón Bolívar	91%
What event was Colombia originally chosen to host in 1986, but resigned due to economic issues?	FIFA World Cup	82%
What country gained independence from Colombia in 1903?	Panama	82%
What singer was born in Barranquilla in 1977?	Shakira	81%
What city was he the drug lord of?	Medellín	77%
What prize did he win in the same year for doing that?	Nobel Peace Prize	76%
What type of fitness program was invented in Colombia in the 1990s?	Zumba	67%
What military alliance did Colombia formally become a partner of in 2017?	NATO	64%
What novel is Gabriel García Márquez best known for?	One Hundred Years of {Solitude}	58%
What city's cartel was the main rivals of that drug lord?	Cali	56%
What term originally referred to a mythical tribal chief of the Muisca people who was believed to have been covered with gold dust?	El {Dorado}	52%
What Marxism–Leninism guerrilla group were fighting the longest-running armed insurgency in the Western Hemisphere?	FARC	52%
What Colombian was the highest paid actress in U.S. television between 2013-2020?	Sofía Vergara	47%
What city was formerly the main port for trade between Spain and its overseas empire?	Cartagena	45%
What Spanish colonial territory was Colombia was part of until independence?	New {Granada}	41%
What was the currency of Colombia before it was independent? (Hint: still is a neighboring country's currency)	Real	28%
What President signed a ceasefire accord with the above in 2016?	Juan Manuel {Santos}	22%
What two groups fought against each other in the the Thousand Days' War between 1899-1902? (Name either)	Conservatives / Liberals	16%