Statistics for South American Geography A-Z

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	Hint	Answer	% Correct
S	Dutch-speaking country	Suriname	96%
Q	Closest capital to Equator	Quito	95%
G	Where Darwin studied finches	Galápagos	92%
J	Largest cat native to South America	Jaguar	92%
N	Country that owns Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao	Netherlands	91%
W	Chilean island with namesake of New Zealand's capital	Wellington	91%
M	"Lost city" of the Incas that now is a popular tourist attraction	Machu Picchu	90%
P	Region comprised of southern Argentina and Chile	Patagonia	90%
T	Largest lake	Titicaca	87%
E	Island also known as Rapa Nui	Easter	86%
L	Capital with the highest elevation	La Paz	86%
A	Driest desert in the world	Atacama	82%
B	"Fair Winds" in Spanish	Buenos Aires	81%
C	Major Rio de Janeiro beach	Copacabana	81%
R	Currency of Brazil	Real	75%
H	Term for a large estate	Hacienda	71%
I	Waterfalls on the Argentina-Brazil border	Iguazu Falls	71%
F	Name for a Brazilian shanty town	Favela	68%
D	Swampy region between Colombia and Panama	{Darién} Gap	59%
O	Longest river in Venezuela	Orinoco	59%
U	Major river on the Argentine-Brazil border	Uruguay	57%
V	Coastal Chilean city	Valparaíso	48%
Y	Plant used to make "maté"	Yerba	36%
X	Major Amazon River tributary	Xingu	12%
Z	Traditional dance of Argentina	Zamba	12%
K	World's tallest single drop waterfall	Kaieteur Falls	7%