Statistics for South American Geography Quiz #1

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What is the longest river in South America?	Amazon	99%
What is the longest mountain range in South America?	Andes	94%
What is the most spoken language in South America?	Portuguese	89%
In what city would you find Sugarloaf Mountain and Ipanema Beach?	Rio de Janeiro	89%
What two capital cities are located on the Río de la Plata?	Buenos Aires	80%
What islands are called the Islas Malvinas by Argentinians?	Falkland Islands	77%
What are the two capital cities of Bolivia?	La Paz	76%
What two capital cities are located on the Río de la Plata?	Montevideo	73%
What "lost city" of the Incas is a popular tourist attraction?	Machu Picchu	71%
What waterfall, found in Venezuela, is the world's tallest?	Angel Falls	70%
What country owns the ABC islands: Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao?	Netherlands	69%
What island chain is located on the far south of the continent?	Tierra del {Fuego}	68%
What is the largest lake in South America, found at an elevation of 12,500 feet?	Lake Titicaca	61%
What are the two capital cities of Bolivia?	Sucre	61%
What is the second biggest city in Colombia?	Medellin	54%
What Chilean desert is the driest non-polar desert on Earth?	Atacama Desert	52%
What is the name of the region of fertile grasslands in Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil? (Hint: Starts with P)	Pampas	49%
What passage allows people to sail between the above and the South American mainland?	Strait of {Magellan}	42%
What city in the middle of the Amazon rainforest was once home to fabulously wealthy rubber barons?	Manaus	36%
What type of fertilizer was mined from Peru's Chincha Islands in the 19th century?	Guano	33%