Statistics for Panama from A-Z

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This quiz has been taken 32 times
The average score is 10 of 25

Answer Stats

	Hint	Answer	% Correct
A	Ocean north of Panama	Atlantic	96%
C	Country west of Panama	Costa Rica	93%
I	Large lizard found in Panama	Iguana	74%
J	Caribbean island country from which came many canal builders whose descendants continue to enrich Panamanian culture	Jamaica	74%
N	Dictator of Panama who was captured and imprisoned by the U.S. after the invasion of 1989	Noriega	63%
Y	Disease that ravaged early canal workers	yellow fever	63%
S	Slow-moving animal that lives in the trees in Panama	sloth	59%
U	Country that successfully completed the building of the canal	USA	59%
B	Currency of Panama	Balboa	56%
R	Period generally lasting from April-December in Panama	rainy season	48%
W	This phrase from Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" aptly describes life near the Panama Canal: "____ ____everywhere, nor any drop to drink.""	Water, water	41%
D	English explorer who "discovered" the Pacific ocean from Panama's shore	Sir Francis Drake	33%
H	Largest monkey found in Panama	Howler	30%
G	Large man-made lake that forms largest part of Panama Canal	Gatun	26%
K	Natives of the San Blas Islands	Kuna	26%
L	Transitting ships enter these to be raised or lowered to different water levels.	locks	26%
P	Name of heavily embroidered and ruffled dress of Panamanian folk dancers	pollera	26%
M	Name of first set of above at the Pacific entrance to the canal	Miraflores	19%
T	Head of the Guardia Nacional during the treaty negotiations	Omar Torrijos	19%
V	Name given to highland area in western Panama	the Volcan	19%
O	Name assigned to 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama	Operation Just Cause	15%
Q	In March,1975, this cruise ship, the largest in the world at that time, transitted the canal with barely a foot of clearance in the locks.	QE-2	15%
Z	Nickname given to Americans living alongside the canal before the treaties of 1978	zonies	15%
F	Small but highly venomous snake found in Panama	fer-de-lance	7%
E	This town, the site of numerous machiine shops, was the largest town in the zone during the construction period. It became a 'ghost town'when the canal was completed.	Empire	4%