Statistics for Nicaragua Country Quiz

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Official language	Spanish	99%
Bordering countries	Honduras	95%
Bordering countries	Costa Rica	94%
Major sea bordering Nicaragua to the east	Caribbean Sea	89%
Most popular sport	Baseball	86%
Country that occupied Nicaragua during the Banana Wars between 1912–1933	United States	85%
Capital city of Nicaragua	Managua	80%
The U.S. intended to build one of these across Nicaragua, but ultimately built it further south	Canal	77%
Country that controlled the above between 1638–1787 and 1844–1860	United Kingdom	72%
Largest lake	Lake Nicaragua	70%
The above is world's only major freshwater lake that is infested with this type of fish	Sharks	52%
Unpleasant-sounding historical name for the east coast of Nicaragua	{Mosquito} Coast	47%
Oldest European city in mainland America, named for a city in southern Spain	Granada	46%
The largest island in that lake has two _____, named Concepción and Maderas	Volcanoes	45%
Leader of Nicaragua since 2007	Daniel {Ortega}	41%
Name for the rebel groups opposed to the above, who received money and arms from certain elements in the U.S. including Oliver North	Contras	34%
Radical socialist political party that ruled Nicaragua from 1979–1990	Sandinista	34%
Founder of those two cities, namesake of Nicaragua's currency	Francisco Hernández de {Córdoba}	30%
Nicaragua's second most populous city, named for a city in northern Spain	León	26%
River forming much of Nicaragua's northern border	Coco River	14%