The Americas Geography by Letter - S

Can you guess these North and South American geographical answers that start with the letter S?
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Amazon, Space Needle, Puget Sound
Seattle
Official language of nineteen American countries
Spanish
Brazil's largest city
São Paulo
Capital of Chile
Santiago
Canadian province
Saskatchewan
...and its biggest city
Saskatoon
South American country
Suriname
Capital city founded in 1498 by Bartholomew Columbus
Santo Domingo
Technology and start-up hub in the Bay Area
Silicon Valley
Mountain range in California
Sierra Nevada
Capital of Bahia, Brazil
Salvador
River flowing through Quebec City and Montreal
Saint Lawrence
Famous mountain overlooking Rio de Janeiro
Sugarloaf
World's biggest freshwater lake
Lake Superior
Capital of Puerto Rico
San Juan
Three countries whose names start with "Saint"
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
City home to the Mormon church
Salt Lake City
Object depicted on Argentina's flag
Sun of May
Most famous California fault line
San Andreas Fault
First U.S. city to host the Olympics
St. Louis
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Level ∞
Nov 14, 2017
Update. I made some major changes to this quiz to make it less U.S. centric.
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Level 82
Nov 15, 2017
Not sure why I had previously given 4 stars to these quizzes (changed to 5 now), but it might have been because of this.
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Level 82
Aug 15, 2018
I'm taking away one of my stars.
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Level 40
Aug 19, 2018
I took away four of mine.
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Level 69
Oct 18, 2020
why?
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Level 74
Dec 3, 2018
I gave 65 stars. (No biggie, I kept tripping over em anyway.)
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Level 37
Jul 28, 2019
Thank you Quizmaster. It's now more diverse, more educational.
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Level 62
Nov 14, 2017
So many questions about forgettable non-superpowers. Needs more questions about USA. USA is the lifeblood of the new world.
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Level 73
Nov 14, 2017
I see what you did there
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Level 57
Mar 17, 2021
Some americans always think they are the center of the world. Guess what, there are other people in the world, other countries, other cultures that aren't about McDonalds. Even after the update, I still feel like it's too focused on the US. So what it's an economical power? It doesn't make it any more important!
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Level 86
Nov 15, 2017
Too saint-centric.
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Level 78
Aug 28, 2020
Incredibly so. 10 of the 22 questions are saints in English, Spanish or Portuguese, and as a non-Christian I feel oppressed by these blatantly partisan selections.
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Level 56
Jan 18, 2021
As a non-non-Christian I feel oppressed by the 12 questions that do not make any reference to a saint
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Level 78
Jan 21, 2021
^I feel for you brother. Or sister. Or non-brother. Or non-sister.
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Level 76
Jun 4, 2021
as a saint myself i feel oppressed by not being included
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Level 82
Nov 15, 2017
Not nearly enough European questions, Japan is a continent too you know.
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Level 82
Nov 15, 2017
Too many in-jokes in the comments.
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Level 84
Nov 17, 2017
Cyprus is a vegetable, not a fruit.
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Level 76
Aug 15, 2018
How can it be a vegetable if it's in the Fruit Union?
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Level 75
Aug 15, 2018
It plays in the Veggie League.
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Level 66
Aug 27, 2019
But it is in the fruit song vision contest..
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Level 80
Sep 5, 2022
But so is Australia and you wouldn’t say they were a Fruit.
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Level 65
Apr 19, 2023
I hate this. Cyprus is a grain. No biggie.
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Level 82
May 9, 2018
Too Suriname-centric. Suriname makes up less than 0.06% of the population of the Americas, and yet almost 5% of questions are about it. I'm so sick of this site's Suriname bias. There's a world outisde Suriname, y'know.
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Level 37
Jul 28, 2019
But it's the only country in South America that begins with an "s", so what would you do without it in an "s" country quiz?
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Level 66
Aug 27, 2019
Some people need to grow up.
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Level 78
Jan 21, 2021
Yes, children. Well, they don't NEED to, but they generally do.
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Level 86
Jul 21, 2018
Ah yes, the 1904 Olympics, considered to be one of the worst Olympics ever.

"The slapdash nature of the Games was summed up by the marathon, held on a 90-degree late August day. Only 14 of 32 runners finished, with the winner originally thought to be Fred Lorz of New York. There was one problem: He had stopped running after nine miles and hitched a ride in a car. When the car broke down, Lorz felt better and jogged into the stadium well ahead of his competitors. He was about to accept the gold medal, when it was learned Thomas Hicks, another American, was the real winner. Hicks was no angel, having received shots of strychnine and brandy from his trainers to keep from collapsing."

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Level 82
Aug 15, 2018
They hadn't really mastered doping back then. Hicks was so drugged up by the end of the race he had to be carried by his trainers across the finish line. Babe Ruth's performance enhancing drugs of choice were cigars, beer, and hot dogs.
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Level 75
Aug 15, 2018
Sounds like typical St. Louis shenanigans to me. But you have to remember they were also running a World's Fair that year so they were spread pretty thin. :)
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Level 46
Aug 15, 2018
I think "Saint Laurent" should also be accepted.
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Level 74
Dec 3, 2018
Mais oui, d'accord!
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Level 61
Aug 16, 2018
The lake question is missleading, the lake superior is the largest by area but not by volume!
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Level 67
Aug 16, 2018
Er...it is in the Americas...which is what this quiz is about.
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Level 48
Oct 14, 2018
but not necessarily the world's biggest....Lake Baikal is the world's deepest freshwater lake with the most volume, containing 22–23% of the world's fresh surface water. With 23,615.39 km3 (5,670 cu mi) of fresh water,[1] it contains slightly more water than the North American Great Lakes.

the question needs to be more specific, leave out the word "world", or specify by area, not volume

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Level 21
Dec 25, 2018
I was confused about the "... and its biggest city" question because it didn't really make sense until I say the answer
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Level 84
May 13, 2019
I like the city of San Juan.

I know a boat you can get on.

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Level 66
May 13, 2019
Agree, Lake Superior is not the world's biggest freshwater lake. Lake Baikal is.

The question must be specified.

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Level 49
Feb 10, 2020
Yes, I agree. Lake Baikal is also the deepest freshwater lake in the world.
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Level 76
Jun 4, 2021
too earth-centric. not all jetpunkers are from earth, let’s get some questions about the rest of the universe please?
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Level 40
May 11, 2022
Alright, what about: what Jetpunk user do I want to blast into space? Their name starts with 's'
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Level 64
Jan 7, 2022
Capsian Sea > Lake Superior
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Level 61
Nov 14, 2022
"americas"
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Level 72
Oct 17, 2023
The Caspian Sea is saltwater, so doesn't qualify. One could make an argument for Lake Baikal in Russia (largest by volume) but that's a bit ridiculous.
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Level 61
Nov 14, 2022
I thought the Amazon for Seattle was the amazon river in south america lmao.