Statistics for Ecuador Country Quiz

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Official language	Spanish	99%
Countries bordering Ecuador	Colombia	95%
Countries bordering Ecuador	Peru	95%
Capital city	Quito	95%
Mountain range running through Ecuador	Andes	94%
The east of the country is part of this rainforest	Amazon	92%
Island chain located 906 km west of the mainland	Galápagos Islands	91%
Line of latitude on which the country lies	Equator	90%
Scientist who visited those islands aboard the HMS Beagle	Charles Darwin	85%
South American empire that conquered modern-day Ecuador in the 1400s	Inca	83%
Ecuador is the world's largest exporter of this fruit	{Banana}s	71%
Species that went extinct when Lonesome George died in 2012	Pinta Island {tortoise}	64%
Currency used by Ecuador	U.S. Dollar	61%
Style of hat that comes from Ecuador but is ironically named after a different country	{Panama} Hat	60%
Bird on the coat of arms	Andean {Condor}	52%
Most-spoken native language	Kichwa (Quechua)	52%
Most populous urban area	Guayaquil	47%
72% of Ecuadorians are _____, a mix of Spanish and Amerindian descent	{Mestizo}s	45%
Antimalarial drug made from Cinchona, the national tree of Ecuador	Quinine	37%
Highest mountain in the world (when measured from the center of the Earth)	Chimborazo	26%
Type of iguana found only on those islands	{Marine} iguana	25%