(Rev. 26 Aug 2015)
Ozark Hispanic Studies League
CULTURE BOWL TOURNAMENT QUESTIONS: South America
This list of questions has resulted from many years of collecting from many different sources. They have been
transcribed several times. There are probably many typographical and some factual errors. Please do not
hesitate to call such errors to the attention of the administrator for correction. Additionally, if you find any
questions that are difficult to understand or are poorly worded, let the administrator know. If you feel any of the
questions are outdated or of dubious value or if you have any suggestions for new questions to add to the list,
submit them to the sponsor for next year. We will use this list as the basis for references. If you find mistakes
or if you have questions, please use the numbers here as references.
NOTES: Most of the articles (a, an, the) and some other non-essential words have been removed as the first
word in the answers. This is to allow more complete scrambling.
Answers must be given as shown on the list even if a different answer to a given question might be correct. For
example:
Question:
Name the musical instrument similar to the xylophone.
Answer:
Marimba
Explanation: Even though both the vibraphone and the marimba are similar to the xylophone, only
‘marimba’ will be accepted as it is the answer given.
Anytime an answer includes two or more elements and the word ‘and’, then all elements must be given. For
example:
Question:
When was the Golden Age of Spanish literature?
Answer:
Sixteenth and seventeenth centures.
Explanation: Both ‘sixteenth’ and ‘seventeenth’ must be mentioned.
Anytime an answer includes two or more elements and the word ‘or’ is used, then one of the elements given
will be considered correct.
Question:
What style of architecture can be seen in the Alhambra?
Answer:
Moorish or Arabic.
Explanation: Either ‘Moorish’ or ‘Arabic’ will be acceptable.
Judges will have the right to accept slight variations in the answers. Judges also have the right to ask
contestants to repeat an answer or to ask for more detail. The last answer given will be considered correct.
Their decision on acceptance will be final.
NOTE:
We have found a lot of success using the analogy format. For example:
World:Mt. Everest::Mexico: __ Pico de Orizaba
U.S.:soap opera::Mexico: ___ telenovela
Obama:Michelle::Maxmilian:___ Carlota (no political inferences intended)
U.S.:rabbit's foot::Huichol Indians: ___ Ojo de dios (god's eye)
Also, we use commonalities:
What do Siqueiros, Orozco and Rivera have in common? All Mexican muralists
What to Paricutin, Popocatepetl and Ixtaccihuatl have in common? All Mexican volcanos
Finally, we use finish-the-series:
Sometimes a harp, but always guitars, violins and ? Trumpets (form a mariachi)
Texas, New Mexico, California and ? Arizona (states bordering Mexico)
Hope you can use these. If you want to use them without the answers, you can just highlight the second column
and clear it.
QUESTIONS
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What is the highest peak in the western hemishpere?
Who was the first person of Asian descent to become a head of state in a Latin
American country?
What is the largest river in South America?
For whom was the continent of South America named?
What mountain range stretches along the west coast of South America?
What famous waterfall is in Venezuela?
What country is described as being the “Breadbasket of South America”
because on the amount of grain it exports?
What country is famous for the dance the tango?
Which Spanish speaking country has the largest Jewish population?
What is the largest Spanish speaking country in South America?
Great Britain went to war with which country over the ownership of the
Falkland Islands?
In what countries would you find the region called Patagonia?
Name the work by Jose Enrique Rodo comparing North America and South
America.
What and where is the driest desert in the world?
Though land-locked, both Bolivia and Paraguay have river access to which
ocean?
What was the last battle for independence in South America?
What is the national dance of Colombia?
What animal food product is a major export commodity of Argentina?
Who was the general who helped San Martin win independence for Chile?
Who was the first president of Chile?
What are the colors of the Argentine flag?
What is the capital of Colombia?
If you were to go to the highest capital city in the Western hemisphere to what
country would you travel?
Which South American country has two capitals?
In colonial times, which South American country produced the most silver?
In what country did the ‘cholitas luchadoras’ originate?
What two Latin American countries are landlocked?
The Chaco War was fought between what two South American countries?
ANSWERS
Aconcagua
Alberto Fujimora of Peru
Amazon
Amerigo Vespucci
Andes
Angel Falls or el Salto Angel
Argentina
Argentina
Argentina
Argentina
Argentina
Argentina and Chile
Ariel
Atacama in Chile
Atlantic
Ayacucho
Bambuco
Beef
Bernardo O`Higgins
Bernardo O’Higgins
Blue and White (some yellow in coat of arms)
Bogotá
Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia and Paraguay
Bolivia and Paraguay
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In which two countries does Lake Titicaca lie?
What battle guaranteed Colombia’s independence?
What is the largest country in South American?
Between what two countries are found the Iguazú Falls?
Which two South American countries, if placed across the US, would reach
from New York to San Francisco?
What is the capital of Argentina?
Name the two South American capitals located on the banks of the same river.
What form of transportation do the majority of city dwelling Colombians use?
Vicuñas and guanacos are wild relatives of what old world animal?
What battle guaranteed Venezuela’s independence?
Where was Bolívar born?
What two battles guaranteed Chile’s independence?
Which country reaches the farthest south?
What Latin American country is about 2700 miles long but only 100 miles
wide?
What Latin American country is hot and desert like in the north but covered
with icy glaciers in the south?
Where is Mount Aconcagua located?
Which is the longest Spanish-speaking country?
Gabriela Mistral, the Nobel Prize winning poetess, is from what country?
Which South American countries have lakes like Switzerland?
What is a “huaso”?
What is Columbia’s biggest legal export?
What is “Tradiciones Peruanas”?
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Which South American country has ports on the Pacific and the Caribbean?
The Battle of Boyacá guaranteed the independence of what country?
Which Spanish speaking country produces 90% of the world’s emeralds?
From what country is singer Shakira?
In 1986, what coutry was supposed to host the World Cup, but didn’t?
What modern day countries formed the Republic of Great Colombia?
Name two minerals found in quantity in Chile.
What is a gaucho?
What is the name of the capital city of the ancient Incas?
What is the name of the novel that describes the life of the plainsmen of
Venezuela?
Who was the Paraguayan dictator known as “the Supreme”?
What Chilean province, famed for its giant statues, is located over 2000 miles
west of the South American coast?
What country is named after the equator?
What South American country borders Colombia and Peru?
Where are Cotopaxi and Chimbrazo located?
The Battle of Pinchincha guaranteed the independence of what country?
Which South American country owns the Galapagos Island?
In what country did the “jipijapa”, the Panama hat, originate?
Name the book by Ciro Alegria about the life of the Indians of Peru.
What is “La Araucana” and what is its subject matter?
About whom is Broadway musical Evita?
What is the title of the study of gaucho life written by Sarmiento?
What and where is “el Salto de Tenquendama”?
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What is chicha?
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How many countries in South America do not have Spanish as the official
language?
76. What Venezuelan patriot fought in the American, French and SpanishAmerican revolutions?
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Bolivia and Perú
Boyacá
Brazil
Brazil and Argentina
Brazil and Chile
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires and Montevideo
Bus
Camels
Carabobo
Caracas, Venezuela
Chacabuco and Maipu
Chile
Chile
Chile
Argentina
Chile
Chile
Chile and Argentina
Chilean cowboy
Coffee
Collection of stories about colonial life written
by Ricardo Palma
Colombia
Colombia
Colombia
Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Panamá
Copper and nitrates
Cowboy in Argentina
Cuzco
Doña Barbara
Dr. Jose Gaspar de Francia
Easter Island
Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador
El mundo es ancho y ajeno
Epic poem about the conquest of Chile
Evita Perón of Argentina
Facundo
Falls in Colombia higher (but not wider) than
Niagra Falls
Fermented corn drink used by the indigenous of
Peru & Bolivia
Four
Francisco Miranda
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What is chuño?
Who was the first Hispanic poetess to win the Nobel Prize?
The Achipelago of Colón and the Enchanted Isles are less common names for
what islands?
What are the two official languages of Paraguay?
Who is the current president of Venezuela?
What South American President used to host a regular Sunday Morning T.V.
show?
What is used to start the fermentation of chichi?
What indigenous group occupied the Andean region of Peru?
Who built the ancient city of Machu Pichu in Peru?
What indigenous tribe spoke Quechua?
Who was the famous Argentine writer who was almost blind?
Name the major folkdance of Venezuela.
Who is the Peruvian painter who painted the indigenous of his country?
What did the Incas use instead of writing for remembering messages?
Name the 3 distinct regions of Peru.
What is the largest fresh water lake in South America?
What is the highest navigable lake in the world?
Which lake lies between Peru and Bolivia?
What is the capital of Peru?
Miraflores is the largest and most important suburb of which South American
capital?
What animals produce wool for the Peruvian Indians?
What is the largest tributary of the Amazon River?
What is the largest river in Colombia?
What is the main river of Peru?
What is the name of the epic gaucho poem written by José Hernandez?
What would one drink through a bombilla?
What ancestral heritages do the majority of Colombians share?
What is the capital of Uruguay?
What are Chimborazo and Cotopaxi?
What exiled Argentine singer recorded “No llores por mi, Argentina” (Don’t
cry for me, Argentina)?
What was the Spanish name for the region of Peru and Chile?
What was the Spanish name for the region of Ecuador, Colombia, and
Venezuela?
In what area of South America did the Chibchas live?
Which large South American river was confused with the Amazon by early
explorers?
Where do the Argentine gauchos live?
What are the grasslands of Argentina called?
Bolivia has access to the ocean along which river?
Spanish and guaraní are the official languages of what country?
Paraguay has access to the sea by means of which river system?
Who wrote “La Araucana”?
Who founded Santiago de Chile?
Who is the international soccer legend who led his native Brazil to four World
Cup victories?
From what South American country are the Incas?
In what country is the lost city of Machu Picchu?
In what country would you find the ‘lines of Nasca’?
Name one country that borders Ecuador.
Name the common currency of Colombia, Argentina, and Chile?
What battle guaranteed Ecuador’s independence?
What is the name of the dictator who replaced the president of Chile in 1973?
Where is the best-known world-class ski resort in Chile?
Freeze-dried potatoes used in the Andes
Gabriela Mistral
Galápagos Islands
Guaraní and Spanish
Nicolás Maduro
Hugo Chávez
Human saliva
Incas
Incas
Incas
Jorge Luís Borges
Joropo
José Sebogal
Knots of strings known as “quipús”
La Costa, La Sierra or Cordillera de los Andes
and La Selva or Amazonia
Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca
Lima
Lima, Perú
Llama, alpaca, vicuña, guanaco
Madeira River
Magdalena
Marañon
Martin Fierro
Mate
Mestizo (mixed European and Amerindian)
Montevideo
Mountains (volcanos) in Ecuador
Nacha Guevara
New Castile
New Granada
North
Orinoco
Pampa
Pampa
Paraguay
Paraguay
Paraná-Paraguay
Pedro de Ercilla
Pedro de Valdivia
Pele
Perú
Perú
Perú
Perú or Colombia
Peso
Pichincha
Pinochet
Portillo
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What is the official language of Brazil?
What European languages, other than Spanish, are official languages in South
America?
What is La Guaira?
What are ‘cholitas luchadoras’?
Western Paraguay is the world’s chief source of what wood used for
preparing leather?
La Paz is the highest Latin American capital. What is the second highest?
Who is the celebrated opera singer from Chile?
What are the colors in Bolivia’s flag?
Name the South American river on which two capital cities lie?
What is the national dance of Brazil?
What famous Argentine general fought for independence in South America?
What is the capital of Chile?
What South American capital was founded by Pedro de Valdivia?
Who wrote “Doña Bárbara”?
Who fought for and freed five South American countries?
After what famous Venezuelan liberator was Bolivia named?
Who is known as “the Liberator?
Who was the Venezuelan liberator of South America?
Who was known as the George Washington of Latin America?
How old was Jorge Luis Borges when he wrote his first book?
What is the most popular sport among Colombians?
Name the sport and the nationality of Diego Maradona.
Most of South America lies on which side of the equator?
The cities of Buenos Aires, Santiago, Lima, and Caracas are found on what
continent?
What is unique about the costumes worn by ‘cholitas luchadoras?”
Of what disease did Simón Bolívar die?
The Spanish word for what animal gave the Galápagos Islands their name?
What is yerba mate?
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What is the smallest Spanish-speaking country in South America?
In what country is “Doña Bárbara” set?
Of what country is Caracas the capital?
The Battle of Carabobo guaranteed the in independence of what country?
What South American nation is a member of OPEC?
Through what country does the Orinoco river run through?
The highest waterfall in the world, Angel Falls, is located in what country?
“El sancocho”, “las arepas” and “las cachapas” are all foods common to what
country?
Name the three Latin American countries that the South American General
Simón Bolívar liberated.
What is the climate of the Tierra del Fuego or Land of Fire?
Which Venezuelan dictator encouraged the development of the oil industry?
What was the Spanish name for the region of Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay,
and Paraguay?
What is Chile’s leading summer resort?
What war resulted in Bolivia becoming landlocked?
In what war did Argentina become involved in April, 1982?
Is Chile to the west or east of the Andes Mountains?
Why did Pizarro name Lima “the city of the kings”?
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When was the Republic of Great Colombia completed?
When was the battle of Ayacucho?
What is the altitude of Lake Titicaca?
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Portuguese
Portuguese, English, French, and Dutch
Principal port of Venezuela
Professional women wrestlers
Quebracho
Quito
Ramon Vinay
Red, yellow, green
Río de la Plata
Samba
San Martín
Santiago
Santiago, Chile
Rómulo Gallegos
Simon Bolivar
Simon Bolivar
Simón Bolívar
Simón Bolívar
Simón Bolívar
Six years old
Soccer or fútbol
Soccer or fútbol and Argentina
South
South America
Traditional dresses
Tuberculosis
Turtles
Type of tea consumed in Argentina, Paraguay,
and Uruguay
Uruguay
Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador
Very cold
Vicente Gómez
Viceroyalty of La Plata
Viña del Mar
War of the Pacific with Chile
War with Britain over the Falkland Islands?
West
Founded on January 6, Kings’ Day, when the
three wise men are aid to have arrived to visit
Jesus in Bethlehem
1822
1824
12,500 feet