94 South American Countries Trivia Questions with Answers

94 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which South American country contains La Paz, the world’s highest national capital?

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Bolivia

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which South American country won the 1978 FIFA World Cup, defeating the Netherlands in the final?

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Argentina

Easy Easy difficulty.
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In which year did Suriname become independent from the Netherlands?

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1975

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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What is the longest river that flows entirely within Colombia?

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Magdalena River

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which country became the first in South America to host the Summer Olympic Games?

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Brazil

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which South American mountain is the point on Earth’s surface farthest from the planet’s center?

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Chimborazo

Easy Easy difficulty.
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What is the name of Chile’s hyper-arid desert, widely regarded as the driest nonpolar desert on Earth?

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Atacama Desert

Easy Easy difficulty.
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What is the capital of Venezuela, the country whose northern coast faces the Caribbean Sea?

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Caracas

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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What is the official language of Suriname, the South American country on the Guiana coast?

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Dutch

Easy Easy difficulty.
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What is the capital of Colombia, one of South America’s largest cities?

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Bogotá

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which South American country is home to the city of Cusco, the historic Inca imperial capital?

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Peru

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which South American country has Brasília as its purpose-built national capital?

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Brazil

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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What is the name of the lake shared by Peru and Bolivia that is often called the world’s highest navigable lake?

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Lake Titicaca

Easy Easy difficulty.
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What is the capital city of Chile, the long Pacific-facing country in South America?

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Santiago

Hard Hard difficulty.
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Which South American country has the Itaipu Dam on its border with Brazil?

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Paraguay

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which South American country contains the UNESCO-listed historic center of Cartagena?

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Colombia

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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In which year did Uruguay host and win the first FIFA World Cup?

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1930

Easy Easy difficulty.
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What is the capital of Paraguay, the South American country bordered by Brazil, Bolivia, and Argentina?

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Asunción

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which South American country is the world's largest producer of coffee?

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Brazil

Easy Easy difficulty.
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What is the capital of Argentina, the country famous for tango?

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Buenos Aires

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What is the largest city in Ecuador by population?

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Guayaquil

Hard Hard difficulty.
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What is the name of the ancient pre-Columbian road system that crosses several South American countries?

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Qhapaq Ñan

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What is the name of Ecuador’s national bird, a large Andean scavenger?

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Andean condor

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What is the name of Brazil’s largest river island, located at the mouth of the Amazon?

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Marajó Island

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which South American country is home to Fernando de Noronha, an Atlantic archipelago and UNESCO World Heritage Site?

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Brazil

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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What is the name of Peru’s highest mountain?

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Huascarán

Easy Easy difficulty.
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What is the name of Bolivia’s vast high-altitude salt flat, the world’s largest?

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Salar de Uyuni

Easy Easy difficulty.
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What is the name of Venezuela’s highest waterfall, the world’s tallest uninterrupted waterfall?

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Angel Falls

Hard Hard difficulty.
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Which South American country is home to the archaeological site of San Agustín, known for monumental stone statues?

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Colombia

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which South American country contains the colonial city of Ouro Preto, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1980?

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Brazil

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which South American country is home to the historic city of Villa de Leyva, founded in 1572?

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Colombia

Hard Hard difficulty.
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Which South American country contains the archaeological site of El Brujo, home of the Lady of Cao?

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Peru

Hard Hard difficulty.
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Which South American country contains the archaeological city of Caral, the oldest known urban centre in the Americas?

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Peru

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which South American country is home to the Galápagos Islands, where Charles Darwin studied wildlife in 1835?

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Ecuador

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which South American country contains the historic railway town of Machu Picchu Pueblo, the gateway to Machu Picchu?

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Peru

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which South American country has the capital city of Montevideo on the Río de la Plata?

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Uruguay

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which South American country contains Mount Aconcagua, the highest mountain outside Asia?

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Argentina

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which South American country has Paramaribo as its capital?

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Suriname

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which South American country has a coastline on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean?

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Colombia

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which country uses the quetzal as its national currency?

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Guatemala

Hard Hard difficulty.
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Which country contains the Gran Sabana, the plateau landscape surrounding Mount Roraima?

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Venezuela

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which South American country is home to Cotopaxi, one of the world’s highest active volcanoes?

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Ecuador

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which South American country contains the Nazca Lines?

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Peru

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which South American country has the national park Torres del Paine?

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Chile

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which South American country contains the Amazon city of Iquitos?

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Peru

Easy Easy difficulty.
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What is the national currency of Colombia?

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Colombian peso

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which South American country has the city of Punta Arenas on the Strait of Magellan?

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Chile

Hard Hard difficulty.
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Which South American country contains the historic Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos?

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Bolivia

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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In which year did Guyana gain independence from the United Kingdom?

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1966

Easy Easy difficulty.
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What is the official currency of Peru?

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Peruvian sol