94 South American Countries Trivia Questions with Answers

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

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What is the official name of the country commonly called Bolivia?

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Plurinational State of Bolivia

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which South American country is home to Kaieteur Falls, one of the world’s highest single-drop waterfalls?

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Guyana

Easy Easy difficulty.
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What is the capital of Guyana, the only English-speaking country on mainland South America?

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Georgetown

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which South American country uses the U.S. dollar as its official currency?

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Ecuador

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which South American country declared independence from Portugal on 7 September 1822?

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Brazil

Hard Hard difficulty.
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In which year did Uruguay win the inaugural Copa América tournament?

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1916

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which South American country is home to Perito Moreno Glacier?

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Argentina

Hard Hard difficulty.
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Which country declared independence on 20 July 1810, now celebrated as its national day?

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Colombia

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which South American country contains Easter Island, also called Rapa Nui?

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Chile

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which South American country contains the historic city of Sucre, its constitutional capital?

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Bolivia

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which South American country has Lake Maracaibo, one of the world’s largest lakes by area?

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Venezuela

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which South American country is home to Pico da Neblina, the continent’s highest mountain outside the Andes?

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Brazil

Hard Hard difficulty.
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Which South American country contains the archaeological site of Chan Chan, the largest pre-Columbian city in South America?

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Peru

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which South American country is home to the Valdés Peninsula, a major breeding site for southern right whales?

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Argentina

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which South American country contains the historic silver-mining city of Potosí, founded in 1545?

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Bolivia

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which South American country contains the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, famous for white dunes and seasonal lagoons?

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Brazil

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which South American country has the capital Asunción, one of the continent’s oldest continuously inhabited cities?

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Paraguay

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which South American country contains the colonial capital city of Quito, founded by the Spanish in 1534?

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Ecuador

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which South American country is home to the historic city of Cartagena, founded in 1533 on the Caribbean coast?

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Colombia

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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What is Chile’s longest river?

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Loa River

Hard Hard difficulty.
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Which South American country contains Mount Chimborazo, Earth’s closest point to space?

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Ecuador

Easy Easy difficulty.
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What is Brazil’s capital city?

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Brasília

Easy Easy difficulty.
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What is Argentina’s highest mountain?

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Aconcagua

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which South American country has La Paz as its seat of government?

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Bolivia

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which country contains Ciudad Perdida, the ancient archaeological city in Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta?

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Colombia

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which country borders Peru on the eastern shore of Lake Titicaca?

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Bolivia

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which South American city hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics?

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Rio de Janeiro

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which South American country contains the ancient archaeological site of Tiwanaku?

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Bolivia

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which South American country is home to the world’s largest salt flat, Salar de Uyuni?

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Bolivia

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which country was the first South American host of the FIFA World Cup?

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Uruguay

Hard Hard difficulty.
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Which South American country is the continent’s only sovereign state with English as its official language?

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Guyana

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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What phrase appears on Brazil’s national flag?

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Ordem e Progresso

Easy Easy difficulty.
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In which South American country is Machu Picchu located?

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Peru

Hard Hard difficulty.
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Which South American country was the first to create a legal national cannabis market in 2013?

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Uruguay

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which country is home to the Galápagos Islands?

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Ecuador

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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What is the official language of Suriname?

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Dutch

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which country contains the Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on Earth?

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Chile

Easy Easy difficulty.
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What currency is used in Chile?

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Chilean peso

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which South American country is the continent’s only Portuguese-speaking nation?

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Brazil

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which South American country is crossed by the Equator and named for it?

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Ecuador

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which South American country is named after Christopher Columbus?

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Colombia

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which country contains Angel Falls, the world’s highest uninterrupted waterfall?

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Venezuela

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which river is generally considered the longest river in South America?

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Amazon River

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which country is the largest in South America by land area?

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Brazil