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Quiz about Bafflement  Bewilderedness in Buenos Aires
Quiz about Bafflement  Bewilderedness in Buenos Aires

Bafflement & Bewilderedness in Buenos Aires Quiz


In Quiz #2 in this series you are required to find related smaller words that connect to a parent word (or two). In this case you will be using the letters from "BUENOS AIRES". Let's Tango...

A multiple-choice quiz by 1nn1. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Author
1nn1
Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
390,642
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
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Question 1 of 10
1. Buenos Aires is the largest city and capital of its country. Using the letters from BUENOS AIRES, what is the two letter top level internet code for this country?

Answer: (Two letters)
Question 2 of 10
2. Buenos Aires is situated on an estuary called ____ de la Plata. The missing three letter word, taken from letters of BUENOS AIRES, is also the Spanish name for river. What is this word?

Answer: (Three letters)
Question 3 of 10
3. The Patagonian Desert is located principally south and west of Buenos Aires and is the eighth largest desert in the world. Any vegetation is shrubby and stunted. Using the letters from BUENOS AIRES what is a four letter word meaning withered? (If you put an accent on the last letter, this word is Spanish for "I will be").

Answer: (Four letters (English word))
Question 4 of 10
4. Mining is an important industry in this country with most of the copper mines located east and north east of Buenos Aires. Using the letters from BUENOS AIRES, please find a five letter copper alloy?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 5 of 10
5. The Chaco eagle lives in central South America where it has been seen in woodlands near Buenos Aires. Using letters from BUENOS AIRES, please determine a five letter word for an eagle's nest?

Answer: (Five letters )
Question 6 of 10
6. If you were addressing a man in Buenos Aires, what would be a five letter honorific (using the letters from BUENOS AIRES) you could use?

Answer: (Five letters (English spelling))
Question 7 of 10
7. With its heavy influence from Latin Europe, Buenos Aires residents are classy dressers. From the young to the old, they take pride in how they dress and always try to look their best. Using the letters from BUENOS AIRES, what is a six letter word meaning suave, sophisticated, debonair, and elegant?

Answer: (Six Letters (starts with "u"))
Question 8 of 10
8. The people of Buenos Aires are the largest consumers of red meat in the world. The local barbecue asado is substantial. Using the letters from BUENOS AIRES, what is a seven letter word, normally meaning solemn or grave, that in this context means substantial, a big deal, or significant?

Answer: (Seven letters (starts with "s"))
Question 9 of 10
9. Buenos Aires' folk are social people - they love a chat. It is not unusual to see groups of men and women talking incessantly on city streets parks and coffee shops. Using the letters from BUENOS AIRES what is the Spanish language word for "Ladies"?

Answer: (Seven letters (plural)(English spelling))
Question 10 of 10
10. The growth of Buenos Aires is becoming so urbanised that there is very little open land between the edges of this city and La Plata, another large city 50km to the south east. From the letters of BUENOS AIRES, what is an eight letter noun meaning depleting or vacancy?

Answer: (Eight letters, starts with "b")

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Buenos Aires is the largest city and capital of its country. Using the letters from BUENOS AIRES, what is the two letter top level internet code for this country?

Answer: ar

Buenos Aires is the largest city and capital of Argentina, the seventh largest country in the world in area and the second largest in South America. In 2016, this country had a population of 44 million of which 2.9 million lived in the capital.

For standardisation, each country has a unique country code top-level domain. For Argentina, this is "ar".
2. Buenos Aires is situated on an estuary called ____ de la Plata. The missing three letter word, taken from letters of BUENOS AIRES, is also the Spanish name for river. What is this word?

Answer: rio

Rio de la Plata (River of Silver) is an estuary that separates Argentina from its northern neighbour Uruguay. Both capitals (Buenos Aires and Montevideo respectively) are on the banks of the estuary. Some geographers think of the estuary as a river or a gulf. If the former is true it is the world's widest river at 140km across in parts.

Rio is the the Spanish word for river. Rio de la Plata was actually named by Italian Sebastian Cabot. The Italian word for river is "Fiume".
3. The Patagonian Desert is located principally south and west of Buenos Aires and is the eighth largest desert in the world. Any vegetation is shrubby and stunted. Using the letters from BUENOS AIRES what is a four letter word meaning withered? (If you put an accent on the last letter, this word is Spanish for "I will be").

Answer: sere

The height of the Andes stops the moist air from the west washing over the Patagonian Desert area making it an arid land. It is a cold desert but snow rarely occurs.

Sere is a synonym for arid or withered though its contemporary use is limited.
4. Mining is an important industry in this country with most of the copper mines located east and north east of Buenos Aires. Using the letters from BUENOS AIRES, please find a five letter copper alloy?

Answer: brass

With a name like Argentina, one would expect this country to have a large mining industry and it does, particularly in silver, gold, zinc and copper, with copper making up over 40% of its non-fuel mining output.

Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc so one would guess there would be expected to be a large brass presence in Argentina.
5. The Chaco eagle lives in central South America where it has been seen in woodlands near Buenos Aires. Using letters from BUENOS AIRES, please determine a five letter word for an eagle's nest?

Answer: aerie

The Chaco eagle or crowned solitary eagle (Buteogallus coronatus) is an endangered bird of prey from eastern and central South America. It is found in marshes and woodland, unlike its relative the montane solitary eagle, which lives only in dense mountain forest.

Regardless nearly all eagles build their nests high off the ground often on cliff faces. These nests are called aeries.
6. If you were addressing a man in Buenos Aires, what would be a five letter honorific (using the letters from BUENOS AIRES) you could use?

Answer: senor

The Spanish word "Senor", spelt with a virgulilla (tilde) above the "n" to give it a nasal pronunciation, is the equivalent of "Mister" in English. Originally used to address someone above one's station, this usage, like "Mister" in the UK, is obsolete and it is used today as a mark of respect.
7. With its heavy influence from Latin Europe, Buenos Aires residents are classy dressers. From the young to the old, they take pride in how they dress and always try to look their best. Using the letters from BUENOS AIRES, what is a six letter word meaning suave, sophisticated, debonair, and elegant?

Answer: urbane

With a city that gave the world the tango, and where the European immigration came mainly from Spain and Italy, one would expect people in this city do be sartorially resplendent. And they are. The demand for high end clothing is high, and a larger proportion of the average wage is spent on clothing more than nearly all of the rest of the world.

"Urbane" comes from France meaning "of a city", the premise being city folk are more sophisticated than their rural cousins.
8. The people of Buenos Aires are the largest consumers of red meat in the world. The local barbecue asado is substantial. Using the letters from BUENOS AIRES, what is a seven letter word, normally meaning solemn or grave, that in this context means substantial, a big deal, or significant?

Answer: serious

Asado is used in Argentina as American and Australians use "barbecue", both for a range of grilling techniques and the social event of having or attending a barbecue. The asado is usually beef, lamb or goat grilled over a slow fire. Embutidos (sausages) and offal often accompany the main meats. It is usually accompanied with mate, the national drink or red wine and salads.

"Serious" is usually meant as sombre or humourless, but it can also mean crucial or weighty. It is in the latter context that it is used in a the above example.
9. Buenos Aires' folk are social people - they love a chat. It is not unusual to see groups of men and women talking incessantly on city streets parks and coffee shops. Using the letters from BUENOS AIRES what is the Spanish language word for "Ladies"?

Answer: senoras

Senora (with a tilde above the "n") is the Spanish-language equivalent of Missus or Mrs. and often is used as the definition for someone that is married. A girl who is not married would be addressed as "Senorita".
10. The growth of Buenos Aires is becoming so urbanised that there is very little open land between the edges of this city and La Plata, another large city 50km to the south east. From the letters of BUENOS AIRES, what is an eight letter noun meaning depleting or vacancy?

Answer: bareness

Argentina is becoming more urbanised (incidentally "Urbanise" is also an eight letter word that can be made from the letters of "Buenos Aires"). Most of the land on the shoreline of Rio de la Plata is now urban and this area has the highest population density in the country.

Bareness is related to barrenness, bleakness and desolateness but it can also mean vacancy, emptiness, depletion, and exhaustion.
Source: Author 1nn1

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