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Quiz about South America by Llama
Quiz about South America by Llama

South America by Llama Trivia Quiz


Ride your trusty rent-a-llama through this exciting tour of famous South American locales!

A photo quiz by AlexT781. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
AlexT781
Time
4 mins
Type
Photo Quiz
Quiz #
392,583
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
9 / 10
Plays
330
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Question 1 of 10
1. Eyeing the animal uncertainly, you carefully mount the llama, who plainly ignores you. Muttering a prayer under your breath, you start off on your journey. Thankfully your payer for safety might be answered, because what giant statue is your first South American landmark to see? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. You hop on your trusty llama, narrowly avoiding a spitball from the surprised animal, and ride for the capital of Brazil. After riding for what seemed forever, you arrive in a planned city that is an UNESCO World Heritage Site. What city is this?

Answer: (check your spelling!)
Question 3 of 10
3. Turning your trusty sidekick to the south, you head for the border to see the impressive Iguazu Falls. What country shares the falls with Brazil? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. You're not sure why your llama companion insisted you take this route, as you steady yourself from the vertigo. The llama may be sure footed, but looking down the vertical cliff doesn't calm you. This treacherous Bolivian road is known as the Road of Death for good reason! You try to think of something other than falling, like what is the official name of this road? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. You swear you saw your trusty llama smirk as you left the death road behind you. Remembering you have a canteen and the llama doesn't, you decide to even the score by taking a route through what Chilean desert, known for being the driest place on Earth and hosting many very large telescopes? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Realizing the wooly llama might not survive, and, not willing to shave your llama to cool it off, you quickly turn around and head for the hills. Literally. Which of theses lakes would be a more comfortable locale for a llama in South America? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Now that your llama has cooled off, you realize you left your jacket at home. It's freezing up here! Off to your next stop, the River of Five Colors in Colombia. To bide the time, you wonder just how does this rainbow river get its nickname? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Leaving the river behind, you turn your weary llama toward Venezuela, where you plan to rest at the foot of the world's tallest waterfall. You must be tired too, because the name of this waterfall escapes you. You shuffle through the llama's wool and pull out a brochure. Aha! the name of the waterfall is ______!

Answer: (Two Words)
Question 9 of 10
9. Since you are near Colombia, you make a short llama-hop over to the town of Guatapé to see this odd tourist attraction. Since there are hundreds of stairs to climb, your llama is not allowed, so you leave it in an empty parking space. By which of these names is this large rock known? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. On to your final destination! But you have to ride the poor llama the entire length of the Andes to get to it. Argentina is your destination, so what is the name given to this llama-friendly grassland that covers 300,000 square miles? Watch out for gauchos! Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Eyeing the animal uncertainly, you carefully mount the llama, who plainly ignores you. Muttering a prayer under your breath, you start off on your journey. Thankfully your payer for safety might be answered, because what giant statue is your first South American landmark to see?

Answer: Cristo Redentor

The statue overlooking Rio de Janeiro is 125 feet tall from its base, with a 92 foot arm span. Construction took nine years, and is a World Heritage Site.
2. You hop on your trusty llama, narrowly avoiding a spitball from the surprised animal, and ride for the capital of Brazil. After riding for what seemed forever, you arrive in a planned city that is an UNESCO World Heritage Site. What city is this?

Answer: Brasilia

Planning began prior to the Second World War, but construction didn't begin until 1957. It took three and a half years to build the entire city in the relatively dry central highlands region. A large man-made lake had to be made in order to supply the residents with enough water.
3. Turning your trusty sidekick to the south, you head for the border to see the impressive Iguazu Falls. What country shares the falls with Brazil?

Answer: Argentina

Often compared to Victoria Falls in Africa, Iguazu Falls contains approximately 275 separate channels water can flow through. In 1982, massive flooding upriver poured so much water into the Iguazu River that the average water flow was nearly 1.5 million cubic feet per second!
4. You're not sure why your llama companion insisted you take this route, as you steady yourself from the vertigo. The llama may be sure footed, but looking down the vertical cliff doesn't calm you. This treacherous Bolivian road is known as the Road of Death for good reason! You try to think of something other than falling, like what is the official name of this road?

Answer: Yungas Road

The road has supposedly been made safer, with parts of the mountainous road being widened to two lanes. Some small stretches were actually paved as well. Along the length of the road you can see small memorials to the hundreds of people that fell to their death from this road.
5. You swear you saw your trusty llama smirk as you left the death road behind you. Remembering you have a canteen and the llama doesn't, you decide to even the score by taking a route through what Chilean desert, known for being the driest place on Earth and hosting many very large telescopes?

Answer: Atacama

The Atacama Desert is unique for several reasons. It's one of the highest, and is the driest desert in the world, getting at most half an inch of rain per year. Some areas haven't seen rain in decades. Also, the desert's extreme dryness prevents anything from living there; not even microbes have been found living in the driest parts of the desert.
6. Realizing the wooly llama might not survive, and, not willing to shave your llama to cool it off, you quickly turn around and head for the hills. Literally. Which of theses lakes would be a more comfortable locale for a llama in South America?

Answer: Lake Titicaca

Located along the border of Peru and Bolivia, Lake Titicaca is well-known as the highest navigable lake in the world, with an elevation at 12,000 feet. The lake features six islands, spread out across the lake. Some are tourist attractions that feature hundreds of Incan ruins to explore.
7. Now that your llama has cooled off, you realize you left your jacket at home. It's freezing up here! Off to your next stop, the River of Five Colors in Colombia. To bide the time, you wonder just how does this rainbow river get its nickname?

Answer: Crystal clear water and many vibrantly colored plants on the riverbed

The river, named Caño Cristales, has extremely clear water because it lacks many nutrients. From July through November, the riverbed is filled with blooming plants adapted to low-nutrient rivers.
8. Leaving the river behind, you turn your weary llama toward Venezuela, where you plan to rest at the foot of the world's tallest waterfall. You must be tired too, because the name of this waterfall escapes you. You shuffle through the llama's wool and pull out a brochure. Aha! the name of the waterfall is ______!

Answer: Angel Falls

Angel Falls is named after Jimmie Angel, who first flew over the waterfall in 1933 and later landed at the top of the falls. His plane got stuck in the mud and he and his crew had to walk eleven days to get help. The plane wasn't removed from the waterfall until 1970.
9. Since you are near Colombia, you make a short llama-hop over to the town of Guatapé to see this odd tourist attraction. Since there are hundreds of stairs to climb, your llama is not allowed, so you leave it in an empty parking space. By which of these names is this large rock known?

Answer: Rock of Guatapé

The rock actually sits on the border of two towns, Guatapé and El Penol. Each town lays claim to this giant rock, and you can even find some graffiti where one side tried to mark it as theirs.
10. On to your final destination! But you have to ride the poor llama the entire length of the Andes to get to it. Argentina is your destination, so what is the name given to this llama-friendly grassland that covers 300,000 square miles? Watch out for gauchos!

Answer: Pampas

Known mostly for being akin to America's Great Plains region, the grasslands stretches unbroken for hundreds of miles wherever you look. Farming and ranching are also very lucrative in the region.
Source: Author AlexT781

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