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1. On the beach in the town of Punta del Este, Uruguay, you'll find a human body part sculpted by Chilean artist Mario Irarrázabal and named "Monumento al Ahogado" ("Monument to the Drowned"). But what shorter, more descriptive name is more commonly used to describe it?
2. In a small fishing village called Armação de Búzios in Brazil, you'll find a surprising statue of which French actress known for movies including 'Babette Goes to War" (1959)?
3. In the Atacama Desert you'll find a group of sculptures representing guardian spirits and created by artist Juan Diaz Fleming, which are known as "The Presencias Tutelares". In which long and thin South American country are they found?
4. In Plaza 25 de Mayo, Resistencia, Argentina, you'll find a statue named "Monumento a la Loba Romana" which depicts Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome, suckling from which female animal?
5. The second tallest statue of Jesus in the world, named "Cristo de la Concordia" stands on San Pedro Hill, to the east of Cochabamba in which landlocked South American country?
6. On Rapa Nui (or Easter Island), a special territory of Chile in the Pacific Ocean, you'll find 1,000 monolithic human figure statues created by ancient peoples. By what local name are they known?
7. In Trujillo, Venezuela, you'll find an enormous concrete statue named the "Monumento a la Virgen de la Paz". Who does this tallest statue in South America statue honor?
8. "Floralis Generica" is a metal sculpture of a flower found in United Nations Plaza, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Which of these special facts about it is true?
9. In Colombia's UNESCO World Heritage Site, San Agustín Archaeological Park, you'll find the largest collection of megalithic sculptures and religious monuments in South America. Is it true that the statues are mostly still brightly coloured?
10. Often described as a "Wonder of the Modern World", which enormous, famous Brazilian statue of a religious figure was designed by a Brazilian engineer, had its body carved by a French artist, and its face carved by a Romanian sculptor?
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