| Letter | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| A | Name of the 2nd largest river in the world and 1st in volume of water, also name of the rainforest which is 60% on Brazilian territory. | Amazon | 98%
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| B | Brazil's capital since 1960 and one of the 5 biggest cities in the country with over 3 million people. | Brasília | 97%
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| P | Official language. | Portuguese | 92%
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| S | Brazilian music genre and dance style. | Samba | 91%
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| C | Brazil is the largest producer and exporter of this bean. | Coffee | 86%
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| R | Brazilian currency. | Real | 86%
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| F | Low-income and unregulated neighborhoods. | Favelas | 85%
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| I | Waterfalls in the homonymous National Park on the border with Argentina. | Iguazu Falls | 82%
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| G | Famous supermodel, married to Tom Brady. | Gisele Bündchen | 80%
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| M | Largest stadium in Brazil, opened in 1950 to host the FIFA World Cup. | Maracanã | 80%
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| K | Football player that have won the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the Ballon d'Or. | Kaká | 72%
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| O | Humanist motto inscribed in the national flag. | Ordem e Progresso (Order and Progress) | 68%
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| Z | Widespread epidemic type of virus, its outbreak from 2015-2016 raised concerns regarding the safety of athletes during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. | Zika | 66%
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| D | Former president of Brazil, impeached in her second term. | Dilma Rousseff | 65%
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| H | Brazilian brand of flip-flop sandals famous worldwide, sold in over 80 countries. | Havaianas | 63%
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| N | Famous Brazilian architect, best known for his design of civic building for Brazil's planned capital city, Brasília, and also one of the architects involved on the United Nations Headquarters design in NYC. | Niemeyer | 55%
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| T | Tribe of native inhabitants found in Brazil and other South American countries, also depicted in the movie The Mission, starring Robert De Niro. | Tupí-Guaraní | 48%
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| Q | Egg yolks, ground coconut, butter and sugar baked custard pudding very common in Brazilian bakeries. | Quindim | 37%
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| V | Multinational corporation engaged in metals and mining, largest producer of iron one and nickel in the world. Also involved in two catastrophic tailings dam failures: Mariana and Brumadinho. | Vale | 37%
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| J | Famous beach in the Northeast of Brazil, selected by The Washington Post as one of the Top 10 most beautiful beaches in the world. | Jericoacoara | 35%
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| E | Aerospace conglomerate from São Paulo, recently in a joint venture with Boeing. | Embraer | 29%
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| U | Famous neighborhood in Rio, where the Sugarloaf Mountain (Pão de Açúcar) is located in the Guanabara Bay. | Urca | 28%
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| W | Brazil was once attached to this continental part but broke apart by plate tectonics. | West Africa | 28%
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| X | Brazilian popular dance created in the Sertão, northeast of the country. | Xaxado | 23%
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| Y | Woody shrub native to South America, used in the Brazilian farinha (flour) to garnish the Feijoada dish. | Yucca | 23%
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| L | Largest lake in Brazil, located in the southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul. | Lagoa dos Patos | 22%
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