| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Rio annually hosts the world's largest Carnival | True | 92%
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| More than one in five people in Rio live in favelas, or slums | True | 92%
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| Rio is the capital of Brazil | False | 85%
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| Jorge Luis Borges, Lionel Messi and Pope Francis were all born in Rio | False | 82%
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| Rio is the oldest city in Brazil | False | 79%
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| Rio is the largest city in Brazil | False | 74%
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| Rio was once the capital of the Portuguese Empire | True | 74%
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| Rio is further north than Cape Town | True | 72%
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| Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro began his political career in Rio | True | 64%
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| Rio's temperature in winter sometimes dips below freezing overnight | False | 59%
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| Rio is the only city in the southern hemisphere to have hosted the Summer Olympics | False | 56%
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| Rio sits at the mouth of the January River, from which it derives its name | False | 54%
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| A majority of residents of Rio are black | False | 46%
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| By ridership, Rio has the largest public bus network in the world | True | 46%
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| Christ the Redeemer is the tallest statue of Jesus Christ in the world | False | 28%
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