A Brazil Question Tour

Olá! Take a tour through the marvelous country of Brazil with thirty-two questions spread over eight categories.

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Hint	Answer
Cities 1: Largest city in South America	Sao Paulo
Cities 2: Northeastern city known for its African-rooted culture	Salvador
Cities 3: Southern city known for its beaches	Florianopolis
Cities 4: Capital of Brazil	Brasilia
Artificial Landmarks 1: Art Deco statue considered one of the new Seven Wonders of the World	Christ the Redeemer
Artificial Landmarks 2: Massive stadium in Rio de Janeiro built for the 1950 World Cup.	Maracana Stadium
Artificial Landmarks 3: One of the more notable buildings of Manaus, this opera house has a dome reminiscent of the Brazilian Flag	Amazon Theater
Artificial Landmarks 4: Largest collection of European art in the Southern Hemisphere.	Museum of Art of Sao Paulo
Natural Landmarks 1: Famous waterfalls shared with Argentina	Iguazu Falls
Natural Landmarks 2: Brazil has around 60% of this tropical rainforest, the largest on earth.	Amazon Rainforest
Natural Landmarks 3: Landscape of sand dunes with intermittent lagoons	Lencois Maranhenses
Natural Landmarks 4: One of the largest wetlands in the world.	Pantanal
People 1: Major revolutionary figure hung in 1792	Tiradentes
People 2: "Magnanimous" emperor credited with the abolition of slavery and rise of Brazil	Pedro II
People 3: Architect who designed the UN Headquarters	Oscar Niemeyer
People 4: President deposed by a military coup backed by Operation Condor	Joao Goulart

Hint	Answer
History 1: Amazonian culture extant from about 400-1400	Marajoara
History 2: Treaty that gave Portugal control of Brazil	Treaty of Tordesillas
History 3: Economic boom caused by a certain kind of tree.	Rubber Boom
History 4: Coup that would bring Getulio Vargas to power until 1945	Revolution of 1930
Culture 1: Popular music style whose name means "new trend."	Bossa Nova
Culture 2: Martial art developed by African slaves known for its quick, dance-like movements	Capoeira
Culture 3: Realist novel by Machado de Assis about a distrustful husband	Dom Casmurro
Culture 4: While hardly the only country to host this five-day February event, Brazil's celebrations are some of the most renowned	Carnaval
Athletes 1: Football player who scored 1,279 goals in 1,363 games, a Guinness World Record	Pele
Athletes 2: Beloved racer who holds the most pole positions of the Grand Prix to this day, despite his death in an accident in 1994.	Aryton Senna
Athletes 3: One of the martial artists credited with developing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu	Helio Gracie
Athletes 4: Football player who earned the most international goals of any Brazilian.	Marta
Wildlife 1: Largest flying parrot	Hyacinth Macaw
Wildlife 2: Pink cetacean that, in Amazonian folklore, turns into a human at night.	Amazon River Dolphin
Wildlife 3: Heaviest snake in the world.	Green Anaconda
Wildlife 4: Despite their fearsome reputations, many species of these fish are herbivorous, and those that aren't tend to only eat carrion.	Piranha