An Argentina Question Tour

Hola! Thirty-two questions about the country of Argentina. Perhaps there are nine categories this time...but probably just eight. Have fun!
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Cities 1: City that shares its name with a wine-producing region
Mendoza
Cities 2: City commonly used as a starting point for Antarctic cruises.
Ushuaia
Cities 3: Second-largest city in the country, named after a city in Spain.
Cordoba
Cities 4: Resort city known for being the birthplace of Argentina's most famous political movement.
Mar del Plata
Artificial Landmarks 1: Famous cemetery located in Buenos Aires.
Recoleta Cemetery
Artificial Landmarks 2: Church located in the city of Salta home to the tallest bell tower in South America
Iglesia San Francisco
Artificial Landmarks 3: Red-and-white lighthouse adorning the Beagle Channel
Fairo les Eclaireurs
Artificial Landmarks 4: Skyscraper created to house the ashes of Dante Alighieri
Palacio Barolo
Natural Landmarks 1: Tallest mountain outside of Asia
Aconcagua
Natural Landmarks 2: Series of waterfalls shared with Brazil
Iguazu Falls
Natural Landmarks 3: This glacier, named for an Argentinian explorer, is unique from most glaciers in that it has been expanding rather than shrinking
Perito Moreno
Natural Landmarks 4: Major wetland system located in the northeast of Argentina.
Ibera Wetlands
People 1: Known as the liberator of Argentina, Chile, and Peru
Jose de San Martin
People 2: First lady who, along with her husband, gave the name to the movement described in Cities4
Eva Peron
People 3: Architect behind the Petronas Towers and World Financial Center
Cesar Pelli
People 4: Football star who has played for Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain, and the Argentina National Team
Lionel Messi
History 1: Santa Cruz site known for hundreds of paintings that date back to a few thousand years after the last Ice Age.
Cueva de las Manos
History 2: In 1806 and 1807, this empire attempted to take Buenos Aires from Spain.
British Empire
History 3: Period of expansion that led to the expulsion of numerous peoples indigenous to the Pampas and Patagonia
Conquest of the Desert
History 4: US-backed anticommunist purge across South America that claimed 150-300,000 lives across Argentina
Operation Condor
Culture 1: Famous dance that saw a heyday period from the 1930s to the 1950s
Tango
Culture 2: Before Walt Disney, cartoonist Quirino Cristiani created the first of this medium with El Apostol, a satire of then-president Hipolito Yrigoyen. Unfortunately, the original copy has since been lost.
Animated Movie
Culture 3: In play, it's similar to a mix between polo and basketball, but this sport, the national sport of Argentina, has been played since the 1600s.
Pato
Culture 4: Famous epic poem centered on a gaucho (Argentine cowboy) forced into the wilderness after killing a man in a duel.
Martin Fierro
Wildlife 1: This relative of the pokeweed is the only large plant native to the Pampas grasslands; as its scientific name suggests, it has both male and female flowers.
Ombu
Wildlife 2: Similar to monitor lizards of the Old World, these lizards are known for their intelligence and are occasionally kept as pets (this led to them becoming an invasive species in the US Southeast)
Argentine Giant Tegu
Wildlife 3: The world's smallest deer
Pudu
Wildlife 4: Largest of all members of the order Carnivora, this is also the largest non-cetacean marine mammal
Southern Elephant Seal
Paleontology 1: One of the earliest dinosaurs
Eoraptor
Paleontology 2: The "Meat-Eating Bull"
Carnotaurus
Paleontology 3: Giant sauropod that is often called the largest land animal of all time, although this is disputed.
Argentinosaurus
Paleontology 4: Largest of the ground sloths
Megatherium
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