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History of Colombia - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 668 times
- The average score is 13 of 20
Answer Stats
| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What historical figure is Colombia named after? | Christopher Columbus | 94%
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| What drug lord was worth $30 billion before his death in 1993? | Pablo Escobar | 92%
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| Who served as the first President of Colombia – known as "The Liberator"? | Simón Bolívar | 92%
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| What country gained independence from Colombia in 1903? | Panama | 85%
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| What singer was born in Barranquilla in 1977? | Shakira | 84%
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| What event was Colombia originally chosen to host in 1986, but resigned due to economic issues? | FIFA World Cup | 81%
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| What city was he the drug lord of? | Medellín | 81%
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| What prize did he win in the same year for doing that? | Nobel Peace Prize | 73%
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| What type of fitness program was invented in Colombia in the 1990s? | Zumba | 65%
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| What military alliance did Colombia formally become a partner of in 2017? | NATO | 63%
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| What city's cartel was the main rivals of that drug lord? | Cali | 62%
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| What novel is Gabriel García Márquez best known for? | One Hundred Years of {Solitude} | 62%
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| What term originally referred to a mythical tribal chief of the Muisca people who was believed to have been covered with gold dust? | El {Dorado} | 55%
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| What Marxism–Leninism guerrilla group were fighting the longest-running armed insurgency in the Western Hemisphere? | FARC | 53%
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| What city was formerly the main port for trade between Spain and its overseas empire? | Cartagena | 50%
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| What Colombian was the highest paid actress in U.S. television between 2013-2020? | Sofía Vergara | 49%
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| What Spanish colonial territory was Colombia was part of until independence? | New {Granada} | 48%
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| What was the currency of Colombia before it was independent? (Hint: still is a neighboring country's currency) | Real | 31%
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| What President signed a ceasefire accord with the above in 2016? | Juan Manuel {Santos} | 29%
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| What two groups fought against each other in the the Thousand Days' War between 1899-1902? (Name either) | Conservatives / Liberals | 21%
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