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What Pacific island was first discovered by Europeans on Sunday, April 5, 1722?
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Easter Island
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Who was world's first Marxist to be elected president in a liberal democratic country?
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Salvador Allende
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What anti-communist general overthrew him and became the President in 1974?
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Augusto Pinochet
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The strongest of what type of natural disaster ever recorded hit Chile in 1960, measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale?
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Earthquake
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After what war did Chile receive its northern coasts from Bolivia?
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War of the Pacific
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What event did Chile host in 1962?
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FIFA World Cup
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What was the country of origin of the "Father of Chile", Bernardo O'Higgins?
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Ireland
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Which Chilean Nobel Prize winning poet often wrote in green ink?
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Pablo Neruda
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What was the currency of Chile between 1960–1975? * also the former currency of Portugal
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Escudo
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Against what indigenous people was the long-running Arauco War fought?
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Mapuche
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The price of what was risen in 2019, which led to the burnings of many metro stations?
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Fare
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Who became the first female President of Chile in 2006?
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Michelle Bachelet
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What Spanish conquistador conquered Chile and founded Santiago?
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Pedro de Valdivia
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What group of economists modernized Chile's economy in the 1970s and 1980s? * named so because of the university they were educated in
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Chicago Boys
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What famous circumnavigator became the first European to set foot on Chilean land?
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Ferdinand Magellan
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The production of what type of "reddish brown" metal was nationalized in 1971?
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Copper
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What "separating process" was finally legalized in 2004?
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Divorce
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What novel by Daniel Defoe is thought to be based on the life of a Scottish castaway who lived for four years on Chile's Más a Tierra island?
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Robinson Crusoe
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What territory was claimed by Chile in 1940?
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Chilean Antarctica
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What Chilean movie won the 2018 Oscar award for the Best International Film?
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A Fantastic Woman
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