History of Colombia - Statistics

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Answer Stats

Question	Answer	% Correct
What historical figure is Colombia named after?	Christopher Columbus	95%
Who served as the first President of Colombia – known as "The Liberator"?	Simón Bolívar	92%
What drug lord was worth $30 billion before his death in 1993?	Pablo Escobar	91%
What country gained independence from Colombia in 1903?	Panama	85%
What event was Colombia originally chosen to host in 1986, but resigned due to economic issues?	FIFA World Cup	83%
What singer was born in Barranquilla in 1977?	Shakira	83%
What city was he the drug lord of?	Medellín	80%
What prize did he win in the same year for doing that?	Nobel Peace Prize	76%
What type of fitness program was invented in Colombia in the 1990s?	Zumba	67%
What military alliance did Colombia formally become a partner of in 2017?	NATO	63%
What novel is Gabriel García Márquez best known for?	One Hundred Years of {Solitude}	61%
What city's cartel was the main rivals of that drug lord?	Cali	59%
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}	54%
What Marxism–Leninism guerrilla group were fighting the longest-running armed insurgency in the Western Hemisphere?	FARC	52%
What city was formerly the main port for trade between Spain and its overseas empire?	Cartagena	49%
What Colombian was the highest paid actress in U.S. television between 2013-2020?	Sofía Vergara	49%
What Spanish colonial territory was Colombia was part of until independence?	New {Granada}	45%
What was the currency of Colombia before it was independent? (Hint: still is a neighboring country's currency)	Real	31%
What President signed a ceasefire accord with the above in 2016?	Juan Manuel {Santos}	25%
What two groups fought against each other in the the Thousand Days' War between 1899-1902? (Name either)	Conservatives / Liberals	19%