Statistics for South American Geography A-Z

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	Hint	Answer	% Correct
Q	Closest capital to Equator	Quito	95%
S	Dutch-speaking country	Suriname	95%
G	Where Darwin studied finches	Galápagos	93%
N	Country that owns Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao	Netherlands	92%
J	Largest cat native to South America	Jaguar	91%
W	Chilean island with namesake of New Zealand's capital	Wellington	91%
P	Region comprised of southern Argentina and Chile	Patagonia	90%
M	"Lost city" of the Incas that now is a popular tourist attraction	Machu Picchu	89%
E	Island also known as Rapa Nui	Easter	88%
T	Largest lake	Titicaca	88%
C	Major Rio de Janeiro beach	Copacabana	84%
A	Driest desert in the world	Atacama	83%
L	Capital with the highest elevation	La Paz	83%
B	"Fair Winds" in Spanish	Buenos Aires	79%
H	Term for a large estate	Hacienda	72%
R	Currency of Brazil	Real	72%
I	Waterfalls on the Argentina-Brazil border	Iguazu Falls	71%
F	Name for a Brazilian shanty town	Favela	68%
O	Longest river in Venezuela	Orinoco	62%
D	Swampy region between Colombia and Panama	{Darién} Gap	56%
U	Major river on the Argentine-Brazil border	Uruguay	52%
V	Coastal Chilean city	Valparaíso	47%
Y	Plant used to make "maté"	Yerba	35%
Z	Traditional dance of Argentina	Zamba	14%
X	Major Amazon River tributary	Xingu	12%
K	World's tallest single drop waterfall	Kaieteur Falls	7%