Statistics for English words of Portuguese origin

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Pandas can't live without it.	Bamboo (bambu)	93%
A striped horse	Zebra	74%
World's most populous country	China	70%
Someone with no skin pigment.	Albino	69%
A pink bird.	Flamingo	66%
The chinese language. Also an asian bureaucrat.	Mandarin (mandarim)	66%
Monkeys can't live without it.	Banana	63%
A very agressive small fish with sharp teeth.	Piranha	63%
Extinct flightless bird.	Dodo	61%
An armored vehicle.	Tank (tanque)	49%
A seasonal deluge in India.	Monsoon (monção)	46%
A prison island. Also a large sea bird.	Alcatraz / Albatross	45%
A kidney shaped nut.	Cashew (Caju)	39%
A thick dark sugary syrup.	Molasses (melaço)	39%
A person of mixed race.	Mulato	39%
Japanese dish of deepfried seafood or vegetables.	Tempura (tempero)	38%
A type of sweet potato.	Yam (inhame)	38%
What indians hunted.	Buffalo (búfalo)	37%
A type of snake.	Cobra	37%
An oblong sweet tropical fruit very popular in juices.	Mango (manga)	37%
A sometimes sexual obsession towards objects.	Fetish (Feitiço)	33%
The sacred animal of the Aztecs and Mayans.	Jaguar	29%
An asian tiered tower, usually used as a temple.	Pagoda (pagode)	29%
A gluten-free starch used in puddings.	Tapioca	22%
Another name for monkeys.	Macaque (macaco)	20%
Quince jam.	Marmalade (marmelada)	19%
The sea that contains the Bermuda Triangle. Also a seaweed.	Sargasso	17%
A 15th century highly maneuverable ship which could sail against the wind.	Caravel (caravela)	16%
An enclosure for livestock.	Corral (curral)	14%
Elite soldier.	Commando (comando)	13%
A balustrade or balcony.	Verandah (varanda)	11%
Public penance of condemned heretics during the Inquisition.	Auto-da-fé	6%
A turn in a dance.	Volta	6%
A medium sized African wild cat.	Serval (cerval)	5%
Another name for sperm whale.	Cachalot (cachalote)	4%
A type of large fish that includes Sea Basses.	Grouper (garoupa)	3%