Ecuador Country Quiz

Can you guess these facts about the country of Ecuador?

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First submitted	February 25, 2017
Times taken	23,551
Average score	71.4%
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Question	Answer
Capital city	Quito
Most populous urban area	Guayaquil
Line of latitude on which the country lies	Equator
Official language	Spanish
Currency used by Ecuador	U.S. Dollar
Mountain range running through Ecuador	Andes
Island chain located 906 km west of the mainland	Galápagos Islands
Scientist who visited those islands aboard the HMS Beagle	Charles Darwin
Type of iguana found only on those islands	Marine iguana
Species that went extinct when Lonesome George died in 2012	Pinta Island tortoise
Most-spoken native language	Kichwa (Quechua)
Highest mountain in the world (when measured from the center of the Earth)	Chimborazo
Bird on the coat of arms	Andean Condor
South American empire that conquered modern-day Ecuador in the 1400s	Inca
Countries bordering Ecuador	Colombia
Countries bordering Ecuador	Peru
The east of the country is part of this rainforest	Amazon
Ecuador is the world's largest exporter of this fruit	Bananas
72% of Ecuadorians are _____, a mix of Spanish and Amerindian descent	Mestizos
Antimalarial drug made from Cinchona, the national tree of Ecuador	Quinine
Style of hat that comes from Ecuador but is ironically named after a different country	Panama Hat

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26 Comments

Level 44

Feb 25, 2017

Nice quiz!

Level 90

Feb 25, 2017

Definitely a beautiful country.

Level 69

May 20, 2020

I enjoy all these country quizzes. They are very educational. Here I got 17. Not happy with that. I`ve been to Ecuador. But another great country quiz.

Level 90

Sep 6, 2020

I've never been to Ecuador and I got 16. Just enough for the badge so I'm pretty happy with it.

Level 85

May 21, 2020

Excellent quiz. Gave you 5-stars. (even though you are a Man. United fan ;-)

Level 57

May 31, 2020

fair enough! thanks!

Level 53

Jul 21, 2020

Whaaat! Man utd is the best!

Level 72

May 22, 2020

Really good quiz - I'd question whether the 's' is needed for the fruit clue? I wondered whether it meant the singular form of the fruit ended in 's' (as a hint).

Level 69

May 24, 2020

Great quiz, great country

Level 70

May 24, 2020

Everybody knows about Mt. Everest but so few know about Chimborazo. It is a pitty.

Level 49

Apr 26, 2021

I've climbed Chimborazo in 2017 so technically I've been to the highest point on our planet :D

Level 71

May 28, 2020

Ok, not getting Quecho, Quecha, Quechu is my fault, I really didn't know the exact spelling, but I would argue Sea Iguana perhaps should be accepted, especially for those translating from another language.

(and yes, for those who can't wait to make this point and probably made a macro for it, it is an English site/quiz, but this site takes type-ins)

Edit: Actually Sea Iguana is one of its official English names, as well as Saltwater Iguana both of which I tried.

Level 75

Aug 12, 2020

I know more mountains in Ecuador than any other South American country. Interesting.

Level 71

Sep 6, 2020

Uggghhhhh I kept on guessing quinone and then tried a bunch of other variants of the word, not realizing that I would get it if I changed just one letter :P

Level 76

Sep 6, 2020

I would change question 11 to 'most-spoken indigenous language'. The term native language is usually a synonym for a first language or mother tongue, which would be Spanish in this case.

Level 59

Oct 28, 2020

How did only 23% get marine iguanas? I thought that was a well known fact!

Level 59

Jan 3, 2021

I thought that too.

Level 49

Apr 26, 2021

I'm not a native speaker and I tried Sea Iguana, Ocean Iguana, Saltwater Iguana, Galapagos Iguana and Pacific Iguana and it wouldn't accept any of these...maybe that's why :D

Level 62

Feb 12, 2022

I got the experience to visit the Galapagos islands.I saw at least 30-40 Marine Iguanas.Fascinating species.Thanks Darwin!

Level 61

Dec 6, 2022

Tried 0 latitude

Level 60

Dec 6, 2022

I agree with Hansen, could you possibly accept 0 for equator?

Level 72

Dec 7, 2022

Fun fact, Greedo in the Star Wars cantina spoke a language based on Quechua, according to Ben Burt the Star Wars sound guy.