Question 1

How many people live in Rio de Janeiro?

Accepted Answer

13 million

Question 2

Sixty percent of this extremely biodiverse rainforest is located in Brazil:

Accepted Answer

Amazon

Question 3

Brazil's version of this annual celebration is the largest in the world.  Occuring before Catholic Lent, it's marked by parties and a huge parade:

Accepted Answer

carnival, carnaval

Question 4

Which of the following countries border Brazil?

Accepted Answer

Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia

Question 5

Which of these Latin dances originated in Brazil?

Accepted Answer

samba

Question 6

This Afro-Brazilian art form combines dance and martial arts while participants form a circle and sing:

Accepted Answer

capoeira

Question 7

What well-known beach in Rio de Janeiro is also the title of a Barry Manilow song?

Accepted Answer

Copacabana

Question 8

What is Brazil's capital city?

Accepted Answer

Brasilia

Question 9

What is the translation for pao de queijo, a popular Brazilian snack/appetizer?

Accepted Answer

cheese bread

Question 10

Who is this Brazilian soccer player who achieved worldwide fame and won the World Cup in 1970?

Accepted Answer

Pele

Question 11

Name this famous statue of Jesus that overlooks Rio from Corcovado Mountain:

Accepted Answer

Christ the Redeemer

Question 12

Complete the name of this world-famous bossa nova song that includes a Brazilian beach:  The Girl From ______

Accepted Answer

Ipanema

Question 13

What is Brazil's official language?

Accepted Answer

Portuguese

Question 14

Brazil's national dish, feijoada, is based on these ingredients:

Accepted Answer

black beans, rice, and meat

Question 15

The bulk of slaves imported to Brazil came from this country:

Accepted Answer

Angola

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT a state in Brazil?

Accepted Answer

Sonora

Question 17

When did Brazil become a sovereign nation?

Accepted Answer

1800s

Question 18

Brazil's national cocktail, caipirinha, is based on a liquor called cachaca.  What is cachaca distilled from?

Accepted Answer

sugarcane

Question 19

Acai, acerola, caju, and pitanga are all native Brazilian examples of what?

Accepted Answer

fruit, fruits

Question 20

What type of government does Brazil have?

Accepted Answer

constitutional republic

Question 21

This instrument is essential in "forro," Northeast Brazil's popular dance and muic genre:

Accepted Answer

accordion

Question 22

Brazil's "forbidden dance" craze in the eighties was made into a 1990 movie of the same name:

Accepted Answer

lambada

Test Your Knowledge of Brazil!

2) Sixty percent of this extremely biodiverse rainforest is located in Brazil:

3) Brazil's version of this annual celebration is the largest in the world. Occuring before Catholic Lent, it's marked by parties and a huge parade:

4) Which of the following countries border Brazil?

5) Which of these Latin dances originated in Brazil?

6) This Afro-Brazilian art form combines dance and martial arts while participants form a circle and sing:

7) What well-known beach in Rio de Janeiro is also the title of a Barry Manilow song?

8) What is Brazil's capital city?

9) What is the translation for pao de queijo, a popular Brazilian snack/appetizer?

10) Who is this Brazilian soccer player who achieved worldwide fame and won the World Cup in 1970?

11) Name this famous statue of Jesus that overlooks Rio from Corcovado Mountain:

12) Complete the name of this world-famous bossa nova song that includes a Brazilian beach: The Girl From ______

13) What is Brazil's official language?

14) Brazil's national dish, feijoada, is based on these ingredients:

15) The bulk of slaves imported to Brazil came from this country:

16) Which of the following is NOT a state in Brazil?

17) When did Brazil become a sovereign nation?

18) Brazil's national cocktail, caipirinha, is based on a liquor called cachaca. What is cachaca distilled from?

19) Acai, acerola, caju, and pitanga are all native Brazilian examples of what?

20) What type of government does Brazil have?

21) This instrument is essential in "forro," Northeast Brazil's popular dance and muic genre:

22) Brazil's "forbidden dance" craze in the eighties was made into a 1990 movie of the same name: