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Questions updated: November 1, 2026

1. Which is the largest country in South America by area?Clue: It is the only South American country where Portuguese is the main language.
2. What is the highest mountain in South America, and the tallest peak outside Asia?Clue: It stands in Argentina's Mendoza Province, near the border with Chile.
3. Which Venezuelan waterfall is the tallest uninterrupted waterfall in the world?Clue: In the Indigenous Pemon language, it is called Kerepakupai Merú.
4. Which Chilean desert is considered the driest nonpolar desert on Earth?Clue: Its clear, dry skies host some of the world's largest telescopes, including the ALMA radio observatory.
5. Which two South American countries are landlocked, with no coastline?Clue: One of them has two capitals, and the other uses the guaraní as its currency.
6. The Galápagos Islands, whose wildlife inspired Charles Darwin, belong to which country?Clue: This country takes its name from the imaginary line of latitude that runs through it.
7. Which city has been the capital of Brazil since 1960?Clue: Seen from above, the city's master plan by Lúcio Costa looks like an airplane or a bird.
8. Which ancient civilization built Machu Picchu high in the Andes of Peru?Clue: This empire's capital was the city of Cusco.
9. Which rocky headland in Chile marks the traditional southern tip of South America, famous for its stormy seas?Clue: It lies on a small island in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago, where two oceans meet.
10. Buenos Aires and Montevideo sit on opposite shores of which wide estuary?Clue: It forms where the Paraná and Uruguay rivers meet before flowing into the Atlantic.