South America trivia quiz questions with answers
What is the largest country in South America by area?
Answer: Brazil
What is the highest mountain peak in South America?
Answer: Aconcagua, located in Argentina
What is the largest river in South America?
Answer: Amazon River
What is the capital of Argentina?
Answer: Buenos Aires
What is the currency of Brazil?
Answer: Brazilian Real
Which South American country has two capital cities, La
Paz and Sucre?
Answer: Bolivia
What is the national language of Brazil?
Answer: Portuguese
What is the name of the famous festival held in Rio de
Janeiro every year?
Answer: Carnival
What is the currency of Argentina?
Answer: Argentine peso
What is the name of the famous statue located in Rio de
Janeiro?
Answer: Christ the Redeemer
What is the largest city in South America?
Answer: São Paulo, Brazil
What is the currency of Chile?
Answer: Chilean peso
What is the capital of Chile?
Answer: Santiago
Which country in South America is the only one that
speaks Dutch?
Answer: Suriname
What is the name of the famous Incan ruins located in
Peru?
Answer: Machu Picchu
What is the name of the highest waterfall in the world,
located in Venezuela?
Answer: Angel Falls
Which South American country is known for its famous
beef?
Answer: Argentina
What is the currency of Peru?
Answer: Peruvian sol
What is the capital of Colombia?
Answer: Bogotá
What is the name of the largest salt flat in the world,
located in Bolivia?
Answer: Salar de Uyuni
Which South American country is the only one with a
coastline on both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea?
Answer: Colombia
What is the name of the famous
dance that originated in
Argentina?
Answer: Tango
What is the currency of Colombia?
Answer: Colombian peso
What is the capital of Ecuador?
Answer: Quito
What is the name of the famous lake located in Peru and
Bolivia?
Answer: Lake Titicaca
What is the currency of Venezuela?
Answer: Venezuelan bolívar
What is the name of the famous national park located in
Patagonia, shared by Argentina and Chile?
Answer: Torres del Paine National Park
What is the capital of Uruguay?
Answer: Montevideo
What is the name of the famous wine region located in
Argentina?
Answer: Mendoza
What is the currency of Uruguay?
Answer: Uruguayan peso
