Exploring French Guiana! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Guarani

The Republic of Paraguay is a landlocked country located in South America, bordered by Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil. Although it is a landlocked country, Paraguay has ports on the Paraná and Paraguay rivers that give exit to the Atlantic Ocean, through the Paraná-Paraguay Waterway.

Paraguay has a population of around 7 million inhabitants, of which more than 40% live in the Capital Asunción. Since 1992, Paraguay has had two official languages: Spanish and Guarani, which was included as an official language that year. About 85% of the country's population speak Guarani and Spanish, and many inhabitants of the rural area speak only Guarani. Spanish is the most used language in business and government documents while Guarani is the everyday language.

Guarani originates from the indigenous peoples of South America and is one of the main divisions of the Tupi-Guarani language family. The word "guarani" means "war" or "warrior".

Answer: Nice

The word "nice" besides being synonymous with cordial, fair, friendly, and lovely is also the name of a French city, located on the French Riviera, on the Mediterranean Sea, at the foot of the French Alps. Nice was for many years under the royal house of Savoy and was ceded to France by the Treaty of Turin" in 1860.

The city of Nice was founded by a group of Greek sailors around 350 BC and became known as Nikaia, probably after the goddess of victory, Nike (Nikē).

Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807 - 1882) was an Italian patriot, who was born in Nice, and who contributed to the reunification of Italy. He received the nickname "hero of both worlds" due to his participation in conflicts in Europe and South America.

Answer: Afghan

Afghan is related to Afghanistan, its language, and its people. It is the denomination of a native inhabitant of Afghanistan or a person of Afghan descent. The word "Afghan" is, according to some researchers, derived from "Asvakan" from the ancient inhabitants of the Hindu Kush region, which literally means "horseman".

Khaled Hosseini (1965) is an Afghan-American novelist and former physician. He was born in Kabul, to a diplomat father, and spent some time living in Iran and France. When he was 15, his family applied for asylum in the United States, where he obtained American citizenship. In 2003, Hosseini published his first novel, "The Kite Runner", which quickly became a worldwide success. He also published "A Thousand Splendid Suns" (2007) and "The Mountains Echoed" (2013). He is currently the Goodwill Envoy for the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) and has been working to provide humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan through the Khaled Hosseini Foundation.

Answer: Nine

"Nine". Nine is the cardinal number that is the sum of one and eight; this number is represented by the symbols 9 or IX. The word "nine" was in Old English "nigan" or "nigon", German "neun", Latin "novem", and Greek "ennea". Today a group of nine people or nine things can be named an "ennead".

Nine is the word that completes the title of the novel by Scottish author John Buchan named "The Thirty-Nine Steps", which was serialized in magazines before being published as a book in October 1915. The book was a great success and was adapted into different media. The first film adaptation was made by Alfred Hitchcock in 1935, whose script departed significantly from the original text. In most cases, the title is abbreviated to "The 39 Steps".

Answer: Guinea

Conakry is the capital and largest city of the African country Republic of Guinea. It is a port city, founded in 1887, and was the capital city of French Guinea. After the country's independence in 1958, the country was renamed Guinea and the capital remained the same, Conakry.

The Republic of Guinea is sometimes referred to as Guinea-Conakry after its capital Conakry, not to be confused with the countries Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea. It is a coastal country on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean.

The English term Guinea comes from the Portuguese word "Guinea", used since the 15th century to refer to the land inhabited by the Guineus, a generic term for the black African people South of the Senegal River. Others think that the word "Guinea" would be a reference to "Ghana", the name given by the natives to the area occupied by the empire of Mali.

Answer: Grace

The word "grace" means charm, attractiveness, refinement, etc. As a verb means to make something more pleasant or interesting. It is related to the word "gracious" which originally meant "filled with God's help or favor".

"Grace" is also used as a first name. The most famous Grace was Grace Patricia Grimaldi, née Grace Patricia Kelly (1929 - 1982). She was very successful in cinema in the early 1950s, receiving the Academy Award as Best Actress for her performance in the movie "The Country Girl" in 1955. In 1956, she married Prince of Monaco Rainier III and ended her artistic career. She died in 1982, in a car accident.

Answer: A poor mischievous child

The words "urchin", "street urchin", and "ragamuffin" generally refer to a child who lives on the streets, poorly dressed, dirty, usually without or with a dysfunctional family, and who is sometimes part of a gang. They survive by stealing what they need, doing odd jobs, etc. There are famous urchins in literature, Oliver Twist, created by Charles Dickens, is one of the most famous. Sherlock Holmes had the help of a group of urchins who walked the streets for information: the Baker Street Irregulars.

"Urchin" is from Middle English "yrchoun" or "irchoun", borrowed from Old French "erichon" and from Latin "ericius" (to bristle), the reason why hedgehogs are called urchins. It is not quite clear, however, why, from the 17th century, in England, the word "urchin" came to designate street-dwelling children. Maybe because of their large numbers, small and wild nature like hedgehogs?

Answer: Carnage

The violent killing of large numbers of people or great destruction, by bloody violence, is called "carnage". The words: slaughter, butchery, massacre, annihilation, and mass murder are synonymous with carnage. The word "carnage" can also refer to the large number of animals that are slaughtered.

The word "carnage" appeared in c.1600, from the French 'carnage", from the Italian "carnaggio", meaning slaughter, murder, from the Latin "carnaticum" "slaughter of animals", from "carnem". In English, the word has been used in the sense of massacre of men, not related to beasts.

A carafe is a wide-mouthed tall glass or metal container used for serving wine or water.

Answer: Henna

"Henna" is a reddish-brown dye prepared from the leaves of the "Lawsonia inermis" tree, also known as the henna tree or mignonette tree. It is used in the temporary dyeing of hair, the coloring of skin, and materials like silk, wood, and animal skins. The original color of the drawings remains for a few days, disappearing in about three weeks. The henna temporary tattoo technique is also called "mehndi", "lelli" or "anella" depending on the region.

Temporary tattooing done with henna is an old tradition from the Indian subcontinent, Africa, and the Middle East for more than 5,000 years. Applying henna was a tradition for Islam, Hindus, and Buddhists; the tattoo is part of festive rituals such as weddings, births, and religious ceremonies as well as the body preparation ritual for the afterlife.

The English word "henna" (early 17th century) was borrowed from the Arabic "al-hinnā', the name for the small thorny tree whose leaves are used for the preparation of dye used for tattooing

Answer: Cigar

Cigar. It is hard to believe that the phrase: "Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar" actually came from the father of psychoanalysis, the Austrian Sigmund Freud, who was rarely photographed without one cigar in his hand and who sought to give a second meaning to various things. Saying that a cigarette is just a cigarette means that not everything needs to be complicated.

The word "cigar" is derived from the Spanish word "cigarro", which was probably an adaptation of the Mayan term "sik'ar" for smoking. In the 1600s the cigar was introduced into Spain and in the 1730s the English word "cigar" became in general use.