Painting Ecuador Red Trivia Quiz

Answer: Only country named after a geographical feature

Ecuador is one of three South American countries (There are 13 in all) that the equator passes through. The others are Colombia and Brazil. The equator passes a few kilometres north of the capital, Quito, in the north of the country. Ecuador shares a three-horizontal-stripe flag with its neighbours: Top - yellow (double width), then blue then red. In 1900 the Ecuadorian Coat of Arms was added to differentiate the flag from the flags of Colombia and Venezuela. From 1822 to 1830, Ecuador was incorporated into the nation of Gran Colombia which included Colombia and Venezuela. After their collective independence from Spain, they joined Gran Colombia, but the larger country soon fell into disunion facilitating Ecuador becoming a republic in 1830.

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Answer: True

These hats were originally created by skilled craftsmen in cities such as Cuenca and Montecristi. They were so named because of their regular exports to Panama in the 19th century, promoted by Manuel Alfaro y Gonzalez during the production of the Panama Canal. Toquilla straw from coastal Ecuadorian palms was boiled, bleached, heated and pressed before being finely woven into the signature hats. One Panama hat is not necessarily equal to another - whilst fedora style Panama hats were popular in 1942's "Casablanca", Clark Gable wore the Monte Carlo Panama in 1940's "Gone With the Wind".

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Answer: Mike Judge

Michael Craig Judge was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador on October 17, 1962. He created, directed and voiced for "Beavis and Butt-Head" which first aired in the US in 1993. At the time of his birth his father was an archeologist working in Guayaquil, Ecuador, promoting agricultural development. Guayaquil is the second largest city in Ecuador and the capital of Guayas Province.

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Answer: Skin texture

In a very brief description, phenotypic plasticity is an ability within an organism to change to the uniqueness of its environment for a wide range of reasons. The Pristimantis mutabilis, or mutable treefrog, can change its skin from being tuberculate to smooth, in a matter of minutes. How it does it, is still a mystery. The female of the species is about 22mm in length and the males are 5 mm shorter on average.

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Answer: Music

Sanguanito, or sanjuanito, is a music of the Otavalo people, indigenous people of the Imbabura Province in the Andean mountains of Northern Ecuador. It is performed mainly with woodwind instruments though the key behind its sound is Ecuador's national instrument, the rondador, which is made up of pieces of cane tubes arrayed side by side in the manner of a panpipe. The yumbo, along with the cachullapi and the danzante, are regional folk rhythms.

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Answer: Nicolas Lapentti

Born in Guayaquil in 1976, Lapentti played professional tennis between 1995 and 2017. His best performance in a major event was reaching the semi-finals of the Australian Open in 1999, where he lost to Thomas Enqvist. Lapentti did win five ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) titles during his career and finished as runner-up on seven other occasions.

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Answer: Cinchona pubescens

The cinchona pubescens tree is one of 38 species in the cinchona genus also known as red cinchona or quina and has a high quinine content. It is an extremely resilient tree that can grow back from substantial forms of damage - it can regrow its bark if removed and can grow stalks from a stump. Whilst synthetic forms of quinine are typically preferred to treat malaria, natural quinine from cinchona trees can still be used. Carl Linnaeus named the cinchona tree in honour of countess Chinchon, the wife of the Viceroy of Peru whose life was saved after no other medicines would work and who brought the bark to Europe in the 17th century.

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Answer: False

In front of the 98-foot stone obelisk at the monument is a yellow line that was meant to represent the equator. Awkwardly, data from the World Geodetic System used in GPS systems has shown that this site is 240m north of the actual equatorial line, proving the French Geodesic Mission who originally calculated the equatorial line in 1736 (albeit only slightly) wrong. Whilst the monument remained a popular tourist attraction where people would go to say - "I stood on the equator!" - people would need to go to either the Itiņan Solar Museum or Quitsato sundial made to commemorate the real equatorial line to get closer to it.

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Answer: Guinea pig

Cuy was a traditional dish for special occasions that has been considered the 'lobster' of Ecuador and that has been a relatively expensive local delicacy. Its taste has been likened to rabbit and its name derives from the onomatopoeic sound, cuy, that the guinea pigs make. The guinea pig also has had cultural significance - one cleansing ritual involved a shaman passing a guinea pig around a patient's body to absorb negative energies before beating the patient with its body or tail and then cutting it open to read the insides and diagnose the patient.

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Answer: The Land of Craters

The Galapagos Island are a part of Ecuador and much has been said about Darwin's visit to these islands. Many are aware that Darwin was a naturalist but what is sometimes forgotten that he was primarily a geologist and he was fascinated by the volcanic formations on these islands and studied them for the duration that he was there. He made a number of significant discoveries during this time, including the first correct explanation as to how volcanic tuff (a type of rock made from volcanic ash) is formed.

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