Argentina Geo-trivia Trivia Quiz

Answer: Eighth

Argentina covers approximately 2,737,000 km2 (1,056,000 m2). Seven countries are larger by land area than Argentina: Russia, Canada, the United States, China, Brazil, Australia, and India.

Answer: Mendoza

Cerro Aconcagua is 6,962 meters (22,841 feet) high and lies between Mendoza to the southeast and the Chilean border just to the west. Mendoza is a major center for agriculture and Argentina's fourth-largest city.

Answer: One-third

Patagonia covers more than 900,000 km2 (347,400 m2) or about one-third of Argentina's 2,737,000 km2 (1,056,000 m2).

Answer: Plaza de Mayo

The Dirty War is the name given to the extra-judicial kidnappings and murders of political dissidents by the Argentine military during the 1976-1983 dictatorship. In 1977, the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo began a protest in the square to demand information about their missing children. Three of the original 14 protesters subsequently "disappeared", as well, but the group ultimately became an important center for those opposed to the dictatorship.

Answer: Uruguay

Argentines like to say that the Rio de la Plata is the widest river in the world. At its widest point, it is more than 220 kilometers (130 miles) across. For purists, though, the Rio de la Plata is not a river at all, but an estuary.

Answer: Paraguay

Argentina shares a 1,880 kilometer (1,168 mile) border with Paraguay; a 1,224 kilometer (761 mile) border with Brazil; an 832 kilometer (517 mile) border with Bolivia; and a 579 kilometer (360 mile) border with Uruguay.

Answer: 14 million

The province has a population of roughly 14 million, many of whom live in the suburbs of Gran Buenos Aires or Greater Buenos Aires. The population of the city itself (not included in the 14 million figure for the province) is roughly 2.8 million.

Answer: Iguazu National Park

Iguazu National Park is in northeastern Argentina. Argentina shares the magnificent Iguazu Falls with its northern neighbor, Brazil. Iguazu, Talampaya (in central Argentina) and Los Glaciares (in southern Argentina) are UNESCO World Heritage sites. Tierra del Fuego lies at the southern-most tip of Argentina.

Answer: Ferdinand Magellan

There are two major sea routes around the southern coast of South America: the Strait of Magellan and the Drake Passage. The Strait of Magellan lies between Tierra del Fuego and mainland South America. The Drake Passage--named for the English privateer (or, if you're Spanish, the English pirate!)--lies between Tierra del Fuego and Antartica.

Answer: 500 kilometers (311 miles)

Argentina's claim to the Falklands is based on its claim at independence in 1816 of all the lands under the jurisdiction of the Spanish viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata. However, the British disputed Spanish jurisdiction of the islands in the 18th century and never recognized Argentina's post-independence claims to them.

In 1831, an Argentine settlement on the islands was destroyed by a U.S. warship after a dispute over fishing rights in the area; the British subsequently repatriated the few Argentines who remained there and established a new settlement at Port Stanley. Argentina, though, has never renounced its claim to the islands and even today, more than 20 years after the wrenching 1982 war with Britain, most Argentines passionately argue that "Las Malvinas son Argentinas".