Suddenly Suriname Trivia Quiz

Answer: Suriname River

Paramaribo received its name from the Paramaribo Tribe who occupied the land before European colonization. More than half of Suriname's population lives in the city.

Answer: France

French Guiana is a territory of France. In the colonial days of South America, Spain dominated the continent but other nations also had claims. Suriname was a colony of the Netherlands and was called Dutch Guiana.

Answer: Sipaliwini

Sipaliwini covers about 80% of Suriname. Most of the land, however, is unoccupied and covered with tropical rainforests and savannah lands. The district is the subject of constant dispute with Suriname's neighbors over boundary lines.

Answer: Anton de Kom University of Suriname

Anton de Kom University of Suriname was established in 1983 and offers a limited variety of programs, mostly in the medical, engineering and business fields. The school was named after Anton de Kom a resistance fighter who opposed colonialism. He was exiled from Suriname in 1940 and joined the Dutch resistance movement during World War II. He died in 1945 in a Nazi concentration camp.

Answer: Van Asch van Wijck Mountains

The Van Asch van Wijck Mountains can be found running along the southern border of Brazil. Suriname's other mountain range, the Bakhuis, run through the central part of the nation.

Answer: Guiana Shield

The Guiana Shield spans across Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, as well as parts of Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil. It is a very biodiverse region as it is the home to nearly two thousand species of birds and thousands of reptiles and fish, many of which can only be found in the Guiana Shield.

Answer: April to August

Suriname has two wet seasons. The other runs from November to February. The dry seasons are February to April and August to November. The temperature does not vary much, remaining humid and wet most of the year.

Answer: Lelydorp

Although Lelydorp is commonly called a city, it is technically a village since it is more of a cluster of smaller communities and is more rural than urbanized. The city was named after Cornelis Lely, a Governor-General of colonial Suriname, famous for his work in establishing water projects in the Netherlands and Suriname.

Answer: Devil's Egg

The Devil's Egg, known locally as Duivelsei, appears to be a giant egg perched precariously on a mountainside when viewed from a distance. However, it is really just a rounded side of a hill when seen up close.

Answer: True

Suriname is only 63,250 sq. miles (163,820 km.) big. Suriname is, however, larger than French Guiana and the Falkland Islands, both territorial claims of European nations. Although it is small by South American standards, Suriname is in the top half of the largest nations worldwide, placing 92nd.