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Brazil quiz

Brazil is in 7 quizzes: the Americas map, 5 trivia questions, flag, outline, 3 numbers and 12 Explorer photos. Capital: Brasilia.

7 quizzes·Capital Brasilia·12 places in Explorer

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Quick round · 8 questions

8 questions about Brazil only, mixed from every pack it appears in. Scored on the spot.

Brazil at a glance

Capital	Brasilia
Continent	The Americas
Population	215 million
Area	8,516 thousand km²
In our quizzes	7 packs

Where it is

Brazil on the map of the Americas. In the Americas map quiz you tap it.

Places to find

12 in Explorer

Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — **Christ the Redeemer**Rio de Janeiro
The Art Deco statue atop Corcovado mountain overlooking Rio.
Photo: Donatas Dabravolskas / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

Copacabana, Brazil — **Copacabana**
Rio's famous 4-km beach with its black-and-white wave-pattern promenade.
Photo: Donatas Dabravolskas / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

Sugarloaf Mountain, Brazil — **Sugarloaf Mountain**
A 396-metre granite dome at the mouth of Guanabara Bay, reached by cable car.
Photo: Ccarelo / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

São Paulo Museum of Art, Brazil — **São Paulo Museum of Art**
A museum suspended on four red pillars over an open plaza on Avenida Paulista.
Photo: ProtoplasmaKid / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

Serra da Capivara National Park, Brazil — **Serra da Capivara National Park**
Sandstone cliffs with the largest concentration of prehistoric rock art in the Americas.
Photo: Paulo César Pamplona Barreto de Sousa / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

Jaú National Park, Brazil — **Jaú National Park**
The largest forest reserve in South America, on a blackwater river of the Amazon.
Photo: Dalia McGill / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Questions we ask

Question	Answer
Which language is most widely spoken in Brazil?	Portuguese
What is the capital of Brazil?	Brasilia
The Amazon River flows through Brazil and originates in which other country?	Peru
Which country is the world's largest producer of coffee?	Brazil
Which country has the world's largest rainforest?	Brazil
What is the population of Brazil? (millions)	215 million
In what year did Brazil gain independence from Portugal?	1822
What is the area of Brazil? (in thousand km²)	8,516 thousand km²

Did you know

Brazil is home to the Amazon, which produces 20% of the world's oxygen and holds 10% of all species on Earth.

Pelourinho. A colourful colonial old town of Baroque churches in Bahia.

Lençóis Maranhenses. White sand dunes cradling turquoise rain lagoons.

Ibirapuera Park. São Paulo's great city park, with pavilions designed by Oscar Niemeyer.

Recife. The 'Venice of Brazil', a city of rivers and bridges with a famous beach at Boa Viagem.

Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park. A plateau of quartz canyons and waterfalls in the heart of Brazil's cerrado.

The Brazil questions

Brazil has Argentina, Colombia and Uruguay as flag decoys. Argentina, Colombia and Peru are the outline rivals. Argentina and Colombia are on both lists. Brasilia is the trivia answer; Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires are the other cities.

One trivia question is “Which language is most widely spoken in Brazil?” (Portuguese). Then: “The Amazon River flows through Brazil and originates in which other country?” (Peru). Brazil in numbers: a population of 215 million, independence in 1822 and an area of 8,516 thousand square kilometres. Christ the Redeemer and Copacabana, two of 12 Brazil photos, are marked easy; Pelourinho is marked hard.

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Questions and answers

What is the capital of Brazil?

The capital of Brazil is Brasilia.

Which continent is Brazil in?

Brazil is in the Americas.

What is the population of Brazil?

About 215 million.