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Mexico quiz

Mexico is in our flag, outline, map, trivia and numbers rounds, and 21 Explorer photos. Both the flag and the outline are shown beside South American countries, and that is where the wrong answers go.

7 quizzes·Capital Mexico City·21 places in Explorer

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Quick round · 8 questions

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

Mexico at a glance

Capital	Mexico City
Continent	The Americas
Population	130 million
Area	1,964 thousand km²
In our quizzes	7 packs

Where it is

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

Places to find

21 in Explorer

Chichén Itzá, Mexico — **Chichén Itzá**
The stepped Maya pyramid of Kukulcán on the Yucatán plain.
Photo: Daniel Schwen / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

Mexico City, Mexico — **Mexico City**
One of the largest cities in the world, built on the drained lake of the Aztec capital.
Photo: Gobierno CDMX / CC0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

Palenque, Mexico — **Palenque**
A Maya city in the Chiapas jungle with a palace tower and a royal tomb.
Photo: Ljuba brank at Slovenian Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

Citlaltepetl, Mexico — **Citlaltepetl**
Pico de Orizaba, Mexico's highest peak, a 5,636-metre volcano.
Photo: dinesh rao / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

Guanajuato, Mexico — **Guanajuato**
A silver-mining city of rainbow houses stacked in a ravine.
Photo: Maria Cv99 / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

Tijuana, Mexico — **Tijuana**
The busiest land border crossing in the world, on the edge of San Diego.
Photo: Urbaner44 / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Questions we ask

Question	Answer
What currency does Mexico use?	Mexican peso
Which country has the most native Spanish speakers?	Mexico
What is the population of Mexico? (millions)	130 million
In what year did Mexico gain independence from Spain?	1821
What is the area of Mexico? (in thousand km²)	1,964 thousand km²

Did you know

Mexico City is built on the ancient lake bed of Texcoco, so it slowly sinks up to 20 cm per year — some areas have sunk 9 metres since the 1900s.

Teotihuacán. An ancient city with vast pyramids along a ceremonial avenue.

Tulum. Mayan ruins perched on a cliff above a Caribbean beach.

San Miguel de Allende. A pink neo-Gothic church spire over a colonial town.

Palace of Fine arts. Mexico City's white marble opera house with an orange Art Nouveau dome.

Zapopan. Guadalajara's twin city, home of the basilica of the Virgin of Zapopan.

What people get wrong about Mexico

The flag question offers Argentina, Peru and Bolivia. Peru is the near miss: red, white, red vertical with arms in the middle, the same layout as Mexico's green, white, red with the eagle. Bolivia is red, yellow, green horizontal; Argentina is blue and white with a sun. Green at the hoist means Mexico. The outline is shown beside Colombia, Venezuela and Peru. Mexico is the one with the Baja peninsula hanging down the west side and the Yucatán sticking out to the east. None of the other three have either.

There is no capital question for Mexico in the capitals rounds. Trivia covers the country another way, asking which of Spain, Colombia, Mexico and Argentina has the most native Spanish speakers. Mexico is the answer. Trivia also asks for the currency, the Mexican peso. In numbers we hold the population, 130 million, the area, 1,964 thousand square kilometres, and independence from Spain in 1821. Explorer marks Chichén Itzá, Palenque, Mexico City and Citlaltepetl easy. Teotihuacán, Tulum, San Miguel de Allende and Santiago de Querétaro are marked hard.

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Questions and answers

What is the capital of Mexico?

The capital of Mexico is Mexico City.

Which continent is Mexico in?

Mexico is in the Americas.

What is the population of Mexico?

About 130 million.