Brazilian Leaders
Important Dates
Cities and States
Important Figures
Miscellaneous
100

The Queremismo movement supported this Brazilian leader

Getúlio Vargas

100

The start of the First Republic

1889

100

Location of the Monument to the Bandeiras  

São Paulo

100

Two popular sambistas who engaged in a musical battle

Noel Rosa and Wilson Batista 

100

Number of times Brazil has won the World Cup

5

200

The last emperor of Brazil

Dom Pedro II

200

Year Vargas first came into power

1930

200

Rubber boomtown

Manaus

200

Performer who channeled Baiana stereotypes in Hollywood

Carmen Miranda

200

The most famous building in the Amazon

Teatro Amazonas 

300

"5 years in 50" was his campaign slogan

Juscelino Kubitschek 

300

Start and end dates of the Estado Novo

1937-1945

300

The three capitals of Brazil

Salvador, Rio, Brasília

300

Author of Casa Grande e Senzala and the Regionalist Manifesto

Gilberto Freyre

300

Genre that blended samba, Bossa nova, and regional popular music with electrified rock music 

Tropicália

400

The president of Brazil who was ousted by the military coup 

João Goulart

400

Start of the military dictatorship 


Bonus points: Exact day the military takeover happened

1964

400

Getúlio Vargas' home state

Rio Grande do Sul

400

Musician who became famous for playing tradition nordestino music. 

Luis Gonzaga

400

Decree that suspended habeas corpus during the military regime


Bonus Question: Year the decree was passed

Institutional Act #5

500

Military President during the Anos de Chumbo (Years of Lead)

General Emílio Garrastazu Médici 

500

Anos de Chumbo (Years of Lead)

1968-1974

500
The state Macabéa is from

Alagoas

500

Journalist who attacked Vargas in the press and was the target of an assassination attempt by Vargas' bodyguard

Carlos Lacerda

500

Idea employed by the military regime that the enemy of the nation is internal not external

Doctrine of National Security

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