Nature
What is the national animal of Brazil?
Jaguar.
Fun fact: Argentina's national rugby team badge includes a jaguar. However, a historical error resulted in the team being nicknamed to this day, Los Pumas (the pumas).
How many states do we have in the country?
26 (+ Federal District)
Fun fact: On 11 December 2011, a consultative referendum was held in the state of Pará about splitting that state into three new ones (Pará, Tapajós and Carajás). Both Tapajós and Carajás were rejected by the population by approximate margins of 2:1, despite being heavily favored in the proposed breakaway regions.
In which year the Week of Modern Art took place in Brazil?
In 1922.
Fun fact: Brazilian Modernism, was concerned with a nationalist avant-garde literature, while Post-Modernism brought a generation of distinct poets like João Cabral de Melo Neto, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Vinicius de Moraes, Graciliano Ramos, Cecília Meireles, Jorge Amado, João Guimarães Rosa, Clarice Lispector and Manuel Bandeira.
How many Formula One racing championships did Ayrton Senna win?
Three.
Senna has often been voted as the best and most influential Formula One driver of all time in various motorsport polls. He was recognised for his qualifying speed over one lap, and from 1989 until 2006 he held the record for most pole positions. He was also acclaimed for his wet weather performances.
In which year was slavery abolished in Brazil?
1888.
"Fun" fact: Brazil was the last country in the Western world to abolish slavery. By the time it was abolished after years of campaigning by Emperor Pedro II, in 1888, an estimated four million slaves had been imported from Africa to Brazil, 40% of the total number of slaves brought to the Americas.
Name the largest rodent in the world.
Capybara.
Fun fact: We have a family of about ten Capybaras living somewhere on the farm.
Which ones are the only countries in South America that don´t have a border with Brazil?
Ecuador and Chile.
Fun fact: Brazil is the only country in the world that has the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn running through it.
Name:
1) the national beverage;
2) the native´s liquor (not the cocktail).
1) Coffee
2) Cachaça.
Fun fact: Cachaça is distilled from sugar cane and is the main ingredient in the national cocktail, Caipirinha.
Which year did Brazil win the football World Cup for the first time?
1958
Fun fact : Pele was just 17 during this tournament, but scored six goals, including a hat-trick (three goals) in the semi-final against France.
Who was the first president of Brazil?
Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca
Fun fact: He took office after heading a military coup that deposed Emperor Pedro II and proclaimed the Republic in 1889. He is therefore the first Brazilian President to have resigned from office.
What is the national flower of Brazil?
Yellow Ipê.
Tabebuia chrysantha (araguaney or yellow ipê), is a native tree of the intertropical broadleaf deciduous forests of South America above the Tropic of Capricorn.
Name at least 4 capitals of the North region.
Rio Branco (AC), Macapá (AP), Manaus (AM) Belém (PA), Porto Velho (RO), Boa Vista (RO), Palmas (TO)
Fun fact: 3 of the states of North region were incorporated or renamed during the 80s (Rondônia - 1981; Roraima and Tocantins - 1988).
Which one is the most famous holiday in Brazil and has become an event of huge proportions.
Carnival.
Fun fact: The Carnival of Brazil is held between the Friday afternoon before Ash Wednesday and Ash Wednesday at noon, which marks the beginning of Lent, the forty-day period before Easter. During Lent, Roman Catholics and some other Christians traditionally abstained from the consumption of meat and poultry, hence the term "carnival", from carnelevare, "to remove (literally, "raise") meat."
Which one is the 2nd most popular sport in Brazil?
1) Football or Soccer
2) VOLLEYBALL
3) Swimming
4) Athletics
5) Futsal and Beach Soccer
Between 1983 and 1984, there was a civil unrest movement, which demanded direct presidential elections in Brazil.
Who was the first president, ELECTED after that?
Tancredo Neves.
In 1984, Tancredo ran for president with the help of Ulysses Guimarães. He was elected President of Brazil on January 15, 1985 by the indirect voting of an electoral college. Tancredo fell gravely ill on the eve of his inauguration, March 14, 1985, and died 39 days afterwards. He died of diverticulitis and never assumed his position as president, which was taken by José Sarney.
What is the national tree of Brazil?
Paubrasilia (Brazilwood).
Fun fact: Starting in the 16th centuries, brazilwood became highly valued in Europe and quite difficult to get. When Portuguese navigators discovered present-day Brazil, on April 22, 1500, they immediately saw that brazilwood was extremely abundant along the coast and in its hinterland, along the rivers. In a few years, a hectic and very profitable operation for felling and shipping all the brazilwood logs they could get was established, as a crown-granted Portuguese monopoly.
Which part of Brazil (not the region) is recognized as having the greatest biological diversity in the world?
Amazon rainforest.
Fun fact: The rich wildlife of Brazil reflects the variety of natural habitats. Scientists estimate that the total number of plant and animal species in Brazil could approach four million, mostly invertebrates.
Name:
1) the composer of the song "Girl from Ipanema";
2) the brazilian lyricist (portuguese version);
3) the girl who inspired this song.
It was written in 1962, with music by 1) Antônio Carlos Jobim and Portuguese lyrics by 2) Vinicius de Moraes. English lyrics were written later by Norman Gimbel.
The song was inspired by 3) Heloísa Eneida Menezes Paes Pinto (now known as Helô Pinheiro), a seventeen-year-old girl living on Montenegro Street in Ipanema.
In the winter of 1962, the composers saw the girl pass by the Veloso bar café. Since the song became popular, she has become a celebrity.
In which year the national soccer team won the Olympics for the very first and only time?
It was in 2016, and they also got silver medals (2012, 1988, 1984) and a bronze medal (1996).
Hungary got: 3 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal.
In 1993, there was a referendum in Brazil to decide which kind and which government system we would have. What were the 4 options?
Monarchy, REPUBLIC;
PRESIDENTIALISM, Parliamentarism.
Fun fact:
Republic 66% / Monarchy 10%.
Presidentialism 55% / Parliamentarism 25%.
The translation from the Tupi language to English is ´Tooth-fish`. What is the more common name for this fish?
Piranha.
Fun Fact: Some Piranhas are actually vegetarian!
Name at least 3 major climatic subtypes in Brazil.
According to the Köppen system, Brazil hosts six major climatic subtypes: desert, equatorial, tropical, semiarid, oceanic and subtropical.
Fun fact: The climate of Brazil comprises a wide range of weather conditions across a large area and varied topography, but most of the country is tropical.
Which football player eternalized the expression "I like to take advantage of everything", in a cigarette advertising in the 70s?
Gerson.
Fun fact: In Brazilian culture, Gérson's Law is a proverb which reflects the way Brazilians behave towards themselves. In short, Gérson's Law is taking advantage of every thing and every one and having no concern for ethics.
Who were the first female brazilian athletes to have won an olympic medal?
Jacqueline Silva and Sandra Pires (Beach Volleybal, Atlanta, 1996).
The first Brazilian woman to participate in an edition of the Olympics was the swimmer Maria Lenk, in Los Angeles, 1932. At 17 at the time, she was the only woman in the delegation, which still had 66 men. More than the first Brazilian, Maria Lenk was the first South American woman to participate in the games.
How many senators and how many deputies we have currently in the Federal Senate and in the Federal Chamber of Deputies, respectively?
A: 81 senators and 513 deputies.
Fun fact:
The Federal Senate is the upper house of the National Congress of Brazil. Created by the first Constitution of the Brazilian Empire in 1824, it was initially similar to the United Kingdom's House of Lords.
The Chamber of Deputies is a federal legislative body and the lower house of the National Congress of Brazil. The deputies are elected by proportional representation to serve four-year terms.