HISTORY
CULTURE
CAR WASH
FAMOUS BRAZILIANS
BRAZILIAN FACTS
100
Brazil was "discovered" in 1500 by the navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral. He "stumbled" upon Brazil when heading to India. From which country did his fleet leave?
Portugal
100
What is the Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance, acrobatics and music?
Capoeira
100
Initially a money laundering investigation, it has expanded to cover allegations of corruption at the state-controlled oil company, where executives allegedly accepted bribes in return for awarding contracts to construction firms at inflated prices. Often referred to as a victim of the corruption scheme, what is the name of this state-controlled oil company?
Petrobras
100
He is regarded by many in the sport, including football writers, players and fans, as the greatest player of all time, being voted in 1999 as the World Player of the Century by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics.
Pelé
100
What is the capital of Brazil?
Brasília.
200
Which country occupied the "Capitania de Pernambuco", one of the captaincies that came to constitute Brazil for 24 years during the 1600?
The Netherlands.
200
What is the most popular festival in the country, which goes on for 5 days, referred by Brazilians as "The Biggest Spectacle on Earth", known for colorful parades, samba music and street parties?
Carnival
200
This construction company is best known for organizing the largest kickback corruption scheme in Latin America, having at one point a whole department to organize bribes.
Odebrecht.
200
As of 2007 she is the 16th richest woman in the entertainment industry. In 2012, she placed first on the Forbes top-earning models list.
Gisele Bündchen 
200
What are the 3 main colors of the Brazilian flag?
Green, yellow and blue
300
Which Brazilian city was once the capital of Portugal, thus, the only capital of an European country outside of Europe?
Rio de Janeiro, in 1808.
300
How many times has Brazil been the World Cup champion?
5 Times (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)
300
What year did the Car Wash Operation start?
2014
300
He is a former union leader who also served as the 35th president of Brazil for 2 terms, currently in jail for corruption.
Lula
300
Who is the current president of Brazil?
Jair Bolsonaro
400
When Brazil was colonized by the Europeans, they found many natural resources and different landscapes than the ones they were used to. What was Brazil named after?
A tree.
400
What is Brazil's national cocktail, made with cachaça (sugarcane hard liquor), sugar, and lime?
Caipirinha
400
Ghostbusters, X Files, Dragon and Pixuleco were some of the names used to identify the different phases of the operation. Why is it called Car Wash?
The name was chosen because the ring used a currency exchange and money transfer service at the Posto da Torre (Tower Gas Station) and lava jato (car wash) in Brasília to move illicit payments.
400
Guiness world record for most translated author for the same book of all time - The Alchimist, he sold over 150 million copies of this book alone.
Paulo Coelho
400
Brazil is home to the world’s largest river in volume and the second in length. What is the name of this river?
The Amazon River
500
Brazil was first a Portuguese colony after it was "discovered" in 1500. It became independent in 1822 and a republic in 1889. In 1964 there was a military coup and Brazil became a military dictatorship. For how many years was Brazil under this military dictatorship?
21 years (1964 - 1985)
500
Set in Brazil and with Blu, a blue bird, as its main character, what is the name of this 2011 American 3D computer-animated film directed by Carlos Saldanha and featuring the voices of Jesse Eisenberg and Anne Hathaway.
Rio
500
The Minister of Justice and Public Security of the current Administration was the judge who gained fame for being in charge of the prosecution of the crimes identified in the Operation Car Wash whose name is...
Sérgio Moro
500
Brazilian composer, pianist, songwriter, arranger and singer. Widely considered as one of the great exponents of Brazilian music, he is the artist who internationalized bossa nova. He was the author of Garota de Ipanema, a worldwide hit and its album won a Grammy for Record of the Year in 1965.
Tom Jobim
500
This is the most populous city in Brazil, the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere, besides being the largest Portuguese-speaking city in the world. The municipality is also the Earth's 11th largest city proper by population.
São Paulo