Brazil Quiz

1. How many times Brazil has won the Football World Cup?
  • Correct Answer: Five

2. What is the real name of Pele?
  • Correct Answer: Edson Arantes do Nascimento

3. Which of the following rivers flows in Brazil?
  • Correct Answer: Amazon

4. Who became the President of Brazil in 2003?
  • Correct Answer: Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva

5. To which city the statue of Christ the Redeemer is close?
  • Correct Answer: Rio de Janeiro

6. Which of the following films deals with street children?
  • Correct Answer: Pixote

7. When was Brasilia inaugurated?
  • Correct Answer: 1960

8. Which dance is associated with Brazil?
  • Correct Answer: Samba

9. Who won the Formula 1 World Championship in 1991?
  • Correct Answer: Ayrton Senna

10. When did Pedro Alvares Cabral reach Brazil?
  • Correct Answer: 1500

11. When did Brazil win Jules Rimet Cup permanently?
  • Correct Answer: 1970

12. When is the Independence Day of Brazil?
  • Correct Answer: 07 September

13. What is the significance of 24 January in Brazil?
  • Correct Answer: Constitution Day

14. In which year did Pope Benedict XVI visit Brazil?
  • Correct Answer: 2007

15. Who is the first Pope to visit Brazil?
  • Correct Answer: John Paul II

16. Who was the captain of the Brazilian Football team in World Cup 1994?
  • Correct Answer: Dunga

17. Who shot the winning goals in Brazil’s final match against Germany in Football World Cup 2002?
  • Correct Answer: Ronaldo

18. Which South American country was once part of Brazil?
  • Correct Answer: Uruguay

19. How is Brazil’ Stock Exchange known?
  • Correct Answer: BOVESPA

20. Which is the currency of Brazil?
  • Correct Answer: Real

21. Who replaced Walden Pires as Defence Minister in July 2007?
  • Correct Answer: Nelson Jobim

22. Brazil was the colony of which country?
  • Correct Answer: Portugal

23. Who is the first Emperor of Brazil?
  • Correct Answer: Dom Pedro

24. Who is the first cardinal from Brazil?
  • Correct Answer: Joaquim Cavalcanti

25. Who played the title role in the film Pixote?
  • Correct Answer: Fernando Ramos da Silva

26. Who wrote “A Theology of Liberation”?
  • Correct Answer: Gustavo Gutierrez

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