chapin challenge
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2009CHAPIN
CHALLENGE
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CHAPIN CHALLENGE
According to Wikipedia, what is the current estimated
population of Guatemala City?
(1)
2.5 3 million people
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What was the date and year of Guatemala’s Independence?
(2)
September 15, 1821
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How many zones are in Guatemala City?
(3)
25 (20,22,23 don’t exist) so if you say 25 or 22 you are right
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What is the name of Guatemala’s largest lake?
(4)
Lake Izabal
CHAPIN CHALLENGE
Give a synonym of the word “novia” in CHAPIN.
(5)
Traida
CHAPIN CHALLENGE
What does the phrase
“que chilero” mean?
(6)
bonito o cool
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What tourist attraction is now a UNESCO world
Heritage site?
(7)
TIKAL
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What is the national instrument of Guatemala?
(8)
Marimba
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What is the meaning of the word “Chamusca”?
(9)
Partido de fútbol o callejero
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What is a “chucho”?
(10)
perro
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Que ciudad de Guatemala, ostenta el Dtulo de Monumento Colonial
de América?
(11)
Antigua, Guatemala
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Cuál es la Segunda Ciudad más importante de
Guatemala?
(12)
Quetzaltenango
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People from what country are referred to by
Guatemalans as “sholcos”?
(13)
Spain
CHAPIN CHALLENGE
What does it mean if someone is called
“choco”?
(14)
Blind
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Cómo se llama el árbol Nacional de Guatemala?
(15)
La Ceiba
CHAPIN CHALLENGE
Cómo se llama el escritor que recibió el Premio Nóbel de
Literatura?
(16)
Miguel Ángel Asturias
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What is the meaning of the word Guatemala?
(17)
Land of the Trees
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What year did the last major earthquake strike
Guatemala?
(18)
1976
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Qué signiPica la palabra “greñas”?
(19)
Pelo Largo
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Translate the word “shute” into English using only ONE
WORD.
(20)
Nosey or Nosy
CHAPIN CHALLENGE
Name the countries that border Guatemala in alphabetical order.
(21)
Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico
CHAPIN CHALLENGE
Sing the Pirst verse (8 lines) of the Guatemalan National Anthem.
(22)
¡Guatemala feliz! que tus aras
no profane jamás el verdugo
ni haya exclavos que laman el yugo
ni tiranos que escupan tu faz.
Si mañana tu suelo sagrado
lo amenaza invasión extranjera,
libre al viento tu hermosa bandera
a vencer o a morir llamará.
CHAPIN CHALLENGE
Name two of Miguel Angel Asturias’ famous books.
(23)
Leyendas de Guatemala, El Señor Presidente, Men of Maize, The Banana Trilogy, Mulata de Tal
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How many Mayan dialects are spoken in Guatemala?
(24)
21
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Name two out of the three active volcanoes in
Guatemala.
(25)
Pacaya, Fuego, Santa Maria
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What prize did Rigoberta Menchu win in 1992?
(26)
Nobel Peace Prize
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Cuál es la sede del Gobierno Ejecutivo de Guatemala?
(27)
El Congreso
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What four items are normally included in a desayuna typica?
(28)
Beans, plantanes, eggs, cheese
CHAPIN CHALLENGE
Name the last four Guatemalan Presidents in chronological order.
(TIE BREAKER)
Arzu, Portillo, Berger, Colom
Works Cited
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guatemala_flag_300.png
http://mail.cag.edu.gt/
http://www.grandesmarcasguatemala.com/images/logos2005/logo_cemaco.gif