Welcome back! Since Game Time Decision has gracefully offered to take up the weekly comment recap posts that I used to do in Eventual Balls Thoughts, I am taking over the Tuesday Open Threads until BeerGuyRob comes back and Temptation Island finishes.
In today’s installment, I want to give you a quiz and see how well you know your Latin American countries and the nicknames they give themselves. It’s very simple. I will list a number of countries. I will then list a number of nicknames given to the people of those countries by either themselves or by the other countries. You will need to match the country with the nickname.
Did everyone get it that’s gonna get it?
Please enjoy and complain in the comments!
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Geography/Culture/Nickname Quiz
Here first are all the countries:
- México
- Honduras
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Costa Rica
- Panamá
- Nicaragua
- Colombia
- Venezuela
And here are the nicknames:
- Catrachos
- Petroleros
- Aztecas
- Ticos
- Cafeteros
- Cuscatlecos
- Chapines
- Nicas
- Canaleros
- Pinoleros
- Guanacos
You’ll notice there are more nicknames than countries. That’s because some countries have more than one nickname.
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There’s stuff on TV, I’m sure, but I recommend that you focus on commenting. It’s much more rewarding and will rot your brain a lot less.
I’m guessing about 5. Without googling:
México – Aztecas
Honduras – Catrachos, chapunes
El Salvador – Pinoleros
Guatemala – Cuscateclos, guanacos
Costa Rica – Ticos
Panamá – Canaleros
Nicaragua – Nicas
Colombia – Cafeteros
Venezuela – Petroleros
You got 6! The last 5 plus the first one.
The rest of the answers are:
Honduras – Catrachos
El Salvador – Cuscatlecos, guanacos
Guatemala – Chapines
Nicaragua – Pinoleros
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