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WorksheetsFACTS ABOUT ARGENTINA
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
1. Invented Radio Broadcasting:
Argentina was one of ____ first countries in the world to have radio broadcasting. The country’s first broadcast was made _____ August 1920. At that time only 20 people had a receiver!
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Pato is the official national sport in Argentina. It is a game played _____ horseback, combining elements of polo and basketball. Pato is Spanish for “duck", as in the game’s early versions (as early as 1610!) a live duck inside of _____basket was used instead of a ball.
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Both the ______ (hot) and the ______ (cold)temperatures ever recorded on the South American continent have occurred in Argentina.
hottest - coldest
hotter - coldiest
hotter - colder
hotest - coldest
Argentina became the first country to use fingerprinting as _____method of identification in 1892.
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The most psychologists per capita:
Another unusual fact about Argentine culture is that, Argentina is the nation with _____ most Psychologists per capita in the world. Recent studies show that there are 145 psychologists per 100.000 residents.
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Walt Who? Argentina is the true birthplace of animation.
Animated film is most often associated with Walt Disney, but the first animated feature film came courtesy of Quirino Cristiani in 1917. His film, El Apóstol, consisted of 58,000 frames and had a run time of 70 minutes. A satire, El Apóstol focused on the corruption and immorality that was prevalent in Buenos Aires ____ the time.
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Located on the shores of Gulfo Nuevo, the city of ____________ is best known as the gateway to Peninsula Valdes.
Whale Watching tours are also popular as the Southern Right Whale uses the waters of Gulfo Nuevo for breeding and giving birth. From July ____ September the whales are so close they can be viewed from the mainland.
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Do you know this place?
IT'S BARILOCHE.
IT'S SALTA.
BUENOS AIRES
Everything happens late here – from dinner to late-night clubbing – so if you want _______do it all properly, don’t expect to get a lot of sleep in Buenos Aires.
The vibrant cosmopolitan city is composed of several districts called barrios. Some of the most visited of these barrios include the Microcentro where ____________ is located.
To- The Obelisco
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In wich province is located the Iguazú falls?
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Ladislao Biro was the Hungarian-Argentine inventor of the first commercially successful modern ballpoint pen. This pen was sold in Argentina as ______________.
a Birome.
the Birome.
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