Brazil

Unfortunately I did not know the Portuguese word for ‘cry’ and it isn’t quite the mangled spelling of ‘llorar’ that I hoped it would be.

Questions

Mainly eaten in Brazil, which meal accompaniment is made from toasted cassava flour and may be served at a churrasco or with feijoada, the country’s national dish? It is similar to garri, a staple of West African cuisine.

FAROFA

Referring to a ‘favourite’ or a ‘loved one’, what term can be used in Brazil for a sweetheart or someone you hold a lot of affection for? There is a song by 2021 “Big Brother Brasil” winner Juliette by this name.

XODÓ

A settlement formed by escaped slaves, the Quilombo dos Palmares can be found in which small Brazilian state that has its capital at Maceió? The airport that serves that city is named for Zumbi, one of the quilombola leaders that tried to resist colonial forces.

ALAGOAS

In what year did the Liberal Revolution take place in Portugal? Having its origins in the city of Porto it saw the country’s king return home from Brazil with Prince Pedro staying behind and declaring Brazilian independence two years later.

1820

Sitting on the banks of the Branco, a tributary of the Rio Negro, which planned city in Roraima is the only Brazilian state capital to lie entirely north of the equator?

BOA VISTA

Used in the Brazilian instrumental music genre choro, the guitar-like cavaquinho is similar to which Madeiran instrument that shares a name with an object that could be used for more lethal purposes?

MACHETE

When listening to Brazilian music genres such as coco, choro or capoeira you may hear the sound of the pandeiro. This instrument looks similar to which other percussion instrument that contains ‘zills’ within a frame?

TAMBOURINE

Its capital being Montevidéu, which province existed as part of Brazil from independence up until 1828? It went its separate ways as Uruguay after the Empire of Brazil signed the Preliminary Peace Convention with the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata.

CISPLATINA

Now the capital of Pará state, the city of Belém has a monument designed by Oscar Niemeyer that commemorates which rebellion that lasted from 1835 to 1840? Its name comes from huts that were found on the waterways of northern Brazil.

CABANAGEM

Occurring during Ramadan in 1835, which slave rebellion took its name from a contemporary word used to describe Muslims in Bahia? If you ignore accents its name is shared with the capital of an Asian country.

MALÊ

The Balaida was one of the numerous revolts that took place during the early period of Brazilian independence. This rebellion being named for a basketmaker turned leader, it took place in which northern Brazilian state that is surrounded by Pará to the west, Tocantins to the south, Piauí to the east and the Atlantic Ocean to the north?

MARANHÃO

Named after its military leader Francisco Sabino, the Sabinada that took place from 1837 to 1838 was an unsuccessful revolt that saw the rebels capture which major Brazilian city that is included on UNESCO’s World Heritage list?

SALVADOR

Giuseppe Garibaldi got involved in which Brazilian war that lasted from 1835 to 1845? Ended by the Green Poncho Treaty, its English name is shared with a thick-furred cat breed.

GUERRA DOS FARAPOS / RAGAMUFFIN WAR

Brazil

Some old questions that I haven’t revised for a while and keep tanking on, though it’s not hard to see why. Must have been in a really masochistic mood when I wrote them.

Questions

Who was Brazil manager when they won the 1962 World Cup? During his playing career he was a goalkeeper for Botafogo.

AYMORÉ MOREIRA

Heavily associated with playing as a midfielder for Sao Paulo, who was Brazil manager when they first won the World Cup?

VICENTE FEOLA

Often served with plantains, porridge or rice, which Brazilian seafood stew with a tomato base takes its name from the Kimbundu language, the second most widely spoken Bantu language of Angola?

MOQUECA

Originally from Nigeria, what is a cowpea or bean fritter that can act as an offering to the gods in the Candomblé religion, also being a popular street food in Brazil?

ACARAJÉ / AKARA

The only time they have been elected, of which party was Jair Messias Bolsonaro before he cut ties and became independent during his period in office?

SOCIAL LIBERAL PARTY

Jair Bolsonaro first became popular when writing for which weekly publication, which is the most popular in Brazil?

VEJA (Means look [at it])

Who is the Brazilian CEO of Leuven based AB InBev, who stepped down in 2021 after leading the helm since the 2008 merger?

CARLOS BRITO

Occurring in the year when military officers led by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca staged a coup without the use of violence, in which year did Brazil become a republic?

1889

Appointed in 1540 as adelantado of Paraguay, which conquistador is considered to be a proto-anthropologist for his documentation of tribes? A 1991 film with his name as the title and based on his “Naufragios” was entered into the Berlin Film Festival.

CABEZA DE VACA

Meaning ‘land of the palm trees’, what is the name of Brazil in Guarani? This was the name the indigenous population gave to the region.

PINDORAMA

On which 1974 Raul Seixas album that takes its name from an epic poem and was heavily influenced by the mystic Aleister Crowley, did fellow mystic Paulo Coelho co-write a number of songs?

GITA

The greatest extent of the Brazilian miracle was reached under which president, who ruled from 1969 to 1973 but from his surname sounds like he would be a statesman in a different country and different century?

EMÍLIO GARRASTAZU MÉDICI

Which feline has been given the scientific name ‘Leopardus wiedii’ in honour of Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, who collected specimens in Brazil?

MARGAY

Including a pierced rock known as Pedra Furada, which national park in the north-eastern region of Brazil has the largest concentration of prehistoric sites in the Americas, with many examples of prehistoric paintings?

SERRA DA CAPIVARA

Which skeleton of a woman found in a cave in Minas Gerais was fragmented during a fire that destroyed the National Museum of Brazil in 2018? Some remains were identified in the debris, allowing part of the skeleton to be rebuilt.

LUZIA WOMAN

Which city at the confluence of the Tapajós and Amazon rivers in Pará state has become a popular tourist destination known for its natural beaches, with it having been called the ‘Caribbean of Brazil’? Some have lobbied for the state of Para to be divided in two, with the western part being called Tapajós and this city serving as its capital.

SANTARÉM

Luzia Woman was found in which municipality in the Greater Belo Horizonte region that was also the birthplace of medium Chico Xavier and 1970 World Cup winner Dirceu Lopes?

PEDRO LEOPOLDO

Named for an island, which culture flourished in the Amazon delta until around 1400, developing sophisticated pottery, social stratification and mound building?

MARAJOARA

Meaning ‘war of the newcomers’, which conflict in Colonial Brazil from 1705 to 1709 set off a rush to the region by Portuguese settlers over newly discovered gold fields?

WAR OF THE EMBOABAS

Inspired by the American War of Independence, what was an unsuccessful separatist movement in Brazil in 1789 that was triggered by a reduction in gold mining in a particular state?

INCONFIDÊNCIA MINEIRA

Which city in the far south of Bahia was the first landing point for Pedro Álvares Cabral in 1500?

PORTO SEGURO

Which leading member of the Inconfidência Mineira that was executed in 1792 has become a national hero, with the anniversary of his death celebrated as a public holiday?

TIRADENTES

Which French colony existed in Rio de Janeiro from 1555 to 1567, ultimately being destroyed by the Portuguese?

FRANCE ANTARCTIQUE

The establishment of what short-lived French state occurred when an expedition arrived in the state of Maranhão in 1612?

EQUINOCTIAL FRANCE

Existing from 1630 to 1654, Dutch Brazil had its capital at which city, now known as Recife?

MAURITSSTAD

What two-word term was given to the dynastic combination of the Kingdoms of Castile and Aragon and the Kingdom of Portugal under the Castilian Crown that existed between 1580 and 1640?

IBERIAN UNION

Located in the modern state of Alagoas, what was a community of escaped slaves in Colonial Brazil that developed from 1605 until its suppression in 1694?

PALMARES / QUILOMBO DOS PALMARES

Who was King of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves from 1816 to 1825? After the declaration of Brazilian independence in 1822, his son became its first emperor.

JOÃO VI / JOHN VI

Who was Queen of Portugal when Prince Regent João moved the court to Rio de Janeiro during the Napoleonic Wars? Known in Portugal as ‘The Pious’, this first monarch of Brazil was known as ‘The Mad’ in South America.

MARIA I

Where did the Portuguese invade in 1809, occupying the territory until 1817? It is now known as the ‘Conquest’ of this place.

FRENCH GUIANA / CAYENNE

Resulting in the end of absolutism and establishment of a constitutional monarchy, which Revolution of 1820 also resulted in the Portuguese court returning to Lisbon from Brazil?

LIBERAL REVOLUTION (OF 1820)