Colombian Culture, Economy and Society

Culture, Arts and Food

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  1. Which Colombian novelist won the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature?
  2. Which novel of 1967 is set in the imaginary town of Macondo?
  3. Which Colombian painter and sculptor is known for his rounded figures?
  4. Which museum in Bogota holds the largest collection of pre-Hispanic gold in the world?
  5. Which music from Valledupar uses accordion, caja and guacharaca?
  6. Which dance and music of the Caribbean coast, with drums and gaitas, has Indigenous and African roots?
  7. Which music of the Pacific coast uses the marimba?
  8. Which music and dance of the plains uses a harp, cuatro and maracas?
  9. Which sport, played with explosives and metal discs, is the national sport of Colombia?
  10. Which dish of Bogota is a chicken soup with potatoes, corn and guascas?
  11. Which dish of Antioquia has beans, rice, pork rind, plantain and egg?
  12. Which carnival of the Caribbean coast was proclaimed by UNESCO in 2003?
  13. Which festival in Medellin features silleteros carrying flowers on their backs?
  14. Which hat from the Zenu people is a national symbol of Colombia?
  15. Which bag woven by the Wayuu women of La Guajira is known worldwide?
  16. Which Afro-Colombian town, listed by UNESCO in 2005, is the first free African settlement in the Americas?
  17. Which colonial town on the Magdalena river was listed by UNESCO in 1995?
  18. Which Colombian doctor developed a synthetic malaria vaccine in 1987?
  19. Which pairing of work and author is correct?
  20. Which list gives these in order of publication, earliest first?
  21. Which Colombian poet created the character Maqroll the Gaviero?
  22. Which Colombian cyclist tradition and sport is popular?
  23. Which Bogota-born poet of modernism wrote Nocturno III in the 1890s?
  24. Which list orders these UNESCO recognitions of Colombian culture, earliest first?
  25. Which list pairs each music with its region correctly?

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