Uruguayan Culture, Economy and Society

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  1. Complete the sentence about Rioplatense Spanish with the correct year: The Río de la Plata Basin, which originally formed part of the Viceroyalty of Peru, was granted its own status as the Viceroyalty…
  2. Complete the sentence about Uruguayan Portuguese with the correct year: Before its independence after the Cisplatine War in ______, Uruguay was one of the provinces of the Empire of Brazil as Cisplati…
  3. Complete the sentence about Culture of Uruguay with the correct year: Since ______, Uruguayan Sign Language is an official language.
  4. Complete the sentence about Alfajor with the correct year: The manufacturing process has been respected following a recipe found by Mariano Pardo de Figueroa in ______.
  5. Complete the sentence about Uruguayan wine with the correct year: The modern wine industry in Uruguay dates back to ______, when Tannat was introduced to the country by Don Pascual Harriague, a Basque…
  6. Complete the sentence about Uruguayan wine with the correct year: Albariño was introduced to Uruguay in ______ by immigrants from A Coruña, in the Galician region of Spain.
  7. Complete the sentence about Milanesa with the correct year: Since ______, milanesa has been celebrated annually in Argentina on 3 May as "National Milanesa Day", an observance that originated as a soc…
  8. Complete the sentence about Milanesa with the correct year: Among the earliest records is the menu for a banquet held in ______ for the feast of Saint Satyrus, which listed lombos cum panitio, or brea…
  9. Complete the sentence about Milanesa with the correct year: Since ______, the country celebrates "National Milanesa Day" on May 3, following an informal initiative launched by fans of the dish on soci…
  10. Complete the sentence about Candombe with the correct year: A population of black African slaves had been present in Buenos Aires since around ______.
  11. Complete the sentence about Candombe with the correct year: Rosas was defeated at the battle of Caseros in ______, and Buenos Aires began a profound and rapid cultural shift which saw a bigger emphasi…
  12. Complete the sentence about Tango in Uruguay with the correct year: Uruguayan tango is a rhythm that has its roots in the poor areas of Montevideo around ______.
  13. Complete the sentence about Tango in Uruguay with the correct year: One of the most famous and well-known tango songs is La Cumparsita, written by Gerardo Matos Rodríguez in Montevideo in ______.
  14. Complete the sentence about La cumparsita with the correct year: On 8 February ______, Matos Rodríguez had his friend Manuel Barca show the music sheet to orchestra leader Roberto Firpo at the cafe ca…
  15. Complete the sentence about La cumparsita with the correct year: I got a piano and I remembered my two tangos composed in ______ that had not had any success: "La gaucha Manuela" and "Curda completa".
  16. Complete the sentence about La cumparsita with the correct year: Firpo recorded the song in November ______ for Odeon Records: Odeon release number 483.
  17. Complete the sentence about La cumparsita with the correct year: Lyrics to the song were written by the Argentine Pascual Contursi in ______, and soon became a hit.
  18. Complete the sentence about Gerardo Matos Rodríguez with the correct year: In ______, he collaborated on the film score for Luces de Buenos Aires, shot in Joinville-le-Pont, France, and starring renow…
  19. Complete the sentence about Gerardo Matos Rodríguez with the correct year: The most famous classic tango of all times is "La Cumparsita", written by Matos Rodríguez in ______, with lyrics added later…
  20. Complete the sentence about Carlos Gardel with the correct year: In ______, a controversial theory was published by Uruguayan writer Erasmo Silva Cabrera, asserting that Gardel was born in Tacuarembó…
  21. Complete the sentence about Carlos Gardel with the correct year: Gardel was born at the Hôpital de La Grave in Toulouse, France, to unmarried 25-year-old laundress Berthe Gardès, at about 2 am on 11 D…
  22. Complete the sentence about Jorge Drexler with the correct year: In Spain, Drexler recorded the album Vaivén in ______ with Spanish musicians.
  23. Complete the sentence about Eduardo Mateo with the correct year: In ______, Mateo released his first solo album, Mateo Solo Bien se Lame, produced by Carlos Píriz.
  24. Complete the sentence about Eduardo Mateo with the correct year: In ______, he released Mateo y Trasante with percussionist Jorge Trasante.
  25. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, he released Cuerpo y Alma, which is considered by many to be one of his best works.
  26. Complete the sentence about Los Shakers with the correct year: The first single recorded as The Shakers was "Break it All" in late ______, which reached number 9 on Argentine charts.
  27. Complete the sentence about Los Shakers with the correct year: In ______, the original lineup re-united, and recorded a CD Bonus Tracks and played in Argentina and Uruguay.
  28. Complete the sentence about No Te Va Gustar with the correct year: No Te Va Gustar was formed in ______ in the Montevideo neighbourhood of Malvín, when most of their members were around the age of 16.
  29. Complete the sentence about La Vela Puerca with the correct year: La Vela Puerca is a Uruguayan rock band formed in Montevideo, Uruguay, in December ______.
  30. Complete the sentence about La Vela Puerca with the correct year: The band's first appearance under the name La Vela Puerca was at a street party in Montevideo on December 24, ______.
  31. Complete the sentence about La Vela Puerca with the correct year: In ______, frontman Sebastián Teysera entered a demo tape in a band contest.
  32. Complete the sentence about La Vela Puerca with the correct year: On November 26, ______, the band gave a special concert to celebrate their 10th Anniversary.
  33. Complete the sentence about Horacio Quiroga with the correct year: Horacio Quiroga was born in the city of Salto in ______ as the sixth child and second son of Prudencio Quiroga and Pastora Forteza, a…
  34. Complete the sentence about Horacio Quiroga with the correct year: Before Quiroga was two and a half months old, on 14 March ______, his father accidentally fired a gun he was carrying in his hands an…
  35. Complete the sentence about Mario Benedetti with the correct year: In ______, he traveled to Europe and visited nine countries as a correspondent for Marcha weekly magazine and El Diario newspaper.
  36. Complete the sentence about Juana de Ibarbourou with the correct year: Juana began studies at the José Pedro Varela school in ______ and moved to a religious school the following year, and two public…
  37. Complete the sentence about Juana de Ibarbourou with the correct year: As was the custom, Juana and Lucas were remarried in a religious ceremony on June 28, ______, in the Church of Our Lady of Perpet…
  38. Complete the sentence about Juana de Ibarbourou with the correct year: Juana de Ibarbourou died on July 15, ______, in Montevideo, Uruguay.
  39. Complete the sentence about Idea Vilariño with the correct year: The documentary was directed by Mario Jacob and premiered in May ______.
  40. Complete the sentence about Cristina Peri Rossi with the correct year: Peri Rossi has lived in Barcelona since ______, after a civic-military dictatorship was established in Uruguay and censored her w…
  41. Complete the sentence about Mario Levrero with the correct year: Levrero was born in Montevideo in ______ to an Italian-Uruguayan family.
  42. Complete the sentence about Open Veins of Latin America with the correct year: The publication of Open Veins in ______ arrived amid a fast process of militarization that had deep consequences in Latin…
  43. Complete the sentence about Florencio Sánchez with the correct year: Sánchez moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, in ______, after spending some time in Rosario, a city in Santa Fe, Argentina.
  44. Complete the sentence about Florencio Sánchez with the correct year: In ______, Sánchez settled in La Plata, where he worked for the Office of Anthropometric Identification, which was funded by Juan V…
  45. Complete the sentence about Florencio Sánchez with the correct year: In ______, he found an opportunity to go and boarded the Italian ship Principe di Udine on September 25, arriving in Genova on Octo…
  46. Complete the sentence about Carlos Páez Vilaró with the correct year: Carlos Páez Vilaró was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in ______.
  47. Complete the sentence about Carlos Páez Vilaró with the correct year: Páez Vilaró was invited to exhibit some of this work by the Director of the Modern Art Museum of Paris, Jean Cassou, in ______.
  48. Complete the sentence about Joaquín Torres García with the correct year: Joaquín Torres-García was born on July 28, ______, in Montevideo, Uruguay, a bustling port city on the edge of the South Americ…
  49. Complete the sentence about Joaquín Torres García with the correct year: In ______, Torres-García's father returned with the family to Spain, where he and his siblings became Spanish citizens.
  50. Complete the sentence about Joaquín Torres García with the correct year: Torres-García's first big break came with a solo show at Barcelona's Sala La Vanguardia in ______.
  51. Complete the sentence about Joaquín Torres García with the correct year: In ______, Torres-García began teaching in the experimental school Colegio Mont d'Or, founded by the progressive educator Joan…
  52. Complete the sentence about Juan Manuel Blanes with the correct year: The ______ outbreak of a yellow fever epidemic in Buenos Aires inspired his first renowned work, which he exhibited to acclaim in…
  53. Complete the sentence about Rafael Barradas with the correct year: Magazine illustrations constituted his first professional work and, in ______, he had his first exhibition, together with Guillermo L…
  54. Complete the sentence about Rafael Barradas with the correct year: In ______, he was invited to travel to Europe with a friend who had won a government grant to study singing at La Scala in Milan.
  55. Complete the sentence about Rafael Barradas with the correct year: While there, he became acquainted with his fellow Uruguayan painter, Joaquín Torres García, who had been living in Spain since ______…
  56. Complete the sentence about José Belloni with the correct year: José Belloni was born in Montevideo, in ______; his father was Swiss from Ticino, and his mother Basque from Spain.
  57. Complete the sentence about José Belloni with the correct year: The masterpiece was placed upon Fabini Plaza, on 18th of July Avenue, in ______.
  58. Complete the sentence about SODRE with the correct year: The Sodre Dance Corps was founded in ______ as the country's national ballet company.
  59. Complete the sentence about Uruguayan cinema with the correct year: Louis Lumière's invention was introduced to Uruguayan audiences on July 18, ______, at the Salón Rouge, a popular local cabaret.
  60. Complete the sentence about 25 Watts with the correct year: The film first previewed at the Rotterdam International Film Festival in the Netherlands on January 28, ______ but was not released fully in…
  61. Complete the sentence about Martín Fierro with the correct year: Previously in ______, the Spanish poet and critic Miguel de Unamuno tried, indirectly, to claim the work for Spain, calling it the "mos…
  62. Complete the sentence about Roman Catholicism in Uruguay with the correct year: Evangelization of Uruguay followed Spanish settlement in ______.
  63. Complete the sentence about Roman Catholicism in Uruguay with the correct year: The constitution of ______ made Catholicism the state religion and subsidized missions to natives.
  64. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The constitution of ______ enacted separation of Church and state.
  65. Complete the sentence about Religion in Uruguay with the correct year: Uruguay has no official religion, as Church and State were officially separated with the Constitution of ______.
  66. Complete the sentence about Religion in Uruguay with the correct year: The first Anglican church in the country was erected in ______ by British traders, and is considered a historical landmark.
  67. Complete the sentence about Tourism Week with the correct year: The holiday was created in ______ when the Uruguay state formerly created separation from the Catholic Church.
  68. Complete the sentence about Tourism Week with the correct year: The creation of Tourism Week was formerly designated on 23 of October ______, as part of the formal separation from the Catholic Church…
  69. Complete the sentence about 1930 FIFA World Cup with the correct year: The ______ FIFA World Cup was the first FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams.
  70. Complete the sentence about Maracanazo with the correct year: The match between Uruguay and Brazil was the decisive match of the final stage at the ______ FIFA World Cup.
  71. Complete the sentence about Maracanazo with the correct year: The last survivor of the game was Uruguay's Alcides Ghiggia, who died on 16 July ______ at the age of 88.
  72. Complete the sentence about Maracanazo with the correct year: The road to the title in the ______ World Cup was unique; instead of a knockout stage, the preliminary group stage was followed by another…
  73. Complete the sentence about 1950 FIFA World Cup with the correct year: The ______ FIFA World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for s…
  74. Complete the sentence about Copa América 1995 with the correct year: The ______ Copa América football tournament was staged in Uruguay.
  75. Complete the sentence about Peñarol with the correct year: In September ______, Peñarol was recognized as the best South American club of the 20th century by the IFFHS.
  76. Complete the sentence about Peñarol with the correct year: The Central Uruguay Railway company had operated in Uruguay since ______, with 118 employees, 72 British, 45 Uruguayan and one German.
  77. Complete the sentence about Defensor Sporting with the correct year: In September ______, the club was considered the World's Club Team of the Month by the IFFHS.
  78. Complete the sentence about Danubio F.C. with the correct year: Danubio won its first league title in ______ with a fantastic young squad that included Rubén da Silva, who was the league's top scorer…
  79. Complete the sentence about Montevideo Wanderers with the correct year: In ______ the Uruguayan Championship was disputed by ten institutions, one of which was Montevideo Wanderers.
  80. Complete the sentence about Montevideo Wanderers with the correct year: In ______ Wanderers is the first non-traditional club to play a final for an official tournament.
  81. Complete the sentence about Montevideo Wanderers with the correct year: The Obdulio Varela in Wanderers debuted in ______ and played for five seasons with the albinegro where he demonstrated his categ…
  82. Complete the sentence about Liverpool F.C. with the correct year: The team was first promoted to the Primera División in ______ and plays its home games at Estadio Belvedere.
  83. Complete the sentence about Liverpool F.C. with the correct year: The club has its roots in the student team from the Catholic Capuchin school in Nuevo París, which began playing in ______.
  84. Complete the sentence about Uruguayan Primera División with the correct year: The Uruguayan Primera División was held for the first time in ______.
  85. Complete the sentence about Uruguayan Football Association with the correct year: In ______, Albion F.C. sent invitations to Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club, Uruguay Athletic Club, and Deutscher…
  86. Complete the sentence about Obdulio Varela with the correct year: Varela began his senior career at Deportivo Juventud in ______.
  87. Complete the sentence about Obdulio Varela with the correct year: In ______, Varela moved to Montevideo Wanderers, where he debuted in the first division.
  88. Complete the sentence about Obdulio Varela with the correct year: One notable instance was in ______ when Peñarol faced River Plate.
  89. Complete the sentence about Alcides Ghiggia with the correct year: Ghiggia was the last surviving member from either the Brazilian or Uruguayan squads involved in the historic ______ World Cup game.
  90. Complete the sentence about Juan Alberto Schiaffino with the correct year: Schiaffino left in ______ to join Roma, where he played out his career during two moderately successful seasons, in which Rom…
  91. Complete the sentence about José Nasazzi with the correct year: During the ______ FIFA World Cup tournament, Uruguay's only serious rivals were their neighbors Argentina.
  92. Complete the sentence about José Leandro Andrade with the correct year: Andrade won his first Olympic gold medal at the ______ Olympic football tournament in Paris.
  93. Complete the sentence about Hector Scarone with the correct year: At the age of 19, he scored the goal that gave Uruguay the title at the ______ South American Championship, in the final against Argen…
  94. Complete the sentence about Hector Scarone with the correct year: With his goal against Romania on 21 July ______ Scarone was the last player born in the 19th century to score in a World Cup final tou…
  95. Complete the sentence about Edinson Cavani with the correct year: Cavani began his career playing for Danubio in Montevideo, where he played for two years, before moving to Italian side Palermo in ___…
  96. Complete the sentence about Edinson Cavani with the correct year: In ______, Cavani signed for Napoli, who signed him on an initial loan deal before buying him for a total fee of €17 million.
  97. Complete the sentence about Edinson Cavani with the correct year: After Ibrahimović left in ______, Cavani returned to a centre-forward role.
  98. Complete the sentence about Diego Forlán with the correct year: After four successful years, he moved to Manchester United in ______, where he won the Premier League and the FA Cup with the club.
  99. Complete the sentence about Diego Forlán with the correct year: In ______, he joined Villarreal, winning the Pichichi Trophy and European Golden Shoe with 25 goals in his first season.
  100. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, he was signed by Galatasaray for a fee of around €7 million.

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