Uruguayan Culture, Economy and Society

Culture Economy And Society

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  1. Complete the sentence about Fernando Muslera with the correct year: Muslera was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 16 June ______, to Uruguayan parents working temporarily in the neighbouring country…
  2. Complete the sentence about Darwin Núñez with the correct year: Benfica signed him in ______ for a club-record transfer worth €24 million, the most expensive signing in Portuguese football history.
  3. Complete the sentence about Óscar Tabárez with the correct year: In ______, one year after retiring as a player, Tabárez took up coaching at Bella Vista.
  4. Complete the sentence about Diego Lugano with the correct year: In December ______, he played his first match with the first-team squad of Libertad, becoming league champions with the club at the age…
  5. Complete the sentence about Diego Lugano with the correct year: From Libertad, in ______, Lugano transferred to Club Nacional de Football in Montevideo.
  6. Complete the sentence about Diego Lugano with the correct year: After Oswaldo de Oliveira left the club in late ______, Lugano started playing matches more frequently.
  7. Complete the sentence about Diego Lugano with the correct year: In ______, he led the team to titles in the Campeonato Paulista, the Copa Libertadores, and the FIFA Club World Championship in Japan.
  8. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, he helped his club to the runner-up stage of the Copa Libertadores.
  9. Complete the sentence about Sebastián Abreu with the correct year: The crowning achievement came in ______, when he helped Uruguay lift the continental title.
  10. Complete the sentence about Rodrigo Bentancur with the correct year: Bentancur was born on 25 June ______ in Nueva Helvecia, Colonia to Roberto Bentancur and Mary Colmán.
  11. Complete the sentence about Ronald Araújo with the correct year: Ronald Federico Araújo da Silva was born on 7 March ______ in Rivera, a city near the Brazilian border, to a Brazilian-Uruguayan father…
  12. Complete the sentence about Ronald Araújo with the correct year: Araújo scored his first senior goal on 9 December ______, netting the equaliser in a 2–2 home draw against Central Español.
  13. Complete the sentence about Ronald Araújo with the correct year: On 28 July ______, Araújo joined Primera División side Boston River.
  14. Complete the sentence about José Giménez with the correct year: At international level, Giménez made his Uruguay debut in ______, and has since represented the nation at four FIFA World Cups and five…
  15. Complete the sentence about José Giménez with the correct year: In August ______, Giménez won the Supercopa de España against rivals Real Madrid, though he did not leave the substitutes' bench in eith…
  16. Complete the sentence about Uruguay at the Olympics with the correct year: Uruguay's National Olympic Committee was created in ______, and recognized by the International Olympic Committee the same ye…
  17. Complete the sentence about Uruguay at the 1924 Summer Olympics with the correct year: Uruguay competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the ______ Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
  18. Complete the sentence about Uruguay at the 1924 Summer Olympics with the correct year: Uruguay competed in the Olympic football tournament for the first time in ______, winning the first of back-to-ba…
  19. Complete the sentence about Uruguay at the 1928 Summer Olympics with the correct year: Uruguay competed at the ______ Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  20. Complete the sentence about Juan Martín del Potro with the correct year: In ______, del Potro led Argentina to its first Davis Cup title by defeating Croatia's Marin Čilić in the final from two sets d…
  21. Complete the sentence about Uruguayan Rugby Union with the correct year: Rugby had first been played in Uruguay in ______ due to the British expatriate community playing between members of the local c…
  22. Complete the sentence about Uruguayan Rugby Union with the correct year: In ______, with funding from the Uruguayan government and private investment, the Uruguyan Rugby Union had a rugby performance…
  23. Complete the sentence about Uruguayan Rugby Union with the correct year: Before ______, the Uruguayan Rugby Union was fully amateur with no payments to its national team players.
  24. Complete the sentence about Pluna with the correct year: The delicate position PLUNA was in at this time led the Uruguayan Government to aid the company by boosting its stake to 85% on 16 October ____…
  25. Complete the sentence about Pluna with the correct year: The first Douglas DC-3 entered PLUNA's fleet in February ______.
  26. Complete the sentence about Administración Nacional de Telecomunicaciones with the correct year: In ______, under the presidency of Luis Alberto Lacalle, a privatization of all government-owned compan…
  27. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, it took over Ancel, which had previously been a standalone cell service provider.
  28. Complete the sentence about Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay with the correct year: On August 24, ______, the bank's first board of directors was installed, and on October 22 it formally ope…
  29. Complete the sentence about Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay with the correct year: The Organic Charter granted the bank the power to issue banknotes —from ______ it had a monopoly on it—.
  30. Complete the sentence about Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay with the correct year: After the ______ crisis, the Banco de la República became the key piece of economic policy.
  31. Complete the sentence about Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay with the correct year: In ______, the Board of Directors resolved to create the Department of Economic Research, thus perfecting…
  32. Complete the sentence about Education in Uruguay with the correct year: Uruguay had the highest literacy rate in Latin America, at 96 percent in ______, which has increased to 98.9% in recent years ac…
  33. Complete the sentence about University of the Republic with the correct year: The process of founding the country's first public university began on 11 June ______, when a law proposed by then-Senator…
  34. Complete the sentence about University of the Republic with the correct year: In ______ the House of General Studies was formed, housing the departments of Latin, philosophy, mathematics, theology and…
  35. Complete the sentence about University of the Republic with the correct year: On 27 May ______, Manuel Oribe passed a decree through which created the Greater University of the Republic.
  36. Complete the sentence about Universidad de la República with the correct year: According to the ______ QS World University Rankings, it ranked #650 worldwide.
  37. Complete the sentence about Universidad Católica del Uruguay with the correct year: The university was founded by the Archbishop of Montevideo, Monseigneur Mariano Soler, in ______.
  38. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, it was reopened and entrusted to the Society of Jesus.
  39. Complete the sentence about Universidad Católica del Uruguay with the correct year: Built in ______ to the design of architect Elzeario Boix, it is neoclassical in style and housed the Sacré Cœur Jesu…
  40. Complete the sentence about Universidad ORT Uruguay with the correct year: Universidad ORT Uruguay traces its origins to ______, when it was founded as a technical school by members of Uruguay’s Jewis…
  41. Complete the sentence about One Laptop per Child with the correct year: In ______, Negroponte spoke at the World Economic Forum, in Davos.
  42. Complete the sentence about Healthcare in Uruguay with the correct year: In ______ there were seven major public hospitals in Montevideo.
  43. Complete the sentence about Italian Uruguayans with the correct year: In ______, Venetian explorer Sebastiano Caboto founded San Lázaro, the first European settlement on the Río de la Plata.
  44. Complete the sentence about Spanish Uruguayans with the correct year: In ______, the Council of the Indies, with the approval of King Philip V, authorized the dispatch of 25 families from the Canary I…
  45. Complete the sentence about Jewish Uruguayans with the correct year: When the Inquisition ended in ______, it paved the way for Jews being more accepted in Uruguay throughout the 19th century.
  46. Complete the sentence about Jewish Uruguayans with the correct year: Jewish schools and the first synagogue were established there in ______ by a small Ashkenazi community.
  47. Complete the sentence about Waldensians with the correct year: In ______, at the Third Council of the Lateran, Pope Alexander III lamented that the Waldenses were a "pest of long existence".
  48. Complete the sentence about Mennonites with the correct year: At a small meeting in Zurich on 21 January ______, Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, and George Blaurock, along with twelve others, baptized each…
  49. Complete the sentence about Mennonites with the correct year: In ______, at the age of 40, Simons left the Roman Catholic Church.
  50. Complete the sentence about Uruguayan Americans with the correct year: Before ______, Uruguayan living conditions were favorable, with many job opportunities, good education and a good healthcare syst…
  51. Complete the sentence about Uruguayan Americans with the correct year: Moreover, Uruguay was ruled by an oppressive military regime for approximately a decade starting in ______.
  52. Complete the sentence about Wool with the correct year: In the United States, three classifications of wool are named in the Wool Products Labeling Act of ______.
  53. Complete the sentence about Free trade zone with the correct year: The Brazilian government launched the first Export processing zones in ______, aiming to fight the imbalances in the country.
  54. Complete the sentence about Zonamerica with the correct year: Zonamerica is a Business and Technology park in Uruguay operating under the Free Zone Law since ______.
  55. Complete the sentence about Zonamerica with the correct year: Zonamerica is the first private Free Zone in Uruguay, operating under the Free Zone law which was established in ______.
  56. Complete the sentence about Ciudad Vieja with the correct year: The Spaniards founded their capital here in ______, after their previous capital at Tecpán Guatemala became untenable.
  57. Complete the sentence about Ciudad Vieja with the correct year: The city was destroyed by a catastrophic lahar from Volcan de Agua in ______, and the survivors had no choice but to abandon the site.
  58. Complete the sentence about Cerro Pan de Azúcar with the correct year: In ______ Don Francisco Piria, founder of the resort of Piriápolis, had bought a big stretch of land including the Cerro Pan de A…
  59. Complete the sentence about Cerro Pan de Azúcar with the correct year: In ______ the famous sculptor José Luis Zorrilla de San Martín together with father Engels Walters constructed a 35-metre cross o…
  60. Complete the sentence about Treinta y Tres Department with the correct year: A permanent service of transport by horse-drawn carts between this pueblo and Montevideo was first established in ______.
  61. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The following 18 players were called up for the ______ South American Games.
  62. Complete the sentence about Basketball in Uruguay with the correct year: The first World Cup, which Uruguay won, was held in ______ in Montevideo.
  63. Complete the sentence about Basketball in Uruguay with the correct year: After this successful run, the team did not qualify as finalists in any Olympic tournament, until the ______ Summer Olympics in…
  64. Complete the sentence about Rugby union in Uruguay with the correct year: In ______, "rugby criollo" was introduced into the Carrasco Polo Club, which not unlike the MVCC, would become more renowned f…
  65. Complete the sentence about Rugby union in Uruguay with the correct year: In ______, the Campeonato Uruguayo was held for first time, being today the main local competition.
  66. Which place completes the sentence? There are records of doce de leite in ______ Gerais, Brazil from 1773.
  67. Which place completes this sentence about Carlos Gardel? In 1967, a controversial theory was published by Uruguayan writer Erasmo Silva Cabrera, asserting that Gardel was born in ______, Uruguay.
  68. Which place completes this sentence about Carlos Gardel? Other authors expanded upon this theory, and a museum to Gardel was established in ______.
  69. Which place completes this sentence about Horacio Quiroga? Horacio Quiroga was born in the city of ______ in 1878 as the sixth child and second son of Prudencio Quiroga and Pastora Forteza, a middle-c…
  70. Which place completes this sentence about Buquebus? Some of its first ferries were the Eladia Isabel and Flecha De Buenos Aires between Buenos Aires and ______ in 1986.
  71. Which place completes this sentence about Tourism in Uruguay? About 8 kilometers southeast of ______ is the Lobos Island full of South American fur seals.
  72. Complete the sentence about Tango in Uruguay with the correct year: An annual week-long festival to mark the anniversary of La Cumparsita has taken place in Montevideo since ______.
  73. Complete the sentence about Cristina Peri Rossi with the correct year: As of ______ she lives in Barcelona, where she continues to write fiction and work as a journalist.
  74. Complete the sentence about Eduardo Galeano with the correct year: On 10 February ______, Galeano underwent a successful operation to treat lung cancer.
  75. Complete the sentence about Museo Torres García with the correct year: In ______, a retrospective of the work of the ceramicist Eva Díaz Torres' was held at the museum.
  76. Complete the sentence about Museo Gurvich with the correct year: Museo Gurvich is an art museum in Montevideo, Uruguay, dedicated to preserving the art of José Gurvich, an important Constructivist pai…
  77. Complete the sentence about Museum of Pre-Columbian and Indigenous Art with the correct year: In ______, the museum was incorporated into the Google Arts & Culture platform.
  78. Complete the sentence about Uruguay national football team with the correct year: Uruguay has consistently performed well in global football rankings throughout their history, achieving their highest…
  79. Complete the sentence about Copa América 2011 with the correct year: As the tournament champion, Uruguay earned the right to represent CONMEBOL in the ______ FIFA Confederations Cup, held in Brazil.
  80. Complete the sentence about Club Nacional de Football with the correct year: Nacional is a result of the fusion between Montevideo Football Club and Uruguay Athletic Club, 14 May ______.
  81. Complete the sentence about Club Nacional de Football with the correct year: In ______ Nacional included the Club Defensa and its players, and started playing at the Estadio Gran Parque Central.
  82. Complete the sentence about Club Nacional de Football with the correct year: In ______ Nacional won their first Uruguayan Primera División title.
  83. Complete the sentence about Uruguayan Football Association with the correct year: In Women's football the AUF established the Uruguayan Championship which takes place every year since ______.
  84. Complete the sentence about Enzo Francescoli with the correct year: Francescoli was born on 12 November ______ in Montevideo into a family of Italian and Basque origin.
  85. Complete the sentence about Enzo Francescoli with the correct year: In the Uruguayan Primera División in ______, Francescoli performed well for the team, which finished only behind Peñarol and Naciona…
  86. Complete the sentence about Diego Forlán with the correct year: In ______, he joined Italian club Inter Milan, before moving to Internacional in Brazil the following year.
  87. Complete the sentence about Federico Valverde with the correct year: In ______, he joined Real Madrid, initially playing for the club's reserve team.
  88. Complete the sentence about Federico Valverde with the correct year: In July ______, Valverde was transferred from Peñarol to Real Madrid, initially being assigned to their reserve team Castilla.
  89. Complete the sentence about Los Teros with the correct year: As of ______, Uruguay has been classified as a Tier 2 nation, which allows them to receive more funding from World Rugby.
  90. Complete the sentence about Uruguayan Rugby Union with the correct year: After Uruguay qualified for the ______ Rugby World Cup, the Union started making payments to players of the Uruguay national ru…
  91. Complete the sentence about Buquebus with the correct year: The newest ferry, named Francisco, after Pope Francis, was completed by Incat in ______.
  92. Complete the sentence about Uruguayans with the correct year: According to the ______ Uruguay census, 86% of the Uruguayan population chose "white" as their main ancestry, identifying with white racia…
  93. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, Bridas bought the Esso stations but kept the brand.
  94. Complete the sentence about Basketball in Uruguay with the correct year: And took part in a co-bid for the ______ FIBA Basketball World Cup with Argentina but lost out to Philippines, Japan and Indone…
  95. Complete the sentence about Los Olimareños with the correct year: Los Olimareños was a Uruguayan musical group, formed by Pepe Guerra and Braulio López in ______.
  96. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The Uruguayan coup d'état on 27 June ______, resulted in a ban on their songs.
  97. Complete the sentence about Los Olimareños with the correct year: In ______, they began an exile that would last ten years, during which they toured five continents, and settled for long periods in Me…
  98. Complete the sentence about Washington Carrasco with the correct year: In ______, he married Olivia Eliana Fournier González in Temuco, Chile.
  99. Complete the sentence about Washington Carrasco with the correct year: At the time of the ______ Chilean coup d'état, Carrasco was garrison chief in Concepción and Arauco.
  100. Complete the sentence about Washington Carrasco with the correct year: In ______, he became deputy Commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army.

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