How much do you know about Buenos Aires?

QUESTIONS
1. City, Federal District and Capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires is situated on the
shore of which river?
2. Where did settlers first make a settlement in this area?
3. At the north-eastern edge of the enormous flat plain known as …?
4. According to legend, Spanish sailors named the port after their patron saint,
who was…?
5. What is the square at the ‘heart’ of the city called?
6. Which major thoroughfare is reserved for pedestrians?
7. What is the orbital highway called?
8. What do the residents of Buenos Aires call themselves?
9. What is the name of the picturesque section north of the Rio Riachuelo?
10. One of the city’s most distinctive features are the fast-moving mini-buses.What
are they called?
11. What is the name of the famous thoroughfare, claimed to be the broadest
avenue in the world?
12. What is the name of the Government House building facing west up the
Avenida de Mayo?
13. The Plaza de Mayo also contains two other distinctive buildings. Can you name
them?
14. At the western end of the Ave. de Mayo,we find the Plaza del Congresso and
…?
15. What is the name of Buenos Aires’ magnificent Opera House?

ANSWERS
1. Rio de la Plata 2.At the mouth of the Rio Riachuelo 3.The ‘Pampa 4. Santa Maria
del Buen Aire 5. Plaza de Mayo 6. Calle Florida 7.Avenida Generale Paz 8.‘Portenos’
9.‘La Boca’ 10.The ‘Colectivos’ 11.Avenida de 9 Julio 12. Casa Rosada 13.The
‘Cabildo’ (Town Hall); the Metropolitan Cathedral14.The National Congress 15.The
Colon Theatre