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What are Nicaragua and Panama?
These two countries border Costa Rica.
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What is 2021?
The year Costa Rica celebrates 200 years of independence.
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What is a sloth?
This animal is on the 10,000 colon bill.
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What is a tic@?
Native Costa Ricans call themselves this.
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What is the year Costa Rica became independent?
1821
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What are Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, Heredia, Limon, Puntarenas & San Jose.?
The seven provinces of Costa RIca.
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What is the giant anteater?
There are 200 of this animal living in zoos worldwide.
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What is a monkey?
The most common mammal found in Costa Rica (after humans).
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What is a banana?
Costa Rica is the second largest exporter of this fruit.
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What is 1948?
The year Costa Rica abolished its military.
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What are the names of the five active volcanoes in Costa Rica?
Turrialba , Poas, Arenal, Rincon de la Vieja, and Irazu.
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What is 200 squared?
40,000
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What is the national bird of Costa Rica?
Yigüirro
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What are Olive Ridley turtles?
During Costa Rica’s arribada (“mass arrival”), as many as 100,000 of this animal come ashore on Ostional National Wildlife Refuge’s isolated beaches.
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Who is Dr. Franklin R. Chang-Diaz?
The Costa Rican who has been to space.
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How much land is protected by national parks, reserves, and wildlife refuges?
28% of the land in Costa Rica
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What is 200 seconds?
3 minutes, 20 seconds
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What is 5 million?
The amount of birds estimated to migrate to Costa RIca every year.
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What is a soda?
You go here to eat a casado.
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What is penicillin?
Costa Ricans claim this medicine was discovered by Dr. Clodomiro Picado in 1927.
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What is 3,820 meters? OR What is 12,532 feet?
The height of Costa Rica's highest mountain: Chirripo.
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What is Mt. Everest?
There are 200+ dead bodies on this mountain because it is so difficult to bring them down.
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What is Costa Rica's national animal?
White Tailed Deer
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What is west?
The direction all Catholic churches face.
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Who is Juan Santamaria?
This boy became a national hero for his efforts in the Second Battle of Rivas in 1856.
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