Quizzes for Aged Care:28 travel themed quizzes with multiple choice and true or false answers.

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About the Author
Fran West has been a public library manager dealing a lot with elderly
patrons. Then she had a mid life creativity, gave up her career, and decided
to fly herself around Australia’s coast, taking photos as she went. Much later
on, quite by accident, she was asked by two activities coordinators to create
some DVDs for the men in their facilities. From that small beginning she has
developed a passion (and a business) for creating products suitable for
dementia patients and aged care generally. Now there are CDs with
interactive jigsaws and quizzes, Photo Downloads, Kindle picture books and
wooden jigsaw puzzles. Her photos are also available on a variety of
products from Zazzle and CafePress.
Check out Fran’s various websites and links:
www.alzheimersproducts.blogspot.com.au – Alzheimer’s Products
www.amazon.com/author/franwest – Kindle Picture Books
www.cafepress.com.au/profile/franwest1 – CafePress Print on Demand
www.franwest.com – Fran West: speaker, author, adventurer
www.zazzle.com/adventurerfran – Zazzle Print on Demand
Author’s Note
These quizzes are taken from the Words of Wisdom magazine Issues 1-5. They are meant as a bit of fun
with either multiple choice answers or true and false. The answers are underlined and in bold. If you
want to make the quiz harder for participants, then just leave out the choice of three answers where
appropriate (ideal for low care).
There are quizzes on Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, England, France,
Greece, Holiday and Travel, India, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Scotland, South
Africa, South Australia, Sweden, Switzerland, Tasmania, Thailand, The Netherlands, USA, Wales and
Western Australia.
All the quizzes are in alphabetical order and easy for you to find. Most have twenty questions but not all
questions have to be asked at the one time. For high care it may be better to make several mini quizzes
out of the one quiz.
At the end of each quiz there are also several links which lead to more information and can in
turn be used as a basis for a theme day/week and to create further activities.
The photos used in the quizzes are all copyright to Fran West.
COPYRIGHT WARNING
It is a criminal offence under the Copyright Act of 1968 for people to reproduce these quizzes from
Words of Wisdom magazine except for use in their own in-house newsletter and single facility.
It is strictly prohibited for any organisation to reproduce these quizzes from Words of Wisdom
magazine for different parts of their organisation. Multiple copies of this PDF should instead be
purchased.
Copyright © 2015 Fran West. All rights reserved.

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Argentina Quiz
This quiz is meant as a bit of fun with either multiple choice answers or true and false. The
answers are underlined and in bold.
If you want to make the quiz harder for participants, then just leave out the choice of three
answers where appropriate.
1. The capital of Argentina is Wellington, Buenos Aires or Rome.
2. Where is Argentina located – in South America, North America or Europe?
3. What is the main language spoken in Argentina – French, Dutch or Spanish?
4. What mountain range in the western part of Argentina forms the boundary with Chile
– the Andrews Mountains, the Andes Mountains or the Anderson Mountains?
5. Argentina has several hundred glaciers in it, with many found in the Patagonian
Glacier National Park. The most famous glacier there is the Perito Moreno, Jack
Russell or Saint Bernard.
6. The longest waterfalls in the world are shared by Argentina and Brazil. They are
called the Niagara Falls, Iguazu Falls or Sutherland Falls.
7. In 1982, Britain and Argentina fought a war over some islands in the South Atlantic
Ocean. The Argentines call them the Islas Malvinas but they are better known as the
Falkland Islands, the Ireland Islands or the Scotland Islands.
8. Argentina is the second largest country in South America after Brazil. True or false?
9. Soccer is a very popular sport in Argentina. One famous soccer player was Diego
Maradona, San Diego or Don Diego de la Vega.
10.Lalo Schifrin is an Argentine pianist, composer and conductor with many movie
themes and television scores to his credit like Mission: Impossible, The Man from
U.N.C.L.E. and The eagle has landed. True or false?
11.Argentina’s flag has bands of light blue, white and light blue on it. In the middle of the
flag is a monkey, a gorilla or a sun.

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12.The cowboy residents of the South American pampas are also known as nachos,
gauchos or machos.
13.Argentine actress, Olivia Hussey, had a starring role in the movie version of
Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Justine or Romeo and Judith.
14.A famous first lady of Argentina, married to President Juan Peron, was Eva, Neva or
Reba.
15.In the musical about Eva Peron, Evita, Eva sings Don’t cry for me… Brazil, Argentina
or Colombia.
16.The USA has the White House for its president and Argentina has the Pink House
(Casa Rosada) as the palatial mansion and office for its president. True or false?
17.Argentina is bordered by several countries. Which one is the odd one out – Chile,
Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay, Bolivia and Mexico?
18.One of the most sensual dances performed in Argentina is the mango, the tango or
the zango. (Check out the video link below)
19.Ushuaia, the world’s southernmost city, is the jumping off spot for cruises to the North
Sea, the Mediterranean or Antarctica.
20.The highest peak in both the Western and Southern Hemispheres, at 6,960 metres
high, is located in Argentina. Is it Mount Aconcagua, Mount Kosciusko or Mount
Cook (Aoraki)?

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References and useful links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CAv9hfafAI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLvNDHBlfvw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXhQNRsH3uc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTAf27OkuYE
http://www.turismo.gov.ar/eng/menu.htm
http://allrecipes.com/recipes/world-cuisine/latin-american/south-american/argentinian/
Iguazu Falls