Quiz Answers

1.  What country are we in?

Costa Rica

2.  What is the name of our hotel?

Hotel Suerre & Country Club

3.  What is the name of the currency?

Colones

4.  What is the exchange rate?

1 dollar = (approx.) 518 colones

5.  Does the currency use the dollar sign or cent sign?

Cent

6.  What is the name of the 1st beach we went to?

Punta Uva

7.  Was it on the Carribean side or Pacific side?

Carribean

8.  What is the name of the river we rafted on?

Sarapiqui

9.  What is the canopy?

The top layer of the rainforest.

10.  What is EARTH?

A school.

11.  What are the 3 fruit companies stationed in Costa Rica (should be familiar to you)?

Dole, Chiquita, and Delmonte.

12.  Which one of those companies is located in Rochester?

Delmonte

13.  What is the biggest export product from Costa Rica?

Coffee

14.  What is the name of the tree that bares fruit once?

Banana

15.  How many provinces does Costa Rica have?

7

16.  What is the capital of Costa Rica?

San José

17.  What is the name of the the team we swam?

Heredia

18.  What is the major language of Costa Rica?

Spanish

19.  What US State is similar in size?

Vermont and New Hampshire combined.

20.  What was the name of the volcano we visited?

Irazú

21.  What is the Spanish word for hello?  Thank you?

Holá

Gracias

22.  What is the name of the town our hotel is located in?

Guápiles

23.  What is the name of the second beach we visited?

Cahuita National Park

24.  What is the name of the poisonous ant we saw?

Bullet

25.  When ziplining, what hand do you brake with if you are left handed?

Left

26.  What was the name of at least one of the rapids?

Superman / Washing Machine / Air Force

27.  What animal did we see in the tree on our 1st trip to the beach?

Sloth

28.  Do Costa Rican students have 11 or 12 years of school before going to college?

11

29.  What is the most popular sport in Costa Rica?

Soccer

30.  What is the name of reptile that can travel quickly on the water surface?

Jesus Christ Lizard / Basilisk

31.  What is the Spanish general term for greeting and saying something positive?

Pura vida!

32.  What are the blue plastic bags ont he banana trees for?

To protect them from insects.

33.  What are the warning signs of dehydration and what causes it?

Nausea, fatigue, dark urine, parched lips, headaches, and dizziness.

34.  What is the best fruit to eat for hydration and what % water is it?

Watermelon

92%

35.  When traveling/training what are the 3 most important components of maintaining good health?

Hydration, rest, and nutrition.

36.  What is the name of the little snack restaurants?

Sodas

37.  What is the Spanish word for stop?

Alto

38.  What is the major religion of Costa Rica?

Roman Catholic

39.  What is the main route we traveled for our trips?

Route 32

40.  What is Dos Pinos?

An ice cream company.

41.  What Olympic swimmer spent several months in Costa Rica to train?

Gary Hall Jr.