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Argentina Quiz 

With the death of Argentine author and essayist Ernesto Sabato at the end of last month, the entire Hispanic speaking world lost one of its most revered writers. Sabato, who died just months short of his hundredth birthday, was a renowned human rights activist as well as one of Latin America's leading literary figures. He headed up his country's official Commission which investigated the fate of 'the disappeared' during the rule of Argentina's military junta of the 1970s and 80s. an experience he described as 'a slow descent into Hell'. After compiling over 50,000 pages of chilling evidence on that regime's systematic use of kidnap, torture and rape against tens of thousands of its own citizens, the findings were published in 1984 in a volume entitled 'Never Again'. Sabato's fictional work, in novels such as 'The Tunnel', which long predated these investigative efforts, also explored a disturbing world of secrets and madness, winning him both illustrious literary prizes and high profile fans such as Albert Camus. To mark his passing and the current designation of Buenos Aires by UNESCO as 2011 World Book Capital, Highly Questionable takes Argentina as the theme of today's quiz.          

 Argentina Quiz Questions 

 1  The song 'Don't Cry For Me Argentina' comes from which theatrical musical written by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber?

 2  Which Argentine footballer in 2010 was awarded the inaugural FIFA Ballon d'Or, the award presented by the sport's governing body to the player judged to be the best in the world?

  3   Argentina's name is derived from which financially valuable substance?

 4  What is the Argentine name for the group of islands known to the British as the Falklands, control over which the two countries fought a war in 1982.? 

  5   In which region of Argentina is Welsh spoken?

The answers to our Argentina themed quiz will be published along with the next Highly Questionable blog post.

 Puppets Quiz Answers 

The answers to the Highly Questionable puppet themed quiz are:-

 1  Jim Henson is the puppeteer who created the TV phenomenon 'The Muppets'.

 2   Pinocchio was the famous wooden puppet made by the fictional woodcarver Geppeto. 

 3  A marionette is the name of the type of puppet whose movements are governed by the sophisticated manipulation of strings.

 4  Sandy Shaw was the British pop singer who had a hit in the 1960s with the song 'Puppet On A String'.

 5  Juliette Binoche was the famous French actress who played the role of a puppeteer in the 2008 film 'Flight Of The Red Balloon'.  

The author of the Highly Questionable? quiz and trivia blog, Harry Reid, is a freelance question setter, writer and blogger. He can be contacted at harryreid@btinternet.com