31 Argentina’s History Trivia Quiz Questions

What is the capital of Argentina?

What is the name of Argentina’s southernmost mainland region?

In what year was Argentina the host to the World Cup?

How old was Evita when she died?

What was Evita’s full name?

Who was the Spanish viceroy who fought against Napoleon at Trafalgar, was removed from office on May 25 1810, and whose overthrow led to the War of Argentine Independence?

When was independence achieved in Argentina?

In 1536, who founded Santa Maria del Buen Aire, the ancestor of today’s Argentinian capital?

Buenos Aires was founded by which Spanish explorer who has another Argentine city named for him on February 2, 1536?

Who led Argentina’s first coup d’état (in September, 1930)?

Which was the highest office that Juan Domingo Peron reached?

Which was the highest post Colonel Peron reached in the 1943-1946 administration?

Juan de Garay founded Buenos Aires for the second time on what date?

How many people were in the first government called “Primera Junta”, organized in May 1810?

In 1806, which foreign country seized Buenos Aires and successfully held it for a month and a half?

The Viceroyalty of Rio de La Plata consisted of areas from four modern day countries – Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and which other?

In 1812 General Manuel Belgrano ordered the population of which province to move or face execution?

Which religious group was responsible for the foundation of the National University of Córdoba?

What happened to Juan Manuel de Rosas after losing the Battle of Urquiza in Caseros (February 1852)?

When were the so-called “Historic Presidencies” (Mitre, Sarmiento and Avellaneda)?

Who was the trade union leader that founded the Labour Party a few months before Peron’s first election?

As a result of weapons and military affairs being a high priority for Peron, Argentina was one of the first nations to develop what?

What was the front formed by the main opposition parties called when the military regime decided to call for elections?

What was the name given to the military coup that removed Peron from power in 1955?

When did another military coup, the “Revolucion Argentina”, occur?

Which Argentinian government devoted most of its budget to education and culture?

What was happening in the months leading up to the World Cup in 1982?

How many foreign terrorist attacks did Argentina suffer in the 1990s?

Why did the original settlement of Buenos Aires have to be abandoned in 1542?

What industry flourished in Buenos Aires from its new founding in 1580 until independence, despite dependence on trade with Spain?

What is the Spanish word for people who lived in Buenos Aires?