NewsTracker Answers for week of Oct. 07, 2024

Q: Thousands of burrowing parrots are flocking into two neighboring rural towns in Argentina every night to roost on power lines, causing constant power outages and filling the streets with poop. Where is Argentina in South America?

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Q: The residents of Pedro Luro and Hilario Ascasubi are fed up and outnumbered by the colorful birds which are protected by law. The towns are located in a province which takes its name from the nation’s capital. What is the capital of Argentina?

A. Asuncion

B. Buenos Aires

C. Caracas

D. Delicias


B. Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city in Argentina, with a metropolitan population of 16.7 million people. The Buenos Aires Province is named for the city, which was part of the province before it was made a separate federal district in 1880. It is the most populous province in the nation.


Q: The weight of thousands of roosting parrots cause power lines to stretch. When the birds take off in the morning, the cables bounce into each other causing short-circuits and power outages. Burrowing parrots are native to Argentina and its western neighbor ...

A. Bolivia

B. Brazil

C. Chile

D. Uruguay


C. Burrowing parrots are native to Argentina and Chile, the world’s southernmost countries. The species gets its name from nesting in elaborate tunnel they dig into the sides of sandy cliffs. Argentina is bordered by Chile to the west, Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, and Uruguay and Atlantic Ocean to the east.


Q: Both Chile and Argentina have made territorial claims to parts of Antarctica, which is about 600 miles from the southern tip of South America. What nation did Argentina fight in 1982 over its territorial claim to several islands in the southern Atlantic Ocean?

A. Britain

B. Chile

C. South Africa

D. United States


A. The 1982 Falklands War was a 10-week undeclared war between Argentina and Britain. It began when Argentina invaded the British territories of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and Sandwich Islands off the coast of Argentina. The British defeated Argentine forces and regained control of the islands it has ruled since 1841.


Q: The Falkland islands’ roughly 3,700 people enjoy the highest gross domestic product per person in South America, according to the CIA World Factbook. But, more than half of Argentina’s nearly 47 million people are now living in poverty after their government cut spending to reduce an inflation rate of ...

A. 50%

B. 100%

C. 200%

D. 300%


D. Argentina’s yearly inflation rate hit a peak of of almost 300% last April. The nation’s new president imposed severe austerity measures and deregulation that plunged Argentina into a deep recession. Inflation has dropped to 230% annually and the government hopes to get that down to about 123% by the end of the year.