Parrots harass towns in Argentina
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
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
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
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%
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