Costa Rican rescuers walk 14 hours to save plane crash survivor
Dec. 02, 2024
Q: Emergency workers in Costa Rica walked 14 hours through a remote mountain forest last week carrying a woman who was in critical condition after she survived a plane crash that killed five of the six people aboard. Where is the Central American nation of Costa Rica?
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Q: The Cessna 206 Stationair crashed during a flight from Tortuguero on Costa Rica’s northeast Caribbean coast to the nation’s capital in the center of the country. What is the capital of Costa Rica?
A. Managua
B. Quito
C. San Jose
D. Tegucigalpa
Q: Costa Rica is one of seven nations in Central America which is ...
A. Isthmus
B. Subduction zone
C. Tropical zone
D. All of the above
Q: Costa Rica abolished its military in 1949 after a bloody 44-day civil war. Which other Central American nation abolished its army about four decades later?
A. El Salvador
B. Guatemala
C. Nicaragua
D. Panama
Q: With last week’s crash, a total of 45 people have died in seven Costa Rican air crashes since 2000. Which nation had the world’s deadliest air crash?
A. India
B. Japan
C. Spain
D. United States
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