Brazil is the largest country in South America, known for its diverse culture, vibrant cities, and beautiful natural landscapes. The country has a rich history, dating back to the arrival of the Portuguese in 1500, and it has been shaped by a mix of indigenous, African, and European influences. Brazil is also known for its diverse population, with a mix of different ethnicities, languages, and religions.

Brazil is famous for its carnival, which is a pre-Lenten celebration marked by parades, music, and dancing. The country is also known for its soccer, with several world-renowned teams and players, as well as for its diverse cuisine, which reflects the influence of indigenous, African, and European cultures. Some of the famous Brazilian dishes include feijoada (black bean stew), churrasco (barbecue), and açaí (a berry smoothie).

Brazil is also known for its diverse and beautiful natural landscapes, including the Amazon rainforest, the Pantanal wetlands, and the Iguazu Falls. Some of the famous tourist destinations in Brazil include Rio de Janeiro, known for its iconic Christ the Redeemer statue and Carnival, Salvador, known for its Afro-Brazilian culture, and Brasília, the country's modernist capital city designed by the renowned architect Oscar Niemeyer. Trivia questions about Brazil can range from its history, culture, and geography to its famous festivals, soccer and famous tourist destinations, making it a great topic for a trivia night or quiz.

‍69 Brazil Trivia Questions Ranked From Easiest to Hardest (Updated for 2025)‍

1. Written in Portuguese, "Quem Defende Seus Dados?" is a report on Internet privacy practices in what populous South American country?

Answer: Brazil

2. Iguazú Falls, one of the world's most spectacular waterfall systems, is located on the Iguazú River that forms a border between Argentina and what Portuguese-speaking country?

Answer: Brazil

3. U.S. President Joe Biden personally extended an invitation to the Summit of the Americas the current head of a Latin American country. Elected in 2018, who was President of Brazil until 2022?

Answer: Jair Bolsonar

4. Pedro Filho killed 100 victims from 1967 to 2003, 47 of those while incarcerated. Sentenced to 128 years in prison, he was released after 30 years due to the maximum sentence allowed by what South American country?

Answer: Brazil

5. The Germanic language Hunsrik, or Hunsrukisch, is spoken by roughly 1.5 million residents of the state of Rio Grande do Sul in what country?

Answer: Brazil

6. If you head directly south from San Diego, what border town resort will be the first city you hit in Mexico?

Answer: Tijuana

7. To set the record for longest solo journey by kayak (2,010 miles!), Helen Skelton traveled through which South American nation for a month?

Answer: Brazil

8. Also known as the Brazilian Treatment, what alternative moniker (named after the protein it uses which is naturally found in hair shafts) describes the hair straightening method where the namesake protein is added to the hair and then run over with a hot flat iron? This treatment is known to add shine to hair and lasts for approximately 6 months.

Answer: Keratin

9. The Caipirinha, a cocktail made of cachaca, sugar, and lime, is the national cocktail of what South American country?

Answer: Brazil

10. Winner of two FIFA World Player of the Year awards and a Ballon d'Or, what one-named retired Brazilian midfielder anagrams to LONDON HAIR?

Answer: Ronaldhino

11. Petrobras is the common name of a government-owned energy conglomerate in what South American country?

Answer: Brazil

12. Assisted by the hands of goalkeeper Cláudio Taffarel and the goal kicking of Romário, what Southern Hemisphere squad ended a 24-year drought with the big win at 1994’s FIFA World Cup?

Answer: Brazil

13. SP - Guinness Book has listed it as the largest, with crowds exceeding 4 million. Grindr once awarded them as the best. We’re talking about the massive Pride Parade that aptly makes its way down Avenida Paulista in what Brazilian city?

Answer: Sao Paulo

14. Parque Nacional Dos Lençóis Maranhenses is home to the largest sand dune (380,000-acres) in what South American country?

Answer: Brazil

15. Though his father named him for Thomas Edison, Edson Arantes do Nascimento is the name on the birth certificate of what Brazilian soccer forward that FIFA named as the top player of the 20th century?

Answer: Pelé

16. As measured by common biodiversity indices, Colombia is often ranked the second-most biodiverse country on the planet, behind only what other country?

Answer: Brazil

17. According to "The Coffee Song" as made famous by Frank Sinatra, "they've got an awful lot of coffee in" what South American nation?

Answer: Brazil

18. There are very few words in English that come from Tupi, an indigenous language of Brazil. One such word is that of what type of fish, whose name is also used in Tupi to mean "scissors?"

Answer: Piranha

19. Dreaming of a looooong beach vacation? Then you might want to visit what country, whose "Praia do Cassino" is the longest beach in the world?

Answer: Brazil

20. Nodding to the cooking technique, the full-service Brazilian steakhouse chain Fogo de Chão has a name that means what "open" thing?

Answer: Fire / Flame

21. Let's leap into a border waterfalls analogy! Niagara Falls is to Canada and the U.S., as Iguazu Falls is to Brazil and what pampas-y neighbor?

Answer: Argentina

22. The southernmost locations in Cadillac Fairview's portfolio are in the two most populous cities in Brazil. What are they?

Answer: Rio de Janeiro or SaoLuiz Inacio Lula da Silva Paulo

23. The African countries Angola, Mozambique, Equatorial Guinea, and Cape Verde all have what official language, which they share with Brazil?

Answer: Portuguese

24. What prominent Brazilian city, made official in 1960, was designed by Oscar Niemeyer to resemble an airplane, with the Monumental Axis as the fuselage?

Answer: Brasilia

25. Cadillac Fairview-sponsored athlete Erica Wiebe won wrestling gold at the balmy 2016 Summer Olympics in what city?

Answer: Rio de Janeiro

26. Cadillac Fairview invests in retail around the world, including Multiplan malls located in what country, whose largest city is Sao Paulo?

Answer: Brazil

27. The composer of works such as "Carnaval das Crianças" and "Amazonas," Heitor Villa-Lobos is one of the best-known classical composers from what South American country?

Answer: Brazil

28. Brazillian legend Ronaldo scored 15 goals at the FIFA World Cup, but which German is "not far" ahead with a record 16 goals scored between 2002 and 2016?

Answer: Miroslav Klose

29. What's the name of the starch that is extracted from the cassava plant, native to Brazil? A staple crop for much of the world, it's also used to form "pudding" and "pearls."

Answer: Tapioca

30. On January 8, 2023, supporters of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, upset at his defeat in the 2022 election, rioted and forced their way into the presidential palace of what South American nation?

Answer: Brazil

31. "Cafe com leite politics," or "coffee with milk politics," was a term used to describe the dominance of the coffee industry in 19th- and 20th-century politics in what country?

Answer: Brazil

32. What flightless, emu-like South American bird species made the news in 2020 for biting the hand of Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro?

Answer: Rhea

33. It can take seven to 10 years to harvest what naturally occurring agricultural product from the Brazilian tree Hevea brasilensis? The process begins when harvesters make several shallow cuts in the latex-producing vessels of the tree.

Answer: Rubber

34. "Grill like a gaucho" is a slogan used by what churrascaria steakhouse chain whose corporate headquarters are located in Dallas?

Answer: Texas de Brazil

35. The Peabody Award-winning film The Edge of Democracy follows the arrest of Lula da Silva and the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, both presidents of what country?

Answer: Brazil

36. What Brazilian tuber produces the staple starch known as tapioca and is an important food source throughout the tropical world, including in Africa where it's made into sticky dough called fufu?

Answer: Cassava

37. What former President (who had spent time in jail for corruption before the convictions were tossed out) defeated far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro in 2022 to retake control of Brazil?

Answer: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

38. In Aquiraz, you can you take a 65-mile-per-hour ride down a 135-foot-tall water slide. What country is Beach Park in?

Answer: Brazil

39. Achim Steiner, the current administrator of the United Nations Development Program as of 2025, was born in which country?

Answer: Brazil

40. 21 countries have compulsory voting (i.e., voting is not just a right, but a legal requirement). Which one is by far the most populous, with over 100 million people eligible to vote, and over 60 million of whom voted in Lula da Silva as President at the last election?

Answer: Brazil

41. Indonesian was the official language of East Timor while it was under the nation’s rule. But in 2002, Tetum and what language spoken in Brazil were established as East Timor’s official languages?

Answer: Portuguese

42. What Ukraine-born novelist became not just a literary but cultural sensation in Brazil when her first novel, “Near to the Wild Heart (Perto do Coração Selvagem)”, was published in 1943. Her stream-of-consciousness narration packed with “ah-ha” moments captivated readers, especially in her later short stories.

Answer: Clarice Lispector

43. Brazilian drag superstar Grag Queen is the host of "Drag Race Brasil" and the winner of Season 1 of what other competition reality series, in which drag queens from all over the world must sing live, not lip sync, to stay in the game?

Answer: Queen of the Universe

44. Ilha de Queimada Grande, also known as Snake Island, is estimated to have as many as one snake per square meter of the island, giving it the densest population of serpents worldwide. Which country does this nightmarish island belong to?

Answer: Brazil

45. "Poor Niagara!" First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt reportedly exclaimed upon seeing Iguazu Falls, an impressive waterfall straddling the border of Brazil and what other pampas-covered country?

Answer: Argentina

46. Feijoada, a black bean stew made with pork or beef, is the national dish of which country?

Answer: Brazil

47. Brazilian Actress Renata Sorrah is looking confused in a meme known as WHAT Lady? It’s a four-letter word that describes what is written over the top of her confused face in the meme.

Answer: Math

48. Which cocktail made with cachaca, sugar, and lime is the official cocktail of Brazil?

Answer: Caipirinha

49. Covered primarily by rainforest, what is the name of the largest Brazilian state by area, which is larger than Uruguay, Paraguay, and Chile, combined?

Answer: Amazonas

50. Juliano Pinto is a paraplegic man who symbolically kicked off an event in what country in 2014 by using a mind-controlled robotic exoskeleton?

Answer: Brazil (World Cup)

51. Which two countries, both of which have a Pacific coast, are the only countries in South America that do not border Brazil?

Answer: Ecuador and Chile

52. By population, what Brazilian city is the largest in South America, and the 12 largest in the world, with 21.7 million people?

Answer: Sao Paolo

53. Leandro Barbosa, Tiago Splitter, and Anderson Varejão are all Nike-sponsored Brazilian athletes known for competing professionally in what sport?

Answer: Basketball

54. Paulista Avenue is the main stomping grounds for the world's largest Pride parade, in what guessable Brazilian city?

Answer: São Paulo

55. Taking office in 2011 but impeached in 2016, Dilma Rousseff was the first woman president of what country?

Answer: Brazil

56. Brazil is the world's largest coffee bean producer and has been for over 150 years. Many other top coffee-producing nations are in South America and Central America, but what Southeast Asia country is actually the second largest producer?

Answer: Vietnam

57. A spurious language is one that may or may not have actually existed. In some cases, they’re flat-out hoaxes. That was the case for the Kukurá language, which was made up by an interpreter in which Latin American country in 1901?

Answer: Brazil

58. Long-running American television show "The Bachelor" has spawned spinoffs in many other countries including the short-lived "The Bachelor: Em Busca do Grande Amor" which lasted for one season in what country? Aane Doux was the winner of Gianluca Perino's "romantic" culling.

Answer: Brazil

59. France’s longest international border is with which 6-letter country?

Answer: Brazil

60. The Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica operates under what "Hollywood"-esque name in much of Latin America, including Argentina, Mexico, and Costa Rica?

Answer: Movistar

61. What round, green food is one of Brazil's most common pizza toppings? Though considered a vegetable nutritionally, this plant is botanically a fruit and it makes occasional appearances in carbonara sauces.

Answer: Green Peas

62. What is the P-word name for the region of low grasslands that cover parts of Argentina and Brazil, and all of Uruguay?

Answer: Pampas

63. Since 2018, Walmart has held only a relatively small 20% stake in one of their international companies. As a result, the company rebranded from Walmart [COUNTRY] to Grupo Big in August 2019. As a hint, it's the sixth-most populous country in the world.

Answer: Brazil

64. Which Brazilian online-only bank was founded in 2013, became a unicorn fintech startup, and is now the largest “neobank” in Latin America?

Answer: Nubank

65. Moniliophthora perniciosa is a fungus responsible for what disease of the cacao tree, which devastated Brazil, causing a loss of 70% of production of cocoa in 10 years?

Answer: Witches' Broom

66. The Pernambuco pygmy owl is one of the rarest and most critically endangered owls in the world. What country is the only place where it lives?

Answer: Brazil

67. Besides Australia, what country takes up the highest percentage of a continent's area?

Answer: Brazil

68. Second only to the number of stars on the U.S. flag, how many stars are there on the Brazilian national flag?

Answer: 27

69. Behind Brazil, what country has the second highest population of all the countries with Portuguese as an official language with 18 million speakers?

Answer: Angola

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