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What is True
True or False: 90% of Nicaraguans speak Nicañol or Nicaraguan Spanish
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What is True. He was president from 1985-1990 and was reelected in 2007.
True or False: Daniel Ortega is the current president of Nicaragua.
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What is False. Gioconda Belli was designated amongst the 100 most important poets during the 20th century.
True or False: Gioconda Belli is a famous Nicaragua actress.
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What is False. Nicaragua took 2nd place.
Nicaragua's baseball team took 3rd place in the 1996 Olympics held in Atlanta
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What is False. The name Nicaragua comes from a combination of two words, "nicarao" and "agua". The Nicarao are the Indian tribe that were occupying the shores of Lake Nicaragua when the Spaniards arrived in the 1500's. "Agua" is the Spanish word for water
True or False: The name 'Nicaragua' comes from the combination of nickel and water, since nickel is one of their most prominent elements.
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What is False. The national sport is baseball.
True or False: The national sport is soccer.
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What is False. They gained independence from Spain on September 15th, 1821.
True or False: Nicaragua's independence day is September 12th.
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What is True.
True or False: Dennis Martínez was the first Nicaraguan to play in Major League Baseball.
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What is True.
True or False: Nicaragua is home to the only freshwater sharks in the world.
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What is True.
True or False: Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America.
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What is False. Palo de Mayo is a dance form that Nicaragua is famous for.
True or False: Palo de Mayo is a festival celebrated in May.
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What is False. In 1856 William Walker, an American, declared himself the fourth President of Nicaragua and tried to turn Nicaragua into a slave state for the United States. Walker was kicked out of Nicaragua in 1857 by Nicaraguans and fellow American Co
True or False: William Walker was the first president of Nicaragua.
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What is True.
True or False: Luis Enrique Mejía López is a famous Nicaraguan singer.
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What is False. Lake Nicaragua was originally named the “Freshwater Sea” as the explorers who first set eyes on the lake thought that they were looking at the ocean. Once they tasted the water and realized it wasn’t salt water they declared it was a freshw
True or False: Lake Nicaragua was originally named "Saltless Ocean".
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What is False. Lake Nicaragua is the 2nd largest lake in Latin America behind lake Titicaca.
True or False: Lake Nicaragua is the largest lake in Latin America.
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What is False. Gallopinto is Nicaragua's national dish.
True or False: Nacatamales are Nicaragua's national dish.
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What is True. Violeta Chamorro served from 1991 1997. She is the first democratic woman president of any democratic country in the world.
True or False: Nicaragua had the first elected woman president of any central America country.
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What is False. Eve Torres is a famous wrestler. Violeta Chamorro was the first female president.
True or False: Eve Torres was the first female president of Nicaragua.
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What is True. The Volcano is in a small mountain range and is fed underground by two separate magma flows. It is the only volcano in the world that can erupt with two diverse magma channels underneath it.
True or False: Nicaragua is home to the world's only "Dual Volcano".
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What is False. There are no street names in the Nicaraguan address system. The addresses are given by using reference points to major land marks.
True or False: The Nicaraguan address system is based on numbers.
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What is Cordoba.
What is Nicaragua currency called?
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What is Managua.
What is the capital of Nicaragua?
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Who is Bianca Jagger.
Which famous Nicaraguan political activist is the former wife of a famous American musician?
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What is 5.5 million. (5 and 6 million are also accepted)
About how many million is the population of Nicaragua?
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What is Managua.
What is the most populous city in Nicaragua?
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