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Jul 21
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Which South American country is the largest by land area and shares a border with every other country on the continent except two?

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The answer

Brazil

The answer was Brazil. Here's the why, the decoys, and the source trail.


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Why it's right

Brazil covers roughly 3.3 million square miles — nearly half of South America's total land area. It shares borders with every South American country except Chile and Ecuador.


Source trail

This answer is checked against Wikipedia — Brazil.



About the choices

A good trivia question makes the wrong answers feel close. Here is the clean read on the set.

  • Argentina - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
  • Colombia - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
  • Brazil - correct answer.
  • Peru - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.

What to remember

Brazil is the one to remember. Brazil covers roughly 3.3 million square miles — nearly half of South America's total land area. Brazil has more than 4,600 miles of Atlantic coastline, yet it was the interior — not the coast — that remained largely unexplored by Europeans until the 18th century.


How readers answered
A20%
B0%
C80%
D0%

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Sources: Wikipedia — Brazil