Here are the correct responses:
1. FALSE. Honduras is a Carribean island. Just a few islands belong to Honduras near the northern coast, collectively called the Bay Islands.
2. TRUE. Honduras is somewhere south of the United States. Duh!
3. FALSE. Honduras shares borders with Guatemala, Costa Rica, and El Salvador. Corrected it would read Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador.
4. TRUE. The president of Honduras is Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo.
5. FALSE. The president of Honduras is Mel Zelaya. He left office last year rather abruptly.
6. TRUE. The country is mainly mountainous. Even if you don't READ my blog, but stare only at the pictures, you should know this one.
7. FALSE. The country is mainly flat, ample farmland, and densely populated. Complete falsehoods!
8. TRUE. Honduras has a low population density. The two largest cities are densely populated, but as a whole, the 7.5 million inhabitants have quite a bit of elbow room.
9. FALSE. One of the main sources of income is cocaine production. Nope, Honduras serves as a a landing and refueling center for narcotraffickers, not production.
10. TRUE. One of the main sources of income is gifts from expatriates from the United States. Remittances account for 22% of the GDP of Honduras.
11. TRUE. Typically, Hondurans eat beans and rice on a regular basis. Red beans to be precise.
12. FALSE (corrected). Typically, Hondurans eat tacos, nachos and spicy jalapenos on a regular basis. Despite American's ignorance, Honduras is not a part of Mexico.
13. FALSE. Honduras is safe for tourists who know little Spanish, wear expensive jewelry, and trust taxi drivers. Maybe this is true in Roatan, I don't know.
14. TRUE. Honduras is notoriously unsafe for tourists who know little Spanish, wear expensive jewelry, and trust taxi drivers. Sigh, some people never learn.
15. FALSE. Honduras is poor because the people are lazy. If that were true, why do they work so hard when reach the United States?
16. TRUE. Honduras is poor because of the lack of arable land, poor infrastructure, and political corruption. This country is not called a banana republic without cause.
17. FALSE. I looked up my answers on Wikipedia before answering this pool. Actually no one admitted to this except me. I took the poll, too. Ha!
18. Why would you choose a blank spot: 2 of you answered this blank spot? Hmmm.
9 comments:
Can we take the open book version of the pop quiz now? I think I'll do much better this time.
Margaret =)
yay! i got a 100%! But, on #12 didn't you mean FALSE should be the answer? :)
Red beans? Well, I´ll be. Not here in Mexico. We go with pintos, etc.
Perhaps the nation is lightly populated because everybody is in the two cities.
Single and Sane, why not? Open book tests make people dig for the answers.
Enamorada, I made the corrections. Give yourself a gold star for your 100%.
Felipe, dark red beans are preferred. I know some people who would go hungry before eating black beans, which are cheaper. And we are lightly populated b/c everyone and their cousin lives in the USA.
Great quiz, I love to see people learning more about Honduras.
I just wanted to note to things (sorry, political rant coming):
First the question about who the President is is a politically loaded one. In practice Lobo is indeed the President but his election was tainted by Zelaya's illegal removal and his government still not fully recognised internationally.
Second the phrase "red shirted Zelaya die-hards" is also loaded and inaccurate. Despite what the government and traditional media would have you believe, the resistencia or FNRP is a widespread, diverse and largely peaceful group. Most would not call themselves Zelayistas - in fact many are very critical of him. The focus of protests and marches will be for constitutional reform not for the return of Zelaya (and will likely be obstructed by the military anyway).
Apologies for going political on your blog, but I'm getting tired of seeing these kinds of statements presented as facts. I wish people would get past the stereotypes of the resistencia, and try to listen to what they actually have to say.
Rant over. Sorry again. Delete if you must.
I won't delete if you have differing viewpoints. But the protesters I have seen lately are carrying Communist symbols and are indeed wearing red, the color of Communism. And last time I saw a procession close, the men and women were carrying large metal pipes and who knows what else? They also left Communist symbols painted on public buildings. I am here, and I know what I see.
Woo-hoo, I got 100% too. And I'm glad to hear that black beans are cheaper, they are my fav!
About 12, it is so true! Tons of people think that many Central American countries are part of Mexico. I live in Guatemala and have been asked about what living in this Mexican City is like.
Very few people, even educated ones, I think, know that Mexico is part of North America. Most everyone thinks North American is the U.S. and Canada.
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