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Ace This Puerto Rico Challenge

Sucheta Pradhan
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Are you a globetrotter who loves to travel to different places? If yes, let’s see how much you know Puerto Rico, an island with a thousand wonders!
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What’s the location?
Officially known as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, it is an island in the Caribbean Sea and an unincorporated territory of the United States of America.
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Capital Matters
San Juan is not only the capital, but also the most important seaport of Puerto Rico. Moreover, it is also the most-populous municipality on the island.
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Lost and Found
Christopher Columbus found Puerto Rico in 1493. At that time, about 40,000 to 60,000 indigenous peoples occupied the island.
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Who’s Home?
According to archaeological evidence, Puerto Rico was home to the Ortoiroid people who settled there between 430 B.C. and 1000 A.D.
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Administrative Head
Juan Ponce de León was Columbus’ lieutenant who founded first European colony of Caparra in the present-day municipality of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico in 1508. He was chosen the first governor.
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What’s the Name?
When Columbus arrived on the island in 1493, it was occupied by the Taino people who called it “Borikén”, literally meaning “the land of the brave lord”.
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What’s Your Tongue?
English and Spanish are official languages of Puerto Rico as formerly, it was a Spanish colony and now it is a US territory. However, Spanish is considered the island’s first language.
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Watch the Space
The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico is a NASA facility that houses a radio telescope, which was the world’s largest single-aperture telescope until China built a larger one in 2016.
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Dare to Drink
Created by the Puerto Rican Serrallés family, the Don Q rum is termed as "Puerto Rico's best-known rum". In the international market, it competes with Bacardi for overall market share.
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Sing a Song
Ricky Martin, the king of
Latin Pop was born on 24 December 1971 in San Juan. Apart from being a singer, he is a renowned songwriter, actor, author, record producer and humanitarian.
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Color it Up
María Luisa Penne Rullan de Castillo was born in 1913 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. She was the first ever Puerto Rican woman to graduate from New York’s prestigious Pratt Institute of art and design.

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Free Entry
Since Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the US, all those born on the island get both, US and Puerto Rican nationalities. This has been a common practice all the way since 1917.
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
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