Question: La capital: La Ciudad de México (CDMX)

Datos importantes: Did you know CDMX was built on a lake and is said to sink about half a foot each year?

Answer: México (North America)

Question: La capital: Ciudad de Guatemala

Datos importantes: Do you love chocolate bars? Thank a Guatemalan. The Maya people first invented the chocolate bar. They were also the first to use the concept of zero.

Answer: Guatemala

Question: Honduras

Answer: La capital: Tegucigalpa (Tegus)

Datos importantes: Tegus is over 3,000 feet above sea level!

Question: El Salvador

Answer: La capital: San Salvador

Datos importantes: El Salvador is home to Joya De Cerén which is called the Pompeii of the New World. It is a pre-Hispanic farming village that was covered by a volcano eruption around 500 A.D.

Question: Nicaragua

Answer: La capital: Managua

Datos importantes: Be careful in Lake Nicaragua; it’s the only place in the world with fresh water bull sharks.

Question: Costa Rica

Answer: La capital: San José

Datos importantes: Costa Rica is the hummingbird capital of the world; 52 different species live in Costa Rica.

Question: Panamá

Answer: La capital: Cuidad de Panamá

Datos importantes: Panama hats are originally from Ecuador. However, they were often sent to Panama before being shipped to the rest of the world. The sale of these hats funded a revolution in Ecuador.

Question: Ecuador (South America)

Answer: La capital: Quito

Datos importantes: Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador’s highest mountain is the point on Earth closest to the sun.

Question: Perú

Answer: La capital: Lima

Datos importantes: The potato is originally from Peru, and there are over 3,000 different varieties. Proud Peruvians use the phrase “Soy más peruano que la papa” (I am more Peruvian than the potato).

Question: Colombia

Answer: La capital: Bogotá

Datos importantes: Although Colombia is known for coffee, which I love, we are also the second largest exporter of flowers in the world.