Where Was I Born Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. If a U.S. birth record lists Santa Fe as the city, which state should it list?
New Mexico
Arizona
Nevada
Colorado
2. A Brazilian birth certificate names Recife as the municipality. Which state contains that birthplace?
Paraíba
Rio Grande do Norte
Alagoas
Pernambuco
3. A birthplace lies near the Meeting of Waters, where the dark Rio Negro meets the lighter Solimões. Which Brazilian city is it?
Porto Alegre
Belém
Cuiabá
Manaus
4. The birthplace is a Louisiana city beside the Mississippi River, known for the French Quarter. Which city matches?
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Jackson
Mobile
5. A person says they were born in a Brazilian city beside Guanabara Bay and near Sugarloaf Mountain. Which city fits the clues?
Santos
Florianópolis
Rio de Janeiro
Fortaleza
6. If a document gives São Paulo as the city of birth, which country should be recorded?
Argentina
Brazil
Portugal
United States
7. A U.S. birthplace is written as “Portland, OR.” What does “OR” identify?
Oregon
Oklahoma
The city of Orlando
Ohio
8. Someone born in Belo Horizonte was born in which of Brazil’s five geographic regions?
Southeast
Central-West
Northeast
South
9. Which state contains the U.S. city of Chicago?
Illinois
Michigan
Indiana
Wisconsin
10. On a Brazilian record, the birthplace appears as “Curitiba, PR.” Which state does “PR” represent?
Pernambuco
Pará
Paraná
Paraíba
11. A U.S. record gives the birthplace as “Atlanta, GA.” Which state name belongs in the expanded entry?
Alabama
Louisiana
Virginia
Georgia
12. A family describes the birthplace as the capital of Paraná in southern Brazil. Which city do they mean?
Porto Alegre
Curitiba
Joinville
Campinas
13. Salvador is the capital of which Brazilian state?
Pernambuco
Bahia
Ceará
Goiás
14. If Philadelphia appears as a person’s city of birth, which U.S. state contains that city?
New Jersey
New York
Maryland
Pennsylvania
15. A person born in Brasília has which federal unit listed as the location of birth?
Goiás
São Paulo
Distrito Federal
Minas Gerais
16. Someone’s birthplace is recorded as Honolulu. In which U.S. state were they born?
California
Alaska
Hawaii
Florida