Simón Bolívar quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   Where did Bolívar and José de San Martín meet in 1822?

   Answer: Guayaquil

   Why: No one else heard their private talks, and eight weeks later San Martín resigned as Protector of Peru and left it for good.

2. 2 Medium

   Bolívar lamented that those who serve a revolution have ploughed what?

   Answer: the sea

   Why: The line was written near the end of his life, when the union he had built was already breaking into separate republics.

3. 3 Hard

   Whose hair was in the locket Bolívar wore?

   Answer: George Washington

   Why: The keepsake reached him through Lafayette, who sent it from the president's family as a tribute.

4. 4 Easy

   In which city was Simón Bolívar born in 1783?

   Answer: Caracas

   Why: Born into one of the wealthiest landowning families of the colony, he lost both parents as a child and left his heirs a set of copper mines.

5. 5 Medium

   Which 1824 battle effectively ended Spanish rule in South America?

   Answer: Battle of Ayacucho

   Why: Bolívar was away in Lima, so his lieutenant Sucre commanded, and the wounded viceroy was captured while his deputy signed the surrender.

6. 6 Hard

   How did Simón Bolívar escape the 1828 assassination attempt in Bogotá?

   Answer: He jumped out a window

   Why: He then hid under a bridge for hours while Manuela Sáenz stalled the attackers, earning her the title Liberator of the Liberator.