Packet 6: Bonus 13

Answer the following about the origins of Central American demonyms, for 10 points each.
[10e] Residents of this country are called “catrachos” after General Florencio Xatruch (“shah-TROOK”). The scarlet macaw represents this easternmost country in the Northern Triangle, whose name means “depths” in Spanish.
ANSWER: Honduras [or Republic of Honduras or República de Honduras; accept Hondurans or hondureños]
[10m] Guatemaltecos are nicknamed “chapines” (“cha-PEE-nays”) for the platform shoes worn prior to a 1773 earthquake in a colonial capital retroactively given this name. V. C. Bird Airport serves a Caribbean island with this name.
ANSWER: Antigua [or Antigua Guatemala; or La Antigua; accept Antigua and Barbuda]
[10h] A term for salvadoreños comes from either Lenca meetings held under this tree or a South American camelid. Pinoleros and ticos dispute a province named for this tree, which names national parks in Belize and Costa Rica.
ANSWER: guanacaste tree [or conacaste, elephant-ear, monkey-ear, devil’s ear, piich, caro caro, or E. cyclocarpum; prompt on Enterolobium] (Salvadoreños are often called “guanacos.” Pinoleros are Nicaraguans and ticos are Costa Ricans.)
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MITToronto B0000
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