Uncle Buck
Ghost Writer
- Jul 7, 2003
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1 In 2000 Ecuador became the first South American country to adopt the US dollar as its official currency, replacing the sucre
2 The welcome message on coach Luis Fernando Suárez's mobile reads 'if you can dream it, you can do it'
3 Guinea pig was such a popular dish in colonial times that iconography featuring Christ tucking into guinea pigs at the last supper was common
4 Guinea pig is usually fried or baked and is served whole. It is said to taste like very gamey chicken
5 The record score in Copa America history was Argentina's 12-0 victory against Ecuador in 1942
6 Proof of Life, the film remembered more for the affair between its co-stars Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe than its pedestrian plot, was filmed in Quito
7 The Ecuador players were due to receive bonuses of $30,000 (£16,250) per man per win during the group stage
8 Voting at elections is compulsory for all literate Ecuadorians aged 18-65
9 Ecuador's most famous footballer Alberto Spencer is of part Jamaican/British ancestry. Known as Cabeza Magica (magic head) he scored a record 54 goals in the Copa Libertadores from 1960-72
10 The gold medal won by Jefferson Pérez in the 20km walk at the 1996 Olympics was the country's first ever at the games
11 Ecuador have only ever qualified for the World Cup finals when they have had a Colombian coach - Hernán Gómez in 2002, Suarez in 2006
12 Lorena Bobbitt, famous for severing her husband's penis in 1993, was born in Ecuador. She was acquitted of malicious wounding on the grounds of temporary insanity
13 Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle explored Ecuador's Galapagos archipelago for five weeks in 1835, 24 years before the publication of Origin of Species
14 Christina Aguilera is estranged from her Ecuador-born father Fausto. Her song I'm OK catalogues the alleged abuse her mother suffered at his hands
15 The city of Quito claims to be the first-ever World Heritage Site listed by Unesco for protection in 1978. In fact it was one of the original 12 selected and its reference number is not 1 but 2
2 The welcome message on coach Luis Fernando Suárez's mobile reads 'if you can dream it, you can do it'
3 Guinea pig was such a popular dish in colonial times that iconography featuring Christ tucking into guinea pigs at the last supper was common
4 Guinea pig is usually fried or baked and is served whole. It is said to taste like very gamey chicken
5 The record score in Copa America history was Argentina's 12-0 victory against Ecuador in 1942
6 Proof of Life, the film remembered more for the affair between its co-stars Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe than its pedestrian plot, was filmed in Quito
7 The Ecuador players were due to receive bonuses of $30,000 (£16,250) per man per win during the group stage
8 Voting at elections is compulsory for all literate Ecuadorians aged 18-65
9 Ecuador's most famous footballer Alberto Spencer is of part Jamaican/British ancestry. Known as Cabeza Magica (magic head) he scored a record 54 goals in the Copa Libertadores from 1960-72
10 The gold medal won by Jefferson Pérez in the 20km walk at the 1996 Olympics was the country's first ever at the games
11 Ecuador have only ever qualified for the World Cup finals when they have had a Colombian coach - Hernán Gómez in 2002, Suarez in 2006
12 Lorena Bobbitt, famous for severing her husband's penis in 1993, was born in Ecuador. She was acquitted of malicious wounding on the grounds of temporary insanity
13 Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle explored Ecuador's Galapagos archipelago for five weeks in 1835, 24 years before the publication of Origin of Species
14 Christina Aguilera is estranged from her Ecuador-born father Fausto. Her song I'm OK catalogues the alleged abuse her mother suffered at his hands
15 The city of Quito claims to be the first-ever World Heritage Site listed by Unesco for protection in 1978. In fact it was one of the original 12 selected and its reference number is not 1 but 2
