What is the currency of Guatemala?
The quetzal is the currency of Guatemala, named after the national bird of Guatemala, the Resplendent quetzal.
In ancient Mayan culture, the quetzal bird's tail feathers were used as currency. It is divided into 100 centavos or lenes in Guatemalan slang. The plural is quetzales.
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Criona Walsh
Missed it
Corey Taylor
I took an educated guess since Guatemala is in the heart of what was Mayan country.
Of course, don't go there without a camera! The quetzal is a beautiful bird, named for Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent god in Mayan mythology.
Michael Topliss
Got it,
Patricia Calvert
Did not have a clue
Claire Mitchell
Will be there next month. Thanks for the info.
Sonia Ackhurst
Got it correctly - been there and spent
Bibi Lobo Somyak
Noreen Kelly, the accent is on the last syllable, rather than pretzel. More like the name Al. quetzAL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cFe9UwTjF0
Janice Fish
Good question
Noreen Kelly
Quetzal! Sounds like pretzel; keep that in mind!
jaijam
David Roy, hoping you're not a teacher.
David Roy
ncblueman, Costa Rica. There are two semicolons to a colón.
Cheryl Perkins
Good guess.
Humberto Carrasco
GOT IT CORRECT
Darlene Davidson
Got it.
George Oliver Prince
Interesting, some tribes in what is now the U.S. would trade with tribes from Central American,and one prized item was feathers from Central America