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[[Image:GauchoMuseum_MIM.png|thumb|[[Luigi]]'s photograph of a gaucho in the '''Gaucho Museum'''.]]
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{{quote|Gauchos are Argentina's version of cowboys. Boleadoras, a Y-shaped lasso with leather-covered stone balls at one end, was the gaucho's most efficient herding tool. In the 1700s, the gaucho lived in the fields with his herds. He mostly traveled the Pampa (plains) while riding extremely fast horses, imported from the Spaniards. The gaucho used the boleadoras to trip the bulls and cows in his herd, causing them to fall. Once on the ground, he could brand or butcher the cattle without help.|'''Pamphlet'''|Mario is Missing! (PC)}}
The '''[[Wikipedia:Gaucho|Gaucho]] Museum''' (in Spanish: '''''Museo del Gaucho''''') is a museum in [[Buenos Aires]] displaying gaucho artifacts. Gauchos are, roughly speaking, Argentina's equivalent of American cowboys. In the [[Mario is Missing! (PC)|PC]], [[Mario is Missing! (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)|SNES]], and [[Mario is Missing! (Nintendo Entertainment System)|NES versions of ''Mario is Missing!'']], [[Koopa Troopa]]s steal a [[Boleadoras|boleadora]], a type of lasso commonly used by gauchos, from the museum, forcing it to close to the public until [[Luigi]] tracks it down and returns it. Before he can claim the $2,090 reward.


The '''[[Wikipedia:Gaucho|Gaucho]] Museum''' (in Spanish: '''''Museo del Gaúcho''''') is a museum in [[Buenos Aires]] displaying gaucho artifacts. Gauchos are, roughly speaking, Argentina's equivalent of American cowboys. One common tool they used was a special lasso called [[Wikipedia:Bolas|boleadoras]]. [[Luigi]] once visited the Gaucho Museum when he traveled to Buenos Aires in ''[[Mario is Missing!]]''. During the events of the game, a '''Boleadoras''' was stolen from the museum by [[Koopa Troopa]]s. Luigi had to find it and was rewarded 2,090 [[bill|dollar]]s for returning it to the museum.
== Questions ==
 
Luigi must prove the boleadora is authentic by answering two of the following questions:
The museum is known to be dedicated to Argentine writer [[Wikipedia:José Hernández|José Hernández]].
*''What is a boleadoras?''
 
**Gaucho nachos
==Pamphlet Information from ''Mario is Missing!''==
**'''Gaucho tool'''/'''A gaucho tool''' (NES)
''Gauchos are Argentina's version of cowboys. Boleadoras, a Y-shaped lasso with leather-covered stone balls at one end, was the gaucho's most efficient herding tool. In the 1700s, the gaucho lived in the fields with his herds. He mostly traveled the Pampa (plains) while riding extremely fast horses, imported from the Spaniards. The gaucho used the boleadoras to trip the bulls and cows in his herd, causing them to fall. Once on the ground, he could brand or butcher the cattle without help.''
**Game of knocking down pins with a ball/A Spanish bowling ball (NES)
 
*''What is the American version of a gaucho?''
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**'''Cowhand'''
**Dairy cow
**Pampa
*''What is a boleadoras made of?''
** Leather and steel
** Glass and rivets
** '''Leather and stones'''
** Plastic and Styrofoam
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[[Category:Museums]]
[[Category:Mario is Missing! landmarks]]

Latest revision as of 05:42, September 11, 2024

DOS
CD-ROM Deluxe
SNES
Gaucho Museum in DOS, CD-ROM Deluxe and SNES versions.
“Gauchos are Argentina's version of cowboys. Boleadoras, a Y-shaped lasso with leather-covered stone balls at one end, was the gaucho's most efficient herding tool. In the 1700s, the gaucho lived in the fields with his herds. He mostly traveled the Pampa (plains) while riding extremely fast horses, imported from the Spaniards. The gaucho used the boleadoras to trip the bulls and cows in his herd, causing them to fall. Once on the ground, he could brand or butcher the cattle without help.”
Pamphlet, Mario is Missing! (PC)

The Gaucho Museum (in Spanish: Museo del Gaucho) is a museum in Buenos Aires displaying gaucho artifacts. Gauchos are, roughly speaking, Argentina's equivalent of American cowboys. In the PC, SNES, and NES versions of Mario is Missing!, Koopa Troopas steal a boleadora, a type of lasso commonly used by gauchos, from the museum, forcing it to close to the public until Luigi tracks it down and returns it. Before he can claim the $2,090 reward.

Questions[edit]

Luigi must prove the boleadora is authentic by answering two of the following questions:

  • What is a boleadoras?
    • Gaucho nachos
    • Gaucho tool/A gaucho tool (NES)
    • Game of knocking down pins with a ball/A Spanish bowling ball (NES)
  • What is the American version of a gaucho?
    • Cowhand
    • Dairy cow
    • Pampa
  • What is a boleadoras made of?
    • Leather and steel
    • Glass and rivets
    • Leather and stones
    • Plastic and Styrofoam