RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

A recent New York Times survey on cultural literacy suggests that the vast majority of people have ‘no freakin’ clue’ who sits atop Corcovado Mountain in Rio de Janeiro. The survey showed participants pictures of famous monuments around the world and while people were easily able to name each of the men on Mount Rushmore, for example, or rattle off all of the 150 first Pokemon, few could correctly identify the man in a white robe with out-stretched arms in Rio de Janeiro.

Representatives of the Catholic Church in Brazil are hoping this will change during the 2016 Rio Games as unprecedented international media coverage draws attention to the founder of the Christian faith. They may be in luck, because just days into the Olympics, #thebigstatueinrio is now trending o

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