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What is the capital of Puerto Rico?
San Juan
What was the island's original name
Borinquen or Boriquén or Borikén is the Taíno name for Puerto Rico.
What is Puerto Rico's official language?
Spanish
What is Puerto Rico's national animal?
The Coqui frog
What is Puerto Rico’s national drink?
PIÑA COLADA
The sweet mix of coconut cream, pineapple juice, white rum, and ice was born in San Juan, but the identity of its creator is still an unresolved controversy on the island.
Who were Puerto Rico's first inhabitants?
Puerto Rico's first known inhabitants were the Taino Indians.
Is Puerto Rico part of the United States?
Puerto Rico is not a state in the United States, it is a territory of the US.
What region is Puerto Rico located?
Puerto Rico is in the Caribbean region
What is the most popular food in Puerto Rico?
Arroz con gandules y lechon is the most popular dish in Puerto Rico - yellow rice and pigeon peas with roasted pork.
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Asopao is also another popular dish, a hearty gumbo made with either chicken or shellfish
What are the colors of the flag of Puerto Rico?
Blue, red, and white.
What countries neighbor Puerto Rico?
Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
What type of music do you hear during Christmas time on the island? (hint: BSA also plays this type of music during our Parranda Night celebrations!)
Plena music!
What music originated in Puerto Rico?
Bomba, Salsa, and reggaeton.
What baseball player from PR is represented with the number 21?
Roberto Clemente
In what year was the Puerto Rican flag first raised?
1895
Puerto Rico takes pride in having the longest holiday celebration in the world. Which of these traditions marks the end of Christmas on the island?
FIESTAS DE LA CALLE SAN SEBASTIÁN
The multi-day festival is celebrated throughout Old San Juan and features live music, impromptu dancing, street food on every corner, and even artistic performances in mid-January.
What famous painter was born in Puerto Rico?
Maria Luisa Penne
Who was the first Governor of Puerto Rico elected by the people?
Luis Munoz Marin
Translate this: “ Broki estas al garete, ya deja de gufear.”
Friend you are everywhere, stop playing around.
According to Rolling Stones, what is the best Bad Bunny song of all time?
Safaera
Which town was declared a World surfing reserve?
Aguadilla
There are five bioluminescent bays in the world. How many can you find in Puerto Rico?
There are only five ecosystems in the world where the concentration of these planktons is high enough to be considered bioluminescent bays, and Puerto Rico is home to three of them.
Name the three inhabited islands in Puerto Rico.
-main island, PR
- Culebra
-Vieques
Name the Supreme Court Justice and who is Puertorican.
Sonia Sotomayor
What is the important NASA location in Arecibo, Puerto Rico?
The Arecibo Observatory, also known as the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC) and formerly known as the Arecibo Ionosphere Observatory, is an observatory in Barrio Esperanza, Arecibo, Puerto Rico owned by the US National Science Foundation (NSF).