Geography
The name of the largest rainforest in the world, located in South America.
What is The Amazon Rainforest
The actor who earned a Pulitzer Award, an Emmy, Grammys and Tonys, all for his work in his famous Broadway musical
Who is Lin-Manuel Miranda?
The year Spanish Heritage was first observed fully as a month
What was 1988?
Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez were labor activists who co-founded a workers association for this group
Who are Agricultural workers?
The name of the Mexican street corn that has become increasingly popular at fairs and ballparks
What is Elote?
The civilization of which the ruins of ancient Machu Picchu are remnants
Who are the Incas?
The first Hispanic woman to win an Oscar for her role in West Side Story
Who is Rita Moreno?
The number of Spanish speakers in the world
What is about 500 million?
The first Hispanic person, and woman of color, to serve as an American Supreme Court Justice
Who was Sonia Sotomayor?
The type of tacos most commonly eaten in Mexico
What are Tacos al Pastor?
The Galapagos Islands are known for being instrumental to Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection.
The country to which these islands belong.
What is Ecuador?
The Cuban woman known as the Queen of Salsa
Who is Celia Cruz?
The percentage of people in the US who speak Spanish
What is 13%?
The achievement that Simon Bolívar, colloquially known as ‘the great Liberator of South America’, was most famous for
What was Ending Spanish rule in the Americas?
Mexican cuisine started with this group and their domestication of maize (corn) and was built on by subsequent cultures in the region to create the style of cuisine we know today.
Who are the Mayans?
The country where Angel Falls, the world’s largest uninterrupted waterfall, is located
What is Venezuela?
The first Hispanic man to win an Oscar for his role in Cyrano de Bergerac.
Who is José Ferrer?
The historical event that Cinco De Mayo commemorates
What is The Battle of Puebla?
The state from which the representative who first proposed Hispanic Heritage Week and the one who proposed it should be a month-long Hispanic Heritage Month.(Both representatives are from the same US state)
What is California?
The name of the core ingredient of Ropa Vieja, or 'old clothes' (a classic Cuban dish)
What is Slow-cooked flank steak?