Spanish Phrases
Independence Day
Dances and Music
Music Videos
Cuba
Food From Which Country?
100
How to say Hello in Spanish
What is "Hola"?
100
Hispanic Heritage Month starts on this date to remember the Independence Day of 5 countries. Name 1.
What is El Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala OR Nicaragua?
100
This dance is a slower version of mambo... and I would like some chips with that
What is salsa?
100
This is the only artist we could not watch the clip in its entirety because it made folks sad... :(
Who is Selena?
100
Cuba was discovered by Christopher Columbus in this year
What is 1492?
100
Asado, Churrasco
What is Argentina?
200
How to say Good morning in Spanish
What is "Buenos Días"?
200
This country declared independence on Sept. 16, 1810, earlier than the future countries to the south... Funny, I thought it was Cinco de Mayo.
What is "Mexico?"
200
This style of music started in Trinidad and Tobago and is generally associated with the steel drum
What is calypso?
200
This country's beaches and cigars were presented in Gloria Estefan's music video "Los Años que me quedan"
What is Cuba?
200
Fidel Castro had this occupation before becoming a rebel and future leader of Cuba. Can't trust them...
What is a lawyer?
200
Jerk chicken, curry goat, curry chicken, bammy (savoury cassava bread)
What is Jamaica?
300
How to say Good Evening in Spanish
What is "Buenas tardes"?
300
This country declared itself independent from Spain in 1868 and again from the United States in 1902 but neither date is recognized as much as January 1, 1959
What is "Cuba?"
300
Of the following dances - salsa, mambo, merengue, the one that did not start in Cuba
What is merengue?
300
Known as the Queen of Salsa, the singer who performed the song "Guantanamera"
Who is Celia Cruz?
300
This was the U.S. president that had to manage the Cuban Missile Crisis
Who is John F. Kennedy?
300
Mole poblano, tacos, burritos, chimichangas
What is Mexico?
400
The meaning of "Buenas noches"
What is "Good night"?
400
Of these countries - El Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, and Bolivia - the one which declared independence last
What is Bolivia? (Aug. 6, 1825 v. Sept. 15, 1821)
400
Reggaeton is a style of music that combines hip hop and reggae from this country
What is Jamaica?
400
We heard the Coldplay song "Clocks" played in a salsa style with pictures from this Caribbean capital city
What is Havana?
400
This is the distance from Cuba to the U.S.
What is 90 miles?
400
Moros y cristianos (beans and rice) and Ropa vieja AKA old clothes
It's actually shredded flank steak in a tomato sauce base
What is Cuba?
500
The word for the 1 to 2 hour break in the middle of the day in Latin American countries
What is "siesta?"
500
This country declared independence not from Spain, but from Haiti on February 27, 1844
What is the Dominican Republic?
500
This is the new updated form of calypso
What is soca?
500
Perez Prado, the bandleader from Wednesday's video, was known as the King of this type of music
What is Mambo?
500
The name of the music club that surprised the world in 1998 and 1999 with a revealing look into Classic Cuban music
What is "The Buena Vista Social Club"?
500
Lomo saltado (stir fried beef), cuy (smoked guinea pig), ceviche
What is Peru?
600
"How are you?" in Spanish
What is "Qué tal?" "Cómo está?" OR "Cómo estás?"
600
Sir Lynden Pindling led the way for this country's independence on July 10, 1973
What is "The Bahamas?"
600
Merengue was a combination of Afro-Caribbean beats and this European dance
What is French minuet?
600
DAILY DOUBLE
The performer in our first music video of the year
Who is Yakko?
600
This was the year the U.S. and Cuba almost engaged in nuclear war
What is 1962?
600
DAILY DOUBLE
Arepas (small tortilla-like fried Ground maize dough) and the very legal dish of Hallaca (mixture of beef, pork, chicken, capers, raisins, and olives wrapped in cornmeal dough, bound with string within plantain leaves) SEE DISH BELOW
What is Venezuela?
700
The expression meaning chit chat after a meal
What is "sobremesa"?
700
Known as El Libertador, he is the individual most credited with liberating most of South America from Spain. He has a country that was named after him and even a city in Missouri too
Who is "Simón Bolivar?"
700
This tribe of indigenous people which once inhabited the Caribbean islands may have had its customs and rites incorporated into Caribbean dance
Who are the Taino?
700
The name of the song played today
What is "El Manisero?"
700
This was the dictator that was overthrown by Fidel Castro and the rebels in 1959
Who is Fulgencio Batista?
700
Salteñas, Silpancho, Anticucho, Sopa de maní (peanut soup)
What is Bolivia?