This is the first city to be founded in the western hemisphere 1496.
Santo Domingo, La Republica Dominicana
100
This world-wide famous dish was named after a beloved Italian queen. Of all the ones she sampled, she loved this one the most because it represented the tricolor flag of Italy.
What is Pizza Margherita?
100
Lionel Messi is a __________________ and he hails from _______________.
What are Barca Team soccer player and Argentina?
100
Colombia, Peru', Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia and 4 other South-American countries share this gem, yet 20% of it is already gone.
What is the Amazon rainforest?
100
Pamplona Spain is known for this major and unique celebration.
What is the running of the bulls? (Los Encierros)?
200
This ultra-cosmopolitan city is called "Paris of the West."
What is Buenos Aires?
200
A typical Italian menu and meal consists of five distinct parts. The ANTIPASTO, THE _____, THE ______, the CONTORNO, and the DOLCE.
What are the PRIMO and SECONDO?
200
This Italian soccer player is an Italian professional goalkeeper who plays for and captains both Serie A club Juventus. He has been named the 'Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year' a record ten times!
Who is Gianluigi "Gigi" Buffon?
200
If you watch color television, you can thank a scientist of this nationality.
What is Mexican? (Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena is the inventor.)
200
This Tuscan city is known for its famous medieval horseback race and for inventing the banking system.
What is Siena?
300
This city is nicknamed La Citta' Eterna. Within its walls lies an Independent State. (Name these two places.)
What is Rome/Roma and Vatican City/ La Citta del Vaticano?
300
Coca Cola owns the trademark to Inca Kola in every country except this one.
What is Peru?
300
Soccer is the national sport of Latin America. This other sport is also immensely popular.
What is beisbol / baseball?
300
True or False? There are more cell phones in Italy than Italians.
What is true? (For every 100 people there are 122 cell phones! Italy leads Europe in cell phone use.)
300
This 'Renaissance Man' died with this his most prized piece of art lying in bed next to him. (Name artist and artwork.)
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci and what is the Mona Lisa (La Gioconda)?
400
This ancient and wet capital once ruled the western world. It is also known as La Serenessima (The Most Serene).
What is Venice/Venezia?
400
This region is the Italian gastronomical center. Prosciutto, mortadella, parmiggiano reggiano, lasagne, tortellini and other delicacies all hail from this Italian region.
What is Emilia Romagna?
400
These are two of the three most popular sports in Italy.
What are soccer (calcio), racing (automobilismo), and cycling (ciclismo).
400
The United States has one rain forest. It is located here.
What is Puerto Rico - El Yunque?
400
A known communist, this famous muralist was the painter of the Mexican people.
Who is Diego Rivera-husband of Frida Kahlo?
500
The Medici ruled this town! This city which is the birthplace of the Renaissance also houses three-quarters of the world's finest art in its Uffizi Gallery.
What is Florence/Firenze?
500
One of the following foods was not originally a staple of Latin America: chocolate, corn, oranges, tomatoes, potatoes, peanuts, avocados.
What are oranges?
500
Not only has he done some singing, but this famous Mexican-American was one of boxing's legends.
Who is Oscar de la Hoya?
500
He split the atom at the University of Chicago, but he was born, raised, and educated in Rome.
Who is Enrico Fermi?
500
These are three Italian and three Spanish important works of art
What are........?
(This one is up to the teachers!)