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100
This handheld Mexican dish consists of meat, vegetables, and any number of additional toppings nestled in either a soft or hard tortilla shell.
What is a taco?
100
Originally a rural coconut farm, this town was planned and constructed as a resort in the 1970s and is now one of the most visited cities in Mexico.
What is Cancún?
100
Known for her art and signature unibrow, this Mexican artist was married to Diego Rivera and suffered significant hardship which inspired her work.
Who was Frida Kahlo?
100
A woman who needs no introduction, this Mexican singer is still considered a household name even years after her untimely demise.
Who is Selena?
100
This shrine is often found in family homes to honor deceased loved ones during the Day of the Dead. It was featured heavily in the movie Coco.
What is an Ofrenda?
200
This Mexican spice blend is often used on fruit and consists of lime, chili peppers, and salt.
What is Tajin?
200
This desert in Northern Mexico includes the Mexico/US border to Texas, and shares a name with a popular dog breed.
What is the Chihuahuan Desert?
200
The Ninth Emperor of the Aztec Empire, this man was the first (and last) Aztec sovereign to make contact with the Spanish.
Who was Montezuma II / Moctezuma II?
200
Often seen as a stereotypical depiction of Mexican music, these typically all male ensembles play a genre of music called ranchera as well as polkas and waltzes. This style of music is protected by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage.
What is Mariachi?
200
This Mexican-American director is behind such popular films as The Shape of Water, Crimson Peak, and Pan's Labyrinth.
Who is Guillermo del Toro?
300
This Mexican dish is made from corn dough that is steamed inside a corn husk. The filling can be either meat, cheese, or even fruit.
What are tamales?
300
Mexico's unique geography results in these natural sinkholes that expose groundwater pools. These pools were used as water supplies and ritual sites by the ancient Maya.
What is a cenote?
300
This ancient civilization predates both the Aztecs and the Maya, and are known for the large stone heads they left behind.
Who are the Olmec?
300
This well known music artist and former Disney star is Mexican-American, and even recorded her own Spanish EP titled Revelación.
Who is Selena Gomez?
300
This Mexican-American actress rose to fame by playing the vampire queen in Quentin Tarantino's film Dusk til Dawn. She also famously played herself on an episode of Black Mirror.
Who is Salma Hayek?
400
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This Mexican sauce is made with fruits, nuts, peppers, and all manner of spices. It is said that every household has their own recipe.
What is mole?
400
This Mesoamerican pyramid complex lies northeast of Mexico City and is home to some of the largest megalithic structures in the western hemisphere.
What is Teotihuacan?
400
Contrary to popular belief, Cinco de Mayo is not the day of Mexican Independence. That celebration actually falls on this day...
What is the 16th of September?
400
This well-known African-American rapper is also half-Mexican. His most recent album is titled Insano.
Who is Kid Cudi?
400
Known as the Feathered Serpent, this Aztec deity is known as the lord of light, life, wisdom, and the winds.
What is Quetzalcoatl?
500
This Mexican stew comes from a Nahuatl recipe including corn hominy and pork. It is rumored that the ancient Aztecs would use human meat instead of pork in this stew for ritual purposes.
What is pozole?
500
The name of the central square in Mexico City, this site has been used since ancient times as a meeting place even before the Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlan.
What is the Zocalo?
500
This colonial Mexican scholar and Hieronymite nun is considered one of the most important female authors in Spanish literature as well as Mexican literature, having written both drama, poetry, and treatises on philosophy and mathematics at a time when women were severely discouraged from higher learning. She also appears on Mexico's 200-peso bank note.
Who was Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz?
500
This young Mexican artist's music, which remixes regional Mexican music genres, has recently gotten very popular on social media. Such songs include La Víctima and La Diabla.
Who is Xavi?
500
This famous villainess from the Mexican telenovela María la del Barrios has generated an almost absurd amount of memes, including "kills you in Spanish", "judges you in Spanish", "steals your man in Spanish", and "cries in Spanish".
Who is Soraya Montenegro?