General
Geography
History
Culture
100
This is the national drink of the Dominican Republic.
What is Mamajuana?
100

The Dominican Republic is on the Eastern side of Hispaniola. (True or False)

What is true?

100
This was the name of the dictator that ruled over the Dominican Republic from 1930 until his assassination in 1961.
Who is Rafael Trujillo?
100
"La bandera" (the flag) is one of the national staples of Dominican cuisine. Although it varies throughout the country, it always has a version of these three main ingredients.
What are rice, (red) beans, and a meat?
200
The Dominican Republic (in the lighthouse in Santo Domingo) and Spain (in the cathedral in Seville) both claim to have this man's remains.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
200

New York City is home to about this percent of all Dominican Americans. a) 66% b) 23% c) 75% d) 41%

What is 41%?
200
This city in the Dominican Republic, "built" by Christopher Columbus' brother, Bartholomew, became the first permanent European settlement in the Americas.
What is Santo Domingo? (Also the location of the first university, first cathedral, and the first castle)
200
These three words are written above the shield at the center of the Dominican Flag.
What is Dios, Patria, Libertad? (God, Homeland, Freedom)
300

Besides the Dominican Republic, these are the two primary Caribbean islands where Spanish is predominantly spoken.

What are Puerto Rico and Cuba?

300

This is the name of the highest point in not only the Dominican Republic, but the Caribbean as well.

What is Pico Duarte?

300
The Dominican War of Independence gave the DR independence from this country in 1844.
What is Haiti? (following 22 years of the island's unification under the Haitian government)
300
This baseball player was the first Dominican to play in the MLB.

Who is Ozzie Virgil Sr.

400
True or False. Second only to Jamaica, the Dominican Republic is the second most visited Caribbean Island.
What is False (more than 4 million visitors/year)? #2 is PR, #3 is Cuba, and #4 is Jamaica.
400

Dominican Americans make up the fifth largest Latino/Hispanic group in the US. Name three of the top four.

What are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Salvadorean?

400
These were the people who were living on what is now called Hispaniola when the Spaniards arrived in 1492. They were almost completely wiped out over several decades in a genocide throughout several northern Caribbean islands.
What are the Taino (Arawakan) people?
400

These two basketball players are the only Dominican players that are currently in the NBA.

What is Al Horford and Karl-Anthony Towns?

500
The DR has the largest economy in the Caribbean. While tourism generates the most revenue, agriculture has been the largest employer and arguably the country's most important economy. Name 3 of the country's "most important" crops.
What is sugarcane, coffee, and tobacco?


**also acceptable: cacao

500
These are the five largest cities in the Dominican Republic.
What is Santo Domingo, Santiago, Santo Domingo Oeste, San Pedro, and La Romana?
500
This massacre was of people from Hatian descent living in the Dominican Republic. It was ordered by Trujillo and the death toll is estimated to be between 17,000 and 35,000.

What is The Parsley Massacre (aka: "el corte")?

500
This precious stone can only be found in the mountain ranges of the Dominican Republic, and no where else in the world.
What is Larimar?
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