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If a festival sells 88 tickets and uses 32, how many are left? Write the answer in Spanish
Que es cincuenta y seis / 56?
This South American mountain range is a global biodiversity hotspot and the native origin of the potato, tomato, and tobacco plants.
What are the Andes?
This 1605 classic by Miguel de Cervantes is widely considered the world's first modern novel and follows a delusional knight and his squire, Sancho Panza.
What is Don Quixote?
Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009, she made history as the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
This is the most popular sport in Mexico.
What is soccer?
Mexico gained independence in 1810. If it is now 2026, how many years has it been since independence?
What is 216 years?
Dr. Albert Baez, a Mexican-American physicist, co-invented the X-ray reflection microscope, which is now used to examine these microscopic building blocks of life without destroying them.
What are cells?
This short, traditional Spanish stanza consists of four lines, usually rhyming the second and fourth lines, and often forms the basis of folk songs.
What is a copla?
This Spanish named nocturnal animal moves slowly because of his armor.
What is an armadillo?
Famous educator Jaime Escalante inspired students in Los Angeles. If he taught an algebra class of 34 students and 1/2 of them scored an A on the AP exam, how many students earned an A?
What is 17 students?
This Hispanic-American engineer led the NASA team responsible for the robotic arm on the Mars Perseverance rover.
Who is Diana Trujillo?
In poetry, using words that mimic natural sounds—like the Spanish-derived word "stampede"—is known by this ELA term.
What is onomatopoeia?
Mexico's Independence Day is celebrated on this day by both Mexicans and Mexican Americans.
What is September 16th?
This traditional six pointed paper mache star is swung at almost every Mexican celebration and is filled with candy and small toys.
What is a pinata?
A traditional Flamenco rhythmic cycle has a count of 12 beats. If a dancer repeats this cycle 8 times, how many total beats do they dance?
What is 96 beats?
The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, the second-largest coral reef system in the world, stretches from Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula down past this Central American country.
What is Belize (or Honduras/Guatemala)?
When Sandra Cisneros writes "The house on Mango Street is the house I belong to but do not belong to," she is using this self-contradictory literary device.
What is a paradox?
This is the month that the Mexican holiday "Day of the Dead" is celebrated.
What is November?
A traditional Spanish tile mosaic has a perimeter shaped like a regular hexagon with sides measuring 12 cm each. What is the total perimeter?
What is 72 cm?
To help save lives in war zones, Spanish military doctor Manuel Jalón Corominas famously invented this everyday disposable medical device.
What is the disposable syringe?
Authors like Gabriel García Márquez frequently use this narrative device, jumping ahead in time to reveal a character's future before continuing the story.
What is a flash-forward (or prolepsis)?
This iconic Mexican-American labor leader co-founded the United Farm Workers union alongside Cesar Chavez and coined the slogan "Sí, se puede".
Who is Dolores Huerta?
Domesticated by ancient Mesoamericans, this beloved sweet treat was originally consumed by the Aztecs as a bitter, spicy liquid foam.
What is chocolate?