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This individual made their Broadway debut in 2008 writing the music and lyrics for In The Heights, for which they won many awards including Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Original Scot and a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album.
Who is Lin Manuel Miranda?
This year’s Michelin guide featured this popular Mexican streetfood
This genre of music is defined by its smooth, jazzy style combining classical guitar with soft, understated vocal. Its origins are in samba, a style that developed in the Afro-Brazilian communities of the Rio de Janeiro in the early 20th century.
What is Bossa Nova?
With a population of just over 6 million it is the smallest country in Central America.
Where is El Salvador?
In 1970, Arturo Arias Suarez of Chile developed the Arias Intensity scale made primarily to assess the strength of this type of nature disaster.
What is earthquake?
Born in 1927, this individual employed nonviolent means to bring attention to the working conditions of farmworkers, later forming the United Farm Workers Association.
Who is Cesar Chavez?
Brazil is home to this superfood known for its purple color and large amout of antioxidants
What is Acai Berry?
This popular wooden musical instrument originating from Africa is similar to the xylophone and is widely used throughout Latin America for festivals, dances and religious ceremonies.
What is the marimba?
This mountainous region of South America has been made famous by a U.S. brand.
What is Patagonia?
Rea Ann Silva, a movie makeup artist, created this well-known egg shapped beauty tool that had over $175M in sales in 2019 alone.
What is the BeautyBlender?
Born in New York to Puerto Rican parents, this individual broke boundaries in 2009 when they becomame the first Latina to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
This tart red fruit is believed to be cultivated first by pre-colombian cultures in central Mexico.
What is tomato?
This rhythmic pattern is key to Abakuá music, rumba, conga, son, mambo, salsa, songo, timba and Afro-Cuban jazz
What is clave?
Lying at 12,500 feet above sea level, this is the highest navigable body of water to large vessels. This place is often known as “the birthplace of the Incas”.
What is Lake Titicaca?
In 1942, Guillermo González Camarena, a Mexican electrical engineer, patented the "Trichromatic Sequential Field System", which is a system for this widely used modern electronic device.
What is the Color Television?
In 1968, this US President was the first to issue a proclamation designating a week in September as “National Hispanic Heritage Week”.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
A traditional Peruvian cold fish dish that contains large corn kernels and plenty of lime to keep cool in the humid rainforests.
What is Ceviche?
After selling 104,686 tickets with her two sold-out shows, this artist broke Coldplay’s 2022 record in Costa Rica, marking the highest ticket sales ever for a concert in the country.
Who is Karol G?
This South American country’s coastal landscapes and geographical features make it an ideal environment for wine production.
Where is Chile?
In 1969, an Argentine doctor named Domingo Liotta created this prosthetic organ to be sucessfully transplanted into a human being.
What is the artificial heart?
This Puerto Rican MLB player was a notable advocate for Black and Latino baseball players’ rights and later went on to be the first Hispanic player to be inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame in 1973.
Who is Roberto Clemente?
This famous Spanish owned rum was originally distilled in the Caribbean nation of Cuba
What is Bacardi?
This Mexican singer-song writer, famous for many songs including Hasta Que Te Conocí , composed over 1800 songs and net 60 million record sales worldwide.
Who is Juan Gabriel?
Home to the world’s largest salt flats, El Salar de Uyuni, which appeared in Star Wars: Episode VIII and Naughty Boy’s music video (feat. Sam Smith) for La La La.
Where is Bolivia?
Luis von Ahn of Guatemala developed this cyber security system that randomly generates a challenge-response test designed to help stop spam bots from accessing one’s computer system.
What is CAPTCHA?