Food
This popular Mexican dessert is made from a doughnut-like pastry, fried and then coated with sugar and cinnamon. It is called _____
What is a churro?
What is your favorite film by a director from Latin America and the Caribbean? Must provide justification.
Open ended. Judges Decide.
Which famous book is this quote from: "Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice"?
What is One Hundred Years of Solitude?
What are the three counties through which the majority of the Amazon Rainforest extends?
What is Brazil, Peru, Colombia?
This South American country has won the most FIFA World Cups
What is Brazil?
Name three desserts from Latin American and the Caribbean (be prepared to explain what they are).
Answers vary, examples include: flan, tres leches, brigadeiro, alfajores, dulce de leche, churros, dulce de guayaba, cocada, rum cake
What is Bad Bunny's real name?
A) Raúl Alejandro Ocasio Ruiz
B) Austin Agustín Santos
C) Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio
D) Benito Alejandro Santos Ruiz
Who is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio?
What pioneering literary genre has its roots in Latin America in the 70s?
What is magical realism?
What was the first country to gain its independence in Latin America?
What is Colombia?
What is the national sport of Puerto Rico?
What is baseball?
Arepas are a staple food in Colombia and Venezuela. They are typically made from:
A) Flour
B) Cornmeal
C) Rice
D) Potatoes
What is cornmeal? (Masarepa)
Where did Salsa get its start?
Where is Cuba, Puerto Rico, and New York?
What is Argentina?
In which Caribbean island are Spanish and French official languages?
Hispaniola - Haiti an the Dominican Republic
Whose famous goal was said to be a result of the "touch of God"?
Who is Maradona?
True or False: Ceviche is a dish made with fried fish, onions, and tomatoes, and is often served with chips.
What is False - the fish is usually raw or only slightly cooked/cured.
At how many World Cups has Shakira performed?
What is 3?
What is the name of the Nobel Prize winning writer who has a building named after him at UMD?
Who is Juan Ramón Jiménez?
What does the term "Banana Republic" refer to?
What is the term that was first coined by O. Henry to describe the economic instability in countries like Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador due to their reliance on the export of natural resources? It is now understood as a reference to the exploitation of the US government and industry and their role in producing the political and economic stability in these countries (ex. United Fruit Company).
Who is the most decorated Brazilian and Latin American gymnast of all time?
Who is Rebeca Andrade?
What is the main ingredient in mofongo?
What is green plantain?
What famous Jamaican artist received the United Nations Peace Medal of the Third World in 1978?
Who is Bob Marley?
What is the birthplace of the Caribbean author of Wretched of the Earth?
Where is Martinique?
Known for its statues called moai, this wonder located off the coast of Chile was believed to be made by ancient Polynesians
What is Easter Island
What is Argentina's national sport, which also happens to be the name of a bird?
What is pato?