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100

It is the most popular dance that is practiced across Latin America.  

What is the salsa?


100

This civilization, known for its pyramids and advanced calendar system, flourished in present-day Mexico before the arrival of the Spanish.

What is the Mayan civilization?

100

Another word for "trabajo".

What is "chamba"?

100

This country has a canal running through it.

What is Panama?



100

There is a board member who is not Hispanic.  He makes incredible tres leches.

Who is Alex Heuchan?

200

The date of Mexican Independence Day.


What happened on September 16th, 1810?



200

He led the fight for independence in northern South America and is often called "El Libertador."

Who is Simón Bolívar?



200

This word is used to describe someone from Mexico city.

What is "Chilango"?



200

This country is the only Latin American nation which derives its language and culture from Portugal.


What is Brazil?



200

This board member is from Cuba and is ginger.

Who is Lenna?

 


300

A form of rodeo, particularly bull riding practiced in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Chile.

What is a Jaripeo?

300

This war for control of Latin America only lasted four months.

What is The Spanish-American War?

300

This word is used to describe someone who is nosey.

What is "Metiche"?


300

Name the only South American country with coastlines on both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.

What is Colombia?


300

This board member is obessed with hello kitty.

Who is Gezelle?

400

This is the name of a bread that typically has a miniature plastic baby Jesus hidden inside of it.

What is Rosca de Reyes?

400

This country from Latin America won the first World Cup.

What is Uruguay?

400

Cubans use this word to describe foreigners not from Latin America. 

What is "Yuma"?

400

What is the smallest of the Central American countries and the only one without an Atlantic coastline.

What is El Salvador?



400

This board member is 5'5 and he has parents from Vera Cruz and Oaxaca.

Who is Jonathan Medina?


500

A popular superstition is to never put your ____ on the floor (or even below waist height in some cultures).

What is a purse?

500

This 1960 U.S.-backed invasion by Cuban exiles to overthrow Fidel Castro ended in failure.

What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion?

500

This Chilean word is used to describe a traffic jam.

What is "Taco"?



500

This South American desert, one of the driest places on Earth, stretches across parts of Chile and Peru and is known for its rich mineral deposits.

What is the Atacama Desert?


500

This board member is currently enlisted in the military.  What is his name, and what branch of the military does he work in?

Who is Jared Cordova, and why is he in the Army?


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