Cultura y Tradiciones Category Name
What holiday honors ancestors with candles, marigolds, and ofrendas?
What is Día de los Muertos
What is the name of the stuffed corn dough food wrapped in a husk?
What are tamales
What is the traditional Mexican music performed by a band in charro suits?
What is mariachi
Who is the first Latina U.S. Supreme Court Justice?
Who is Sonia Sotomayor
What is the Spanish word for “hello”?
What is Hola
What dance from the Dominican Republic has fast footwork and is danced in pairs?
What is the merengue?
What’s the popular drink made from rice, milk, and cinnamon?
What is horchata
What Puerto Rican artist is known for blending reggaetón and trap music globally?
What is Bad Bunny
What Mexican artist is famous for her self-portraits and bold style?
Who is Frida Kahlo
What do you call a mix of English and Spanish in conversation?
What is Spanglish?
What’s the traditional celebration of a girl's 15th birthday in many Latinx cultures?
What is a quinceañera?
What is the name of the flatbread used in many Mexican dishes, made of corn or flour?
What is a tortilla
What Colombian singer is famous for “Hips Don’t Lie”?
Who is Shakira
What Afro-Cuban singer was known as the “Queen of Salsa”?
Who is Celia Cruz?
What is the Spanish word for “family”?
What is “familia”
What is the Indigenous tradition of storytelling passed down through spoken word called?
What is oral tradition
What is the name of the fried plantains dish common in Puerto Rican and Dominican cuisine?
What are tostones
What is the Cuban dance and music style known for fast rhythms and horns?
What is Salsa
This Puerto Rican singer was part of the boy band Menudo and later became famous for the song “Livin’ La Vida Loca.”
Who is Ricky Martin?
What do you call switching between Spanish and English in one sentence or thought?
What is code-switching?
What is the name of the celebration that marks the start of Lent in Brazil and other Latin countries, featuring parades and music?
What is Carnaval?
What’s the Peruvian dish made with raw fish marinated in lime juice and spices?
What is ceviche
Who is known for having an Album called Mañana Será Bonito?
Who is Karol G
What Indigenous warrior queen led resistance against Spanish conquistadors in what is now Venezuela?
Who is La India Catalina?
What’s a slang word used in Chicano culture that means “friend” or “homie”?
What is “carnal” or “vato”?