Hispanic Heritage Month Facts
What day does Hispanic Heritage Month start on?
September 15th
For what did El Charro Negro (Mexico) exchange his soul for?
Riches
Which Latin American country was the first to gain independence?
Haiti
What is the correct term for someone who speaks Spanish or comes from a Spanish speaking country?
Hispanic
Who was the first Latina to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?
Sonia Sotomayor
What date does Hispanic Heritage Month end on?
October 15th
True or False: If El Silbon's (Venezuela) whistle sounds far away, that means you're safe?
False; if it sounds far away, you're in danger
Which country in South America was the last country to gain independence in the region?
Suriname
What is the correct term for someone who comes from Latin America (which includes countries in Central and South America and parts of the Caribbean) regardless of language?
Latino/x
Which Colombian writer won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982?
Gabriel García Márquez
Which U.S President first established Hispanic Heritage Week in 1968?
Lyndon B. Johnson
How do you tell if El Chullachaqui (Peru) is disguised as someone you know?
He has different feet; one normal human leg and one goat leg
Which South American liberator helped free Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia from Spanish rule?
Simón Bolívar
True or false: It is possible for someone to identity as both Latinx and Hispanic at the same time.
True
Which U.S President expanded Hispanic Heritage Week to a full month in 1988?
Ronald Reagan
Why did María Angula (Ecuador), stole the guts from a recently deceased corpse?
She didn't have enough money to buy ingredients after spending the money on toys and sweets
Which European country coined the name "Latin America"?
France
What year did the Federal Census first included "Hispanic" as an ethnicity category?
1980
In the story of La Gemela (Uruguay), what was written in the note the students discovered outside their door?
The note read "Thank you"
Which three Latin American countries used to be empires after becoming independent?
Brazil, Haiti, and Mexico