Fun with Spanish
American historical figures
Mexico
Current Events
Science
100
This “Spanish” word for a notorious insect probably originates from the Mayan word “Xkuruch’” (pronounced "shkoo' rewch')
Cucaracha
100
This person led people to freedom before slavery was banned, and also worked as a spy for the Union army.
Harriet Tubman
100
The current president of Mexico is:
Enrique Peña Nieto
100
__________ won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as a struggling young actress in the movie musical “La La Land.”
Emma Stone
100
What is C6H12O6? *Note the numbers should be subscripts.
Glucose or Sugar
200
8% of the words in Spanish, especially those starting with the prefix "al-" (e.g. almohada, almendras, alfombra, aljedrez) come from this language:
Arabic
200
This person popularized the quote, “By any means necessary” when explaining how one must fight injustice.
Malcolm X
200
In Mexico, a meal is not a true or complete meal without these, which come from Mexico's indigenous cultures.
Tortillas
200
A white man in _______________ shouted racial slurs, then shot and killed a 32-year-old Indian immigrant and injured two others.
Kansas
200
If Mike were to have a mole of doughnuts how many doughnuts does Mike have?
6.02X10^23
300
What is the only letter in the Spanish alphabet that is of Spanish origin?
ñ
300
Known as “the conservationist president”, this person preserved over 230 million acres of land by creating: 150 national forests, 51 federal bird reserves, 4 national game preserves, 5 national parks, and 18 national monuments.
Theodore Roosevelt
300
The largest city in Mexico
Mexico City (Distrito Federal)
300
Senate Majority Leader _____________ was one of a number of Republican lawmakers confronted by angry constituents at town hall meetings last week.
Mitch McConnell
300
What was the name of the research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons.
Manhattan Project
400
This state’s name means “snowy” in Spanish
Nevada
400
This person founded the Red Cross after helping injured soldiers during the Civil War.
Clara Barton
400
In Mexican Spanish, words ending in “-ate” or “atl” are originally from what language?
Nahuatl (will accept “Aztec”)
400
"Democracy Dies in Darkness" Is a slogan that this newspaper located inside the beltway added to their online masthead last week.
Washington Post
400
These functions are often used to model periodic phenomena such as harmonic motion.
Trigonometric Functions. I will also accept anything to do with sine or cosine waves.
500
When people in the U.S. talk about the “Spanish” language, what they ACTUALLY mean is _____________ (name the language)
Castilian/Castellano (Spain has several native languages; there's no such thing as "Spanish")
500
Who introduced the concept of double-consciousness in his famous book, “The Souls of Black Folk”?
W.E.B. DuBois
500
What does the image in the middle of Mexico's flag represent?
The island of Tenochtitlan (where Mexico City is): the promised land of the Mexicas.
500
During this years Oscars, who read the incorrect card for Best Picture Winner. There were two actors on stage sharing this role. You just have to name one.
Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway
500
Astronomers discovered a new solar system, last week, with seven Earth-sized planets revolving around a star named ____________.
TRAPPIST-1