Traditional Food
What traditional Spanish dessert is made with milk, sugar, eggs, and caramelized sugar on top?
Flan
What Mexican music genre features mariachi bands with violins, trumpets, and guitars?
Mariachi
What is the name of the altar built to honor deceased loved ones?
Ofrenda
What 2017 animated movie brought Día de los Muertos to a global audience?
Coco
Which Spanish-speaking country is home to Machu Picchu?
Peru
What corn-dough dish, filled with meat or cheese and steamed in corn husks, is a popular holiday food in Mexico?
Tamales
What Spanish artist co-founded the Cubist movement alongside Georges Braque?
Pablo Picasso
What are the colorful, decorated treats made of molded sugar or chocolate and placed on ofrendas?
Calaveritas
August
What is the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world?
Mexico
What traditional dish is baked or fried crescent-shaped pastries with savory or sweet fillings.
Empanadas
What music genre from Puerto Rico, made famous by "Gasolina," mixes Latin rhythms with hip-hop?
Reggaeton
What sweet bread decorated with bone-shaped dough is baked for the holiday?
Pan de muerto
Día de los Muertos blends Indigenous traditions with which religion?
Catholicism
What is the capital of Spain?
Madrid
What Spanish rice dish from Valencia is cooked in a wide, shallow pan and flavored with saffron?
Paella
What Spanish court painter created "Las Meninas" in 1656?
Diego Velázquez
What orange flower is typically used to decorates altars and graves?
Cempasúchil (marigolds)
In what year did UNESCO name Día de los Muertos part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity?
2008
What river forms much of the border between the U.S. and Mexico?
Rio Grande
What Peruvian dish is made of raw fish "cooked" in lime or lemon juice?
Ceviche
What Cuban singer, known as the "Queen of Salsa," shouted "¡Azúcar!"?
Celia Cruz
On which two dates is Día de los Muertos traditionally celebrated and what is the difference?
November 1st- dedicated to honoring children
November 2nd- dedicated to honoring adults
What item is used as decoration and is a colorful symbol of the unity between the sky and the earth?
Papel picado de colores
What Chilean desert is considered the driest non-polar desert on Earth?
Atacama Desert