Holidays and Celebrations
Geography
Latinx Heroes
Banderas
Food
100
Age at which a quinceañera is celebrated
What is 15?
100
This city is the capital of Mexico
What is Mexico City?
100
In 2009, she became the first Latina and only the third woman to serve on the US Supreme Court
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
100
What is Brazil?
100
This traditional Mexican dish consists of a flour of wheat tortilla folded or rolled around a filling
What is a taco?
200
Independence Day for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatamala, Honduras, and Niceragua
When is September 15?
200
Quito
What is the capital of Ecuador?
200
Cesar Chavez's rallying cry as co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association and an icon of organized labor
What is "Si, se puede!"?
200
The colors of the Mexican flag
What is red, white, and green?
200
This traditional side dish in Puerto Rico is composed of twice-fried plantain slices
What are tostones?
300
This holiday is marked by vigils held at cemeteries to entertain returning souls
What is El Dia de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead)?
300
Number of countries in Latin America with two capitals
What is 3?
300
Not Hamilton, this is Lin-Manuel Miranda's first Broadway musical
What is "In the Heights"?
300
What is Paraguay?
300
This appetizer shared by Latin American countries and other countries around the world are made by folding dough over a stuffing, which may consist of meat, cheese, corn, or other ingredients
What are empanadas?
400
American holiday that is on the same day as Dia de la Raza (Day of our Culture)
What is Columbus Day?
400
This region is the southernmost tip of South America defined by its cold winds and is located only 1,000 km from Antarctica
What is Patagonia?
400
Being only 29 at the start of the 116th Congress, this young US Representative-elect will be the youngest woman to serve in Congress
Who is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?
400
This shape can be found in the center of the flag of Nicaragua
What is a triangle?
400
A popular Salvadorean and Honduran dish, this dish is a thick tortilla stuffed with savory filling and often served with curtido and tomato salsa
What are pupusas?
500
This celebration begins the Friday before Shrove Tuesday and continues until noon on Ash Wednesday to mark the beginning of Lent
What is Carnival?
500
Located in the Andes mountain range, this is the highest mountain in both the Southern and Western Hemispheres
What is Aconcagua?
500
Now the first Latina director of the Johnson Space Center, she was also the world's first Latina astronaut
Who is Ellen Ochoa?
500
This is the number of stars that can be found on the Venezuelan flag
What is 8?
500
This Brazilian dish with Portuguese origin is a stew of beans with beef and pork
Feijoada