Hispanic Heritage Month
What was the initial duration of the celebration before it was expanded to a month?
a week
Where do the Mermaids live in Florida?
Weeki Wachee Springs
In a famous speech at the Brandenburg Gate in June 1987, President Ronald Reagan exhorted Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down what structure that symbolized the division of Germany?
Berlin Wall
The String Family
What do you call a group of flamingos?
A flamboyance
What is the primary language spoken by the majority of Hispanic countries?
Spanish
What's the name of the elusive hominid cryptid that supposedly lives in the Everglades?
Skunk Ape
What American TV show from the 1970s and 1980s still holds the record for the most watched finale ever with more than 100 million households tuning in?
M*A*S*H
What country is most often associated with bagpipe music?
Scotland
What occasion corresponds with the longest day of the year?
The summer solstice
What percentage of the U.S. population identifies as Hispanic or Latino as of 2020? (I will give you a point if you are within 10%)
18.5%
What is the name of the town of Spiritualists and mediums in Central Florida?
Cassadega
What 1985 John Hughes film features a group of uniquely different high school students, all forced together for Saturday detention?
Breakfast Club
What was jazz legend Louis Armstrong’s primary instrument?
trumpet
What identity document is required to travel to different countries around the world?
Passport
Which famous artist painted ‘Guernica’, depicting the tragedies of war?
Pablo Picasso
What is the name of the theme park in Central Florida where you can watch alligator wranglers?
Gatorland
DAILY DOUBLE: “Joe Cool” and “The Comeback Kid” were two nicknames of what Notre Dame QB who would go on to win multiple Super Bowls as part of an 1980s dynasty with a west coast NFL franchise?
Joe Montana
The Indian Tabla is a kind of ….
A Drum
How many points does the Star of David have?
six
Which instrument is central to Mariachi music?
Trumpet
What city is the Fountain of Youth located?
St. Augustine
Babyland General Hospital was the "birthplace" of what line of collectible dolls that was a huge hit in the 1980s and included an individual birth certificate for each doll?
True or False:
The banjo was brought to America by African slaves.
True
DAILY DOUBLE: What's the name of the pig in the book “Charlotte's Web”?
Wilbur