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100

This capital city is located on the coast and boasts some of the richest and poorest neighborhoods in Latin America.  In one section, a "wall of shame" separates the poor from the rich.

What is Lima, Peru?

100
This world-wide famous dish was named after a beloved Italian queen. Of all the ones she sampled, she loved this one the most because it represented the tricolor flag of Italy.
What is Pizza Margherita?
100
Lionel Messi is a __________________ and he hails from _______________.
What are Barca Team soccer player and Argentina?
100

Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia and 4 other South-American countries share this important area, yet 17% of it has already been destroyed.

What is the Amazon rainforest?

100

This cathedral originally designed by Antoni Gaudi remains unfinished and is famous for its Gothic Revival style.

What is La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona?

200

Pamplona is the city known for los Encierros....the Running of the Bulls.  This city is located in the northern part of this country.

What is Spain?

200
A typical Italian menu and meal consists of five distinct parts. The ANTIPASTO, THE _____, THE ______, the CONTORNO, and the DOLCE.
What are the PRIMO and SECONDO?
200
This Italian soccer player is an Italian professional goalkeeper who plays for and captains both Serie A club Juventus. He has been named the 'Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year' a record ten times!
Who is Gianluigi "Gigi" Buffon?
200

While there are many, Ellen Ochoa and Franklin Chang Diaz are two prominent Hispanic-Americans in this scientific field.

What is astronomy?  Both Ochoa (Mexican-American) and Chang Diaz (Costa Rican-American) were astronauts for NASA.

200
This Tuscan city is known for its famous medieval horseback race and for inventing the banking system.
What is Siena?
300
This city is nicknamed La Citta' Eterna. Within its walls lies an Independent State. (Name these two places.)
What is Rome/Roma and Vatican City/ La Citta del Vaticano?
300

Arepas, pupusas, gorditas, tamales, tortillas, elotes, atole....all of these wildly popular Latino foods contain this main ingredient.

What is corn?

300

Soccer is the most popular sport of Latin America. However in the Caribbean, this sport is even more common.

What is beisbol / baseball?

300
True or False? There are more cell phones in Italy than Italians.
What is true? (For every 100 people there are 122 cell phones! Italy leads Europe in cell phone use.)
300

This 'Renaissance Man' died with this his most prized piece of art, La Gioconda (the Mona Lisa), lying in bed next to him. He was an artist, (Name artist.)

Who is Leonardo Da Vinci?

400
This ancient and wet capital once ruled the western world. It is also known as La Serenessima (The Most Serene).
What is Venice/Venezia?
400
This region is the Italian gastronomical center. Prosciutto, mortadella, parmiggiano reggiano, lasagne, tortellini and other delicacies all hail from this Italian region.
What is Emilia Romagna?
400
These are two of the three most popular sports in Italy.
What are soccer (calcio), racing (automobilismo), and cycling (ciclismo).
400

The United States has two rain forests. One is in Washington State (Olympic National Park).  The other is located here.

What is El Yunque in Puerto Rico?

400

A known communist and the two-time husband of Frida Kahlo, this famous muralist was the painter of the Mexican people.

Who is Diego Rivera?

500
The Medici ruled this town! This city which is the birthplace of the Renaissance also houses three-quarters of the world's finest art in its Uffizi Gallery.
What is Florence/Firenze?
500

One of the following foods is not originally from Latin America: chocolate, corn, pasta, tomatoes, potatoes, peanuts, avocados.

What is pasta?

500

While the "sport" or "tradition" of bullfighting originated in Spain, this is the country that contains the world's largest bullfighting ring

What is Mexico (Plaza de Toros Mexico)?

500
He split the atom at the University of Chicago, but he was born, raised, and educated in Rome.
Who is Enrico Fermi?
500
These are three Italian and three Spanish important works of art
What are........? (This one is up to the teachers!)