STL Politics
In which year was St. Louis founded and also named after? Bonus: What was it founded as?
Answer: 1764 named after King Louis IX
Bonus: founded as a French fur-trading village by Pierre Laclede and Auguste Chouteau.
What was the theme of the last Fiesta?
Coco
Which famous Hollywood actor and filmmaker, known for his love of Mexican culture, directed The Book of Life?
Guillermo del Toro (producer) / Jorge R. Gutierrez (director)
Where on campus is the “forbidden” stepping seal on campus?
Answer: Brookings Hall
The ruins of ancient Machu Picchu are remnants of what civilization?
Answer: Incas
St. Louis was a big part of what project in the mid 1900s?
Answer: The Manhattan Project
What line is the current president from?
Xolani - Chris
What Dia de los Muertos called in Guatemala, Ecuador, and El Salvador?
Dia de los Difuntos
What are the names of the WashU support dogs?
Answer: Brookie and Bear
Which US state has the largest Spanish-speaking population?
Answer: California
What year did Augustus Busch, Jr. give his father the first hitch of Budweiser Clydesdales?
Answer: In 1993 to celebrate the repeal of Prohibition
Name 2 APsi actives that are half of a twin set?
Answers: Isaac, Samira, Chris, Kenya
What is the role of the “calaveras literarias” (literary skulls) in Dia de los Muertos, and where did they originate?
Satirical poems about death that originated in the 19th century
Which building is home to Washu’s very own hotel?
Answer: Knight Hall
What is the primary religion in most hispanic countries?
Answer:Roman Catholicism
Answer:Roman Catholicism
What 2 incidents happened in 1849 in St.Louis?
Answer: The Great Fire of 1849, which destroyed a large part of St. Louis and mant of the steamboats. It happened in part from a stray spark from a passing ship. The second was the St. Louis cholera epidemic.
Name a parent that has a set of twins?
Marcos, Vlad, Dylan, Kevin, Kayla
In 2008, what UNESCO list was Dia de los Muertos added to?
Intangible Cultural Heritage and humanity
The east end is a fairly new transformation to WashUs campus, when was the transformation completed?
Answer: 2019
Which hispanic actress starred in Modern family?
Answer: Sofia Vergara
What famous U.S. Supreme Court decision was made in St. Louis in the 1800s?
Answer: Scott v. Sandford
How would Marcos say our motto?
“TOGETHER WE SHALL SEEK THE NOBLEST”
What Aztec goddess, known as the “Lady of the Dead,” was believed to preside over Dia de los Muertos celebrations?
Mictecacihuatl
What is the meaning of our motto “Per Veritatem Vis”?
Answer: Strength through truth
Mate is the national drink of which Latin American country?
Answer: Argentina