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100
This popular Mexican dish consists of a folded tortilla filled with melted cheese and sometimes meat or veggies, then cooked until crispy:
A. Quesadillas
B. Tostadas
C. Tacos
A. Quesadillas!
100
Marking an adolescent girl's transition into young adulthood, this milestone celebration is held across Latin America and diaspora communities on her 15th birthday.
What is a quinceañera?
100
This country is the fifth largest in the world and accounts for a third of Latin America’s population.
a) Mexico
b) Chile
c) Brazil
c) Brazil
100
Invented by Mexican engineer Guillermo González Camarena in 1940, this technology transformed home entertainment by introducing a chromoscopic adapter for television screens.
What is color television?
100
Machu Picchu is considered a masterpiece of Inca architecture and is located in which country?
What is Peru?
200
This traditional Latin American dish is made from masa and is often filled with meat, vegetables, cheese, or other ingredients, then wrapped in a plantain or banana leaf and steamed:
A. Enchiladas
B. Pupusas
C. Tamales
Tamales!
200
Spoken by millions of people in communities across the United States and near the southern border, this term describes the conversational blending of Spanish and English.
What is Spanglish?
200
This bird, known as the world’s smallest, calls Cuba home. When this bird is fully grown it’s only five centimeters long and weighs less than a penny.
a) Bee Hummingbird
b) Cuban Tody
c) Cuban Trogon
a) Bee Hummingbird
200
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Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi, a Honduran microbiologist, is a global health champion. She co-created Corbevax, a low-cost ____ vaccine designed for accessibility in developing countries.
What is COVID-19?
200
Originating in the Dominican Republic, this genre of music and dance features a signature three-step with a hip motion on the fourth beat and is played with a tambora and güira.
A. Bachata
B. Samba
C. Mariachi
Bachata
300
This Salvadorian dish is a thick corn tortilla traditionally stuffed with cheese, beans, pork, or a combination of fillings:
A:Burrito
B:Popusas
C:Arepas
B: Popusas!
300
This playful, informal portmanteau (combination of words) is used to describe the blending of Spanish and Portuguese, frequently spoken in border regions like Brazil and Uruguay.
What is Portuñol (or Portunhol)?
300
A large amount of the population lives around this area in Argentina. This area is also known as "Paris of South America" because of European influences.
What is Buenos Aires?
300
In 1969, this Argentine surgeon designed the first total artificial heart to be successfully implanted into a human patient.
a) Domingo Liotta
b) Pancho Villa
c) Mario Molina
a) Domingo Liotta
300
This Mexican muralist, married to Frida Kahlo, created massive public frescoes depicting workers and social history, including the famous "Man at the Crossroads."
Who is Diego Rivera?
400
This Ecuadorian dish consists of fried potato patties often served with eggs, sausage, avocado, and a peanut sauce:
A. Chilaquiles
B. Llapingachos
C. Breakfast tacos
B. Llapingachos!
400
This beloved, multi-generational television format—famous for its dramatic plot twists, romance, and intense rivalries—is a staple of daily viewing in many Latinx households.
What is a telenovela?
400
The Incas ruled this mountain range from around 1200 until Francisco Pizarro, a Spanish explorer, arrived in 1532. This mountain range also runs through Peru, Chile, and Colombia.
What are the Andes Mountains?
400
Dr. Maria Artunduaga, a Colombian inventor and physician-scientist invented the Sylvee, a non-invasive, machine learning-powered device that attaches to a patient's chest to monitor lung function and monitor what disease?
A. Pulmonary fibrosis
B. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
C. Asthma
B. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
400
Which South American poet won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971?
A. Pablo Neruda
B. Jorge Luis Borges
C. Gabriel García Márquez
Pablo Neruda
500
This Brazilian dish consists of black beans slowly cooked with pork and is traditionally served with rice, collard greens, and farofa:
A: Feijoada
B: Prato Feito
C:Moqueca
A: Feijoada!
500
The common Spanish idiom, ponerte las pilas, which translates literally to "put in your batteries," is used across Latin America to tell someone to do this.
What is "wake up," "get to work," or "focus"?
500
The asteroid that is linked to the extinction of the dinosaurs landed and created this 110-mile-wide crater. This crater is mostly underwater but can be found in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
What is the Chicxulub Crater?
500
At only 26, Mexican chemist Luis Miramontes and his team synthesized this product in 1951. Key to the invention was a molecule derived from a wild Mexican yam known as the tortoise plant.
What is the birth control pill?
500
What Brazilian genre emerged from Rio de Janeiro in the 1950s and includes classics like "The Girl from Ipanema"?
A. Bossa Nova
B. Tango
C. Cumbia
Bossa Nova