Culture
This cuss word is unique to Puerto Rico.
What is Puñeta?
This is the capital of Puerto Rico.
What is San Juan?
This is the indigenous name of the land that we know know as Puerto Rico.
What is Borikén?
These are the 3 main political status options often debated in PR.
What are Statehood, Commonwealth, and Independence?
This beloved and iconic tropical cocktail originated in Puerto Rico. It has a mixture of coconut and our signature rum.
What is a Piña Colada?
This traditional dance comes from our African ancestors and was used as a meeting place to resist Spanish colonization and slavery. It is found exclusively in Puerto Rico, and is the only dance where the drummer follows the dancer instead of the other way around.
Puerto Rico has over 270 miles of this.
What are coastlines?
This year marked the United States’ invasion of Puerto Rico when the Treaty of Paris was signed, handing over control of Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba, and the Phillipines to the US.
What is 1898?
This Afro-Boricua scholar, historian, and activist was the first Boricua to graduate Harvard Law School, and a veteran of the U.S. military. After experiencing American racism, he became disillusioned with the U.S. and returned to PR to organize sugar cane workers. He led the PR independence movement, becoming the president of the PR Nationalist Party, and was imprisoned and tortured for doing so. He died in 1965 as a result of nuclear radiation testing by the US government. He has been called "El Maestro", and the father of Puerto Rico nationalism.
Who is Pedro Albizu Campos?
This genre of music was thought to have originated in Puerto Rico due to the commercial success of its artists, but originated in Panama.
What is Reggaeton?
Born in Ponce, PR, he is considered one of the most important salsa singers of the 20th century. His best-known hits include “El Cantante”, “Bandolero”, and “Canto a Borinquen”.
Who is Hector Lavoe?
This famous beach, located in Culebra, PR is known as one of the world’s top beaches.
What is Flamenco Beach?
This historian, known as a co-founder of Black diaspora studies, was an Afro-Boricua who became a prominent figure during the Harlem Renaissance in the US. As a child in PR, a teacher told him that Black people had no history or accomplishments. So, he made it his life’s mission to collect stories, writings, art, and artifacts all throughout the Black diaspora in the U.S., LatAm, the Caribbean, and some parts of Europe. Now, there is a center for research in Black culture in NYC named after him.
Who is Arturo Alfonso Schomburg?
Passed in 1917, this act granted U.S. citizenship to Puerto Ricans, partly to allow their conscription into the U.S. military during World War I.
What is the Jones-Shafroth Act?
This ice pop dessert was invented in the late 1920s after famed pilot Charles Lindbergh was offered a frozen juice during a visit to the PR. It comes in many flavors and is named after the Spanish pronunciation of Lindbergh’s last name?
What is a limber?
This Puerto Rican artist has the most chart entries on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart, with 118 entries, and the most top 10 songs, with 45. He also holds the record for the most-streamed artist in the world for two consecutive years.
Who is Bad Bunny?
This is the only National Rainforest in America’s forest system.
What is "El Yunque"?
Which law did Bad Bunny reference in his song “LA MuDANZA” on the lyric “Aquí mataron gente por sacar la bandera,
Por eso es que ahora yo la llevo donde quiera
Cabrón, ¿qué fue?”
OR
Also known as Law 53, this 1948 law made it illegal to display the Puerto Rican flag, speak of independence, or organize against the U.S. government in Puerto Rico.
What is the Gag Law?
The privatization of electricity by this company has sparked widespread protests in Puerto Rico, as frequent outages have left many without power.
What is LUMA Energy?
This endangered toad was thought to be extinct for many years, but a small population of them currently lives in the south of Puerto Rico. Despite habitat loss due to deforestation and invasion of non-native species, they reappeared in Guanica and Guayanilla after nearly disappearing in the 1980s.
What is el sapo concho?
A four-day street festival held annually in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, during the third weekend of January. It's a large-scale celebration of Puerto Rican culture, drawing hundreds of thousands of attendees and considered the unofficial end of the Christmas and holiday season.
What is La Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastián (or La SanSe)?
Puerto Rico falls under the geographical term “______”, meaning a group of small islands.
What is an archipelago?
This Taíno Cacique (chief) ordered the drowning of Spanish soldier Diego Salcedo to test if the Spaniards were truly immortal as he had doubts about the "godly" status of the Spaniards.
Who is Agüeybaná II?
In 2019, massive protests led by artists, activists, and Puerto Rican citizens forced the resignation of this Puerto Rican governor after several corruption scandals and the government's inadequate response to Hurricane Maria.
Who is Ricardo Rosselló?
This U.S. state is home to the largest population of Puerto Ricans outside of Puerto Rico.
What is Florida?