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100

What does Cinco de Mayo commemorate?

What is the unlikely Mexican victory against the French in the Battle of Puebla?

100

What is a girl's fifteenth birthday called?

What is a "quinceañera"?

100
What is the Spanish word for "friend"?
What is "amigo".
100
What is the Spanish word for a popular kind of round, flat bread?
What is a "tortilla".
100

What are the most popular colors people wear on Cinco de Mayo?

Red, White, Green (the colors of the Mexican flag)

200

Which US President helped popularize Cinco de Mayo with the Good Neighbor Policy?

Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?

200

Which type of music is usually played during Cinco de Mayo celebrations?

What is Mariachi music?

200

What is the Spanish word for "party"?

What is fiesta?

200

What kind of alcohol is the most purchased and consumed during Cinco de Mayo?

What is Tequila?

200

What is the name  of the hat people wear on Cinco de Mayo?

What is Sombrero?
300

Which leader decided to wage war against Mexico in 1862?

Who was Napoleon III?

300

In which U.S city does the biggest festival for Cinco de Mayo take place?

What is Los Angeles, California?

300
What is the Spanish word for an afternoon nap?
What is a "siesta".
300

What is a traditional caramel custard dessert called?

What is flan?

300

What is a popular phrase people yell during Cinco de Mayo?

What is "¡Viva México!"

400
Name the priest who fought for Mexico's independence.
Who was Padre Miguel Hidalgo.
400
On which date on which Mexican Independence Day is celebrated?
What is September 16.
400
What is the Spanish word for "spicy hot"?
What is "picante".
400

It is estimated approximately 81 million pounds of this vegetable are consumed on Cinco de Mayo every year. What is the vegetable? 

What is avocadoes?

400

Mexican Americans make up the largest Hispanic or Latino ethnic group in the United States, accounting for what percent of the total Hispanic population in 2020?

What is 62.3%? (We will also accept: 60% or 65%)

500

Who was the President of Mexico during the battle in 1862?

Benito Juarez

500
What is the mass called at which a child first receives the sacrament of the Eucharist?
What is the "First Holy Communion".
500

What is the Spanish translation of "Fireworks"?

What is Fuegos Artificiales?

500

What is the official dish of Cinco de Mayo?

What is Mole Poblano?

500

What two Central American countries surround Mexico?

What are Guatemala and Belize?