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True or False

Cinco de Mayo is Mexico's Independence Day

False!

100

Cinco de Mayo celebrations in the U.S. are especially associated with celebrating what else?

A. Colonial history

B. Mexican-Americans

C. Catholicism

D. Agricultural harvests

B. Mexican-American culture and heritage

100

What is the name of the traditional Mexican music that is often played in Cinco de Mayo?

a. band

b. mariachi

c. freestyle 

Mariachi; a small Mexican musical ensemble composed of a variety of mostly stringed instruments.

100

What is the capital of Mexico?

Mexico City

100

What does Cinco De Mayo mean?

5th of May

200

Which country was Mexico fighting?

a. France

b. Germany 

c. Peru

France.

200

True or False. 

"In Mexico, Cinco de Mayo is mostly celebrated in the city of Pueblo."

True.

200

What produce is eaten the most on Cinco de Mayo?

a. Avocados

b. Mangos

c. Peaches

Avocados

200

What three colors are the Mexican flag? (Bonus 25 pts for every item named in the center of the flag)

Green, white and red with an eagle sitting on a cactus while eating a snake

200

What does cómo estás mean?

How are you?

300

In what town did Mexico win the celebrated battle?

a. Tequila

b. Mexico City

c. Puebla

Puebla

300

True or False.

"The first Cinco de Mayo celebrations were held by Mexican people living in US"

TRUE!

300

True or False? America drinks more tequila than Mexico.

True.

300

What currency is used in Mexico?

the peso

300

What does hermano mean?

brother

400

In what year did the Cinco de Mayo battle take place?

a. 1776

b. 1862

c. 1920

In 1862

400

True or False.

"In the battle Cinco De Mayo is named after Mexico was fighting against the French."

TRUE!

400

What is the name of a Mexican decorative craft made by cutting elaborate designs into sheets of tissue paper?

A.) Piñata
B.) Papel picado
C.) Ojo de Dios
D.) Serape

Papel Picado

400

What is a Chicano?

A. A person of Mexican - American descent.

B. A traditional corn and meat Mexican dish. 

C. A person from Chicago that celebrates Cinco de Mayo every year. 

A. A person of Mexican - American descent.

400

What does el mundo mean?

the world

500

What year did Cinco De Mayo become an official US holiday?

A.) 2000

B.) 2005

C.) 1990

D.) 1930

B.) 2005


500

In which US state is the world's largest Cinco de Mayo celebration?

a. California

b. Texas 

c. New York

California. 

500

What strange ingredient is in the traditional Cinco de Mayo dish, Mole Poblano?

A.) Chocolate

B.) Crickets

C.) Orange Juice

D.) Dog Stomach

A.) Chocolate

500

Chandler, Arizona, has a unique way of celebrating Cinco de Mayo. Can you tell me in which unique way they celebrate?

A. By performing a fire-walking ritual. 

B. It hosts a Chihuahua race every year.

C. Participants fight with tomatoes. They throw tomatoes at each other.

B. It hosts a Chihuahua race every year.

500

What does hace vientro mean?

It's windy