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This "Desperate" housewife was a speaker at the Democratic National Convention held last year in Washington D.C.
Who is Eva Longoria? Longoria also served as a co-chair of President Obama's re-election campaign and a co-chair of the Presidential Inauguration Committee.
100
This is the year was Hispanic Heritage Month established in the United States.
What is 1987?
100
This Latin@ store was located on Columbia Road in the 1970s and sold what products? Hint: The title has to do with another name for astrology or astrological signs.
What is the Zodiac? What is music?
100
What is the name of the largest Hispanic Heritage Month celebration in D.C.? Hint: It takes place on Pennsylvania Avenue.
What is Fiesta DC?
100
This Central American country boasts the largest Latin@ population group in D.C.
What is El Salvador? Salvadorans make up the largest-single Hispanic group in the District, and the D.C. region is home to the second-largest Salvadoran population in the United States. Salvadorans are the fifth-largest immigrant group in the U.S, many of whom fled El Salvador’s civil war in the 1980s and 1990s and the country’s current economic woes.
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This D.C. chef became the first chef in history to receive the White House's Hispanic Heritage Award.
Who is Chef José Andrés? Originally from Spain, Andrés owns several restaurants in D.C. and recently collaborated with the National Archives to open a pop-up restaurant there. Andrés took home the Design Award, "a distinguished honor presented, in exceptional cases, where an individual genuinely promotes and fosters Hispanic culture beyond his parameters through art and design." The White House established the awards in 1987.
200
May 5, 1991 a police officer shoots an unarmed El Salvadorean man that sparked this event.
What are the Mt. Pleasant Riots?
200
The Wilson Center, a Latino cultural center in the 1940s to 1960s and is next to what high school in Columbia Heights?
What is Bell Multicultural High School? The Wilson Center was was also host to dozens of human rights fairs and festivals during the late 1970's and early 1980's. Near the Wilson Center complex is the Bell Multicultural High School. Nicaraguan composer and trumpet player Alfredo Mojíca, Sr. was a music teacher at Bell, and was a famous Latin-Jazz band leader in D.C. for several decades, continuing to perform live even after serious heart surgery. His son, top Latin percussionist Alfredo Mojíca, Jr. carries on his father's traditions.
200
The neighborhood that is home to the first Santería ritual space in Washington DC in the 19050s. Hint: the address is 1354 Parkwood Place NW.
Park View/Columbia Heights
200
The name of the violent Dominican dictator who caused many Dominicans to flee to their home and settle in D.C.
Who is Rafael Trujillo? The dictator was known for his lavish parties, stealing the wives of his countrymen and wielding his power recklessly. Dominicans currently make up the 5th largest Latin@ population in D.C.
300
In what quadrant are the "Hispanic Heroes" Memorials?
What is the NW quadrant? Specifically, the memorials are on Virginia Avenue between 18th and 24th streets.
300
The percentage of Latinos in the D.C. population.
What is 10 percent? The Washington Post reports that "many believe that number is significantly higher if you count those undocumented. But the community's size hasn't meant more representation; no Latino has ever been elected to the D.C. Council."
300
The popular Cuban dance club in Adams Morgan where dancers, sway to the sounds of salsa, merengue, cumbia, bachata and other Latin music notes.
What is Habana Village?
300
The number of Latin@ eligible voters in D.C.
What is 22,000 people? D.C. ranks 43rd in terms of Hispanic eligible voter population nationally. California ranks first with 5.9 million Latin@s eligible to vote.
300
The number of senators and representatives in U.S. Congress who are Latin@.
What is 31?
400
What is the country Ms. Díaz's and Mr. Mejia's families hail from?
What is México?
400
The Grupo de Artistas Latino Americanos is the longer version of what acronym?
What is the GALA Theatre? Founded by Hugo Medrano and Rebecca Read, the GALA Theatre, the theater's mission is "to bring Spanish and Latin American plays to the attention of the Spanish-speaking people in Washington; and to make the English-speaking public aware of the richness and variety of Hispanic theater."
400
This Afro-Cuban Bassist and folklorist spent more than 40 years in the D.C. area and was a member of many popular Cuban bands in the 1940s.
Who is Luis Salomé? He spent more than 40 years in the DC area, was a member of many top Cuban bands in the 1940’s. His house was the place where music star percussionist Mongo Santamaria and other famous Latin artists would stay when in town. The school of Rumba was largely the idea of Don Luis Salomé, who taught Afro-Cuban folklore there.
400
The proposed site on the National Mall for the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino?
What is the Smithsonian's unused Arts and Industries Building?
400
Most Latinos are born in the U.S. or in another country?
What is most Latinos are native-born Americans. Nearly three in four Latinos (74%) are U.S. citizens. As of 2009, 62.7% of all Latinos are native-born Americans and 37.3% are foreign-born. Another 10.9% of Latinos are naturalized U.S. citizens.
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The year the Latin American Youth Center moved into its own building on 15th and Irving in Columbia Heights.
What is 1974? With overwhelming support from community youth, volunteers and parents, the Latin American Youth Center (LAYC) incorporated in 1974 as a multicultural youth and family development center in the District of Columbia serving Latino youth, while serving as a bridge to the wider youth community. Prior to 1974, the LAYC had been providing educational and vocational summer and after-school activities which were housed in several locations in the community.
500
What D.C. non-profit organization opened its doors in 1981 to help El Salvadoreans who were fleeing political violence?
What is CARECEN? Today CARECEN's "programs provide direct services in immigration, housing and citizenship while also promoting empowerment, civil rights advocacy and civic training for Latinos." CARECEN is an acronym for the Central American Refugee Center.
500
The name of the DC choir that performs music from Latin America and the Caribbean.
What is Cantigas? Coral Cantigas (“Cantigas”), is the only chorus of its kind in the Washington, D.C. area. The choir's mission is to increase an awareness and appreciation of the many rich styles of Latin American, Spanish and Caribbean choral music. Cantigas performs in Spanish, Portuguese, and a variety of languages and dialects of the Americas such as Nahuatl, Quechua and Creole, with bilingual concert program notes and texts.
500
The Smithsonian's first curator of Latino history in 1991. She recently passed away.
Who is Marvette Perez? Perez, an anthropologist and member of chorale group Cantigas, was best known for the 2005 exhibit "Azúcar!: The Life and Music of Celia Cruz," a show that took two years traveling and researching in order for Perez to create the exhibit.
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Which Latino population was the largest in D.C. in 1980? Cubans, Dominicans, Mexicans or Salvadorians?
Who are Cubans. According to U.S. Census data, Jamaicans and Cubans were the largest immigrant population in D.C. Salvadorians were less than 6 percent of the D.C. population. Today, they make up 32 percent of the Latino population in D.C.