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LITERATURE
100

This Mexican surrealist painter is most well known for her self portraits, particularly Diego & I.  

Who is Frida Kahlo?

100

This country is known to be the first colony that gained independence during the Enlightenment era.

What is Haiti?

100

Largest Rainforest in the world.

What is the Amazon forest?

100

This animal was first domesticated by the Inca, for its wool & meat.

What are Llamas?

100

This rapier wielding vigilante predates Batman.

Who is Zorro?

200

This Colombian artist depicts people and figures in large, exaggerated volumes in his style known as Boterismo.

 Who is Fernando Botero?

200

List 1 of the 2 LatAm countries that gained independence in 1811.

Paraguay &/or Venezuela

200

This country contains the Easter Islands.

What is Chile?

200

The city Tenochtitlan was built on these artificial floating beds of woven reeds.

What are Chinampas?

200

This novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, is often cited as one of the most supreme achievements of world literature.

What is ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude?

300

This abstract art style was popularized by Pablo Picasso. 

What is Cubism?

300

This Mexican holiday, commemorating the battle of Puebla, is celebrated on May 5th.

 What is Cinco de Mayo?

300

Name a Caribbean island whose official language is Spanish.

Dominican Republic or Cuba.

300

Mexican electric engineer Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena invented this entertainment milestone.

What is Coloured TV?

300

This literary genre includes works like Marquez’ One Hundred Years of Solitude, and incorporates “a realistic view of the world while incorporating magical elements.”

 What is magical realism?

400

This artist made this painting. 

Who is Remedios Varo?

400

 This is the date of independence for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, & Nicaragua?

What is September 15th?

400

This country’s capital city is Caracas. 

What is Venezuela?

400

Domingo Liotta, an Argentine doctor was the first person to complete a successful transplant of this organ.

What is the heart?

400

This former senator of Chile also won a Nobel prize in literature in 1971 for his poetry.

Who is Pablo Neruda?

500

Activist Victor Ochoa is considered one of the pioneers of this San Diego art movement.

What is the Chicano art movement?

500

This controversial Cuban revolutionary was friends with Pierre Trudeau.

Who is Fidel Castro?

500

This Latin American country is the only country with a capital city that starts with Q.

What is Ecuador? (Quito)

500

Mexican American scientist Albert Baez invented this medical tool.

What is an x-ray?

500

Julia Alvarez, a Dominican Republican activist is famous for this novel about three sisters living under the Trujillo regime. 

 What is ‘In the Time of Butterflies?’