Influencing America
The 3 states with the highest Hispanic population in the U.S.
What are California, Texas, and Florida?
Pope Francis was from this country.
What is Argentina?
This popular Mexican soup is said to be the best cure for a hangover
What is Menudo
With 414 million speakers, Spanish is ranked this place in of languages spoken world wide.
What is 2nd?
Nominated by President Barack Obama to be the first Latina in Supreme Court History.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
American composer, lyricist, playwright, rapper, and actor best known for creating and starring in the Broadway musicals In the Heights and Hamilton
Who is Lin-Manuel Miranda?
3 U.S. cities that have Spanish names
What are... Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Cruz, Santa Antonio, El Paso, Las Vegas, Santa Fe and many others?
This U.S. President expanded the commemoration of Hispanic Heritage month from one week to a month in 1988.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
In this Central American Country, salads aren't just greens and vegetables, but also fruit juice with pieces of chopped up fruit.
What is El Salvador
The economic output of American Latinos would rank THIS in the world if the community were an independent country.
What is 5th?
Considered one of Mexico's greatest artists who began painting mostly self-portraits after she was severely injured in a bus accident.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
Former wide receiver for the New York Giants. In 2011, his first full year for the team, he helped lead the club to victory in Super Bowl XLVI
Who is Victor Cruz?
This Hispanic food chain was founded in 1936, in Manhattan, NY by Jose Antonio Ortega Bonetin. With $1.5 billion in annual sales, it is the fastest growing food producer in the United States.
What is Goya Foods, Inc.?
With over 900 historic sites, this Central American country has the most Mayan history locations.
What is Belize?
A Portuguese and Spanish term referring to beef or grilled meat and is a prominent feature in Latin American cuisine, popular in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Uruguay.
What is Churrasco?
The number of countries in the Americas that have Spanish as an official language.
What is 20?
A Latina American novelist who wrote the bestselling novel "The House on Mango Street."
Who is Sandra Cisneros?
Known as el idolo de Mexico and el rey throughout the Latin world.
Who is Vicente Fernandez?
The name of the Spanish Saint who was called "Apostle of California" for all of the missions he set up to spread the Catholic faith and who Pope Francis canonized in 2015
Who is St. JunÃpero Serra?
The planet’s largest deposit of salt can be found in this South America Latin country. The Salar de Uyuni or salt flats or Uyuni salt beds hold more than 64 million tons of salt.
What is Bolivia?
Papa a la Huancaina, Ceviche, and Cuy are dished that you would find if you traveled to this South American Country.
What is Peru?
While Latinx students made up about 28% of the student population, the percentage of Latinx educators in 2017-18 was this.
What is 9%?
An activist and labor leader who co-founded what would become the United Farm Workers.
Who is Dolores Huerta?
A Guatemalan-born actor and musician whose first major break out role was in the 2006 biblical drama The Nativity Story.
Who is Oscar Issac?
This U.S. state was the first to officially change the name of the October holiday to Indigenous People's Day.
What is South Dakota?
From 2010 to 2022, this country has seen the fastest population growth among U.S. Latinos.
What is Venezuela?
This dish is referred to as the 'burrito' of Honduras.
What are baleadas?
Hispanic Heritage Month begins on September 15th because five Latin American countries celebrate their independence from Spain on that day. Name two of the five countries.
What is: Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador?
Venezuelan Actress and LGBTQ activist best known for her role in The Mummy.
Who is Patricia Velasquez?
A former Migrant Farmworker who went on to become a NASA Astronaut and who was portrayed in Prime Video's "A Million Miles Away."
Who is Jose Hernandez?