Influential Latino/a People
He was the first Latino inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame?
Who is Roberto Clemente
Baseball and dominoes are this country's national sports.
What is Cuba
This popular Mexican soup is said to be the best cure for a hangover
What is Menudo
Name the Colombian Latina who starred in the comedy show, "Modern Family" and was the top earning TV Actress of 2020.
Who is Sofia Vergara?
This judge (of Puerto Rican descent) is the first Latin American Justice on the United States Supreme Court.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor
This Colombian singer/actress/activist performed the theme song at the 2010 World Cup (soccer).
Who is Shakira
This nation has had more Miss Universes and Miss Worlds than any other country.
What is Venezuela
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
This NY born actor of Puerto Rican descent is also a rapper, composer, playwright and filmmaker. He is known for creating the Broadway musicals Hamilton (2015) and In the Heights (2005), and the soundtrack of Disney's Encanto (2021).
Who is Lin-Manuel Miranda?
This person was the first Latina US Treasurer.
Who is Romana Acosta Bañuelos
This Cuban national hero was a poet, essayist, professor, translator, and revolutionary philosopher in the late 1800s.
Who is José Martí
She is the only Latinx actress with an EGOT—Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony—under her belt
Who is Rita Moreno?
This man from New Mexico became the first Latino U.S. Senator
Who is Octaviano Larrazolo
First Hispanic person to enter the space program, becoming an astronaut in 1981. He is a veteran of six space missions and has spent nearly 1,300 hours in space.
Who is Franklin R. Chang-Díaz
The planet’s largest deposit of salt can be found in this 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
This musician was the first Latino inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.
Who is Carlos Santana?
This President started the process for celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month in 1968.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
In 1962, with Dolores Huerta, he started a group called the United Farm Workers of America, to improve work conditions for migrant farm workers.
Who is César Chavez
Hispanic Heritage Month begins on September 15th because five Latin American countries celebrate their independence on that day. Name three of the five countries.
What are Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador
In 2020 this Puerto Rican rapper, singer and actor became the first non- English language act to be Spotify's most streamed artist of the year.
Who is Bad Bunny (Benito Antonio Martinez)?
In 1993, she became the first Latina woman to go to space when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. She later became the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.
Who is Ellen Ochoa?