🌎 History and Culture
Hispanic Heritage Month begins on this date, which is significant because it marks the independence anniversary of several Latin American countries.
What is September 15?
This Puerto Rican superstar's real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio.
Who is Bad Bunny?
This Disney film follows Mirabel Madrigal and her extraordinary family in the Colombian mountains.
What is Encanto?
This fruit is the essential ingredient in traditional guacamole.
What is avocado?
This Mexican painter is famous for her self-portraits and distinctive unibrow.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
High in the Andes Mountains of Peru, this 15th-century estate built for the Inca emperor Pachacuti is often called the "Lost City of the Incas."
What is Machu Picchu?
Before becoming a global pop star, this Colombian singer released the albums Pies Descalzos and ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones?
Who is Shakira?
In Encanto, this Madrigal family member can hear everything from extremely far away.
Who is Dolores?
This Mexican celebration honors deceased loved ones and traditionally takes place on November 1 and 2.
What is Día de los Muertos?
This Colombian author wrote One Hundred Years of Solitude and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982.
Who is Gabriel García Márquez?
Although Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated in the U.S., this European country is considered the birthplace of the Spanish language.
What is Spain?
This singer was known as the “Queen of Tejano Music” and became the first major female Tejano star to win a Grammy.
Who is Selena Quintanilla?
This actress became the first Latina to win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for West Side Story in 1962.
Who is Rita Moreno?
This Puerto Rican dish combines rice with pigeon peas and is often considered a staple of Puerto Rican cuisine.
What is arroz con gandules?
This Puerto Rican actor played the title character in the 2021 film adaptation of In the Heights.
Who is Anthony Ramos?
Co-founded by Labor leaders César Chávez and Dolores Huerta in 1962, this organization organized major farmworker strikes and the famous 1965 Delano grape boycott.
What is the United Farm Workers (UFW)?
This artist's 1999 album Supernatural featured collaborations with Lauryn Hill, Rob Thomas, and Wyclef Jean and helped bring him back to the top of the charts.
Who is Carlos Santana?
This 2021 film adaptation of a Broadway musical follows the residents of a vibrant New York City neighborhood and features songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
What is In the Heights?
This South American dish consists of a corn or cassava-based dough filled with ingredients such as meat, cheese, or vegetables and is especially associated with Colombia and Venezuela.
What is an arepa?
This Dominican-American actress holds the unique distinction of appearing in four separate films that have grossed over $2 billion worldwide: Avatar, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and Avatar: The Way of Water.
Who is it Zoe Saldaña?
Dating back to the 16th century in Nicaragua, this satirical street play mixing Indigenous and Spanish traditions uses elaborate costumes and wooden masks to mock Spanish colonial authority.
What is El Güegüense?
This Cuban-American singer's birth name was Úrsula Hilaria Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso.
Who is Celia Cruz?
This Mexican director became the first Mexican filmmaker to win the Academy Award for Best Director, doing so for Gravity in 2014.
Who is Alfonso Cuarón?
This Mexican sauce gets its name from the Nahuatl word “molli,” meaning sauce or concoction.
What is mole?
Born in Mexico, this pioneering biochemist and researcher discovered the mechanism for the biological synthesis of RNA and DNA, earning the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine alongside Arthur Kornberg.
Who is Severo Ochoa?