History of Hispanic Heritage Month
What's in a Name?
Latinas who made History
Afro-Latin@s
Trivia Salad
100
These dates mark the beginning and end of Hispanic Heritage Month each year.
A. Sept 15-Oct 15
B. Sept 1-Sept 30
C. Oct. 1-Oct. 31
What are Sept 15 and Oct 15?
100
This term refers to people who trace their heritage to a Spanish-speaking country, including most countries in Latin America and Spain (in Europe).
A. Hispanic
B. Latin American
C. Spanish
What is Hispanic?
100
She currently serves as one of 9 justices on the US Supreme Court. She was appointed by President Obama in 2009, making her the first Latina to serve on the highest court in the land.
A. Elena Kagan
B. Sonia Sotomayor
C. Dolores Huerta
Who is Justice Sonia Sotomayor?
100
A Pew Research Center survey from 2016 showed that one-quarter of all U.S. Latinos self-identify as this.
A. Latinx
B. Afro-Latino
C. Hispanic
Afro-Latino, or of African descent with roots in Latin America.
100
Stephanie Gonzalez Pasterski, originally from THIS U.S. city, has been described by Harvard University as "the next Albert Einstein." She is a doctoral student studying high energy physics whose work has been cited by Stephen Hawking and who has been offered jobs by Blue Origin and NASA.
A. Chicago
B. New York
C. Miami
What is Chicago?
200
Hispanic Heritage Month began as a week-long celebration, but was expanded to a full month in this year.
A. 1990
B. 2020
C. 1988
What is 1988?
200
This term refers to anyone who can trace their heritage to Latin America, and includes people from Brazil (where Portuguese is the official language), but excludes people from Spain.
A. Hispanic
B. Latino
C. Spanish
What is Latino?
200
She was the pop superstar who brought Mexican Tejano music to the masses. She remains one of the most influential Latin artists of all time, winning a Grammy award in 1993 and a gold record in 1994 for "Amor Prohibido."
A. Selena Gomez
B. Selena Quintanilla
C. Jennifer Lopez
Who is Selena Quintanilla?
200
Esteban Hotesse was the only known Dominican airman to serve as a part of THIS group of the first Black military pilots during World War II.
A. Air Force
B. Tuskegee Airmen
C. High Flyers
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
200
Laura Gomez was undocumented until she was 17 years old, when she obtained a work permit and an internship with HP. She has worked at several big-name tech companies, including THESE (name at least one), until 2015 when she created her own software start-up that uses AI to help companies make bias-free decisions in hiring.
What are Google, YouTube, and Twitter?
300
This is the reason that Hispanic Heritage Month begins on September 15.
A. The birthday of Cesar Chavez
B. Sept. 15 is the 258th day of the year
C. Anniversary of independence from Spain for several Latin American countries
What is the anniversary of independence from Spain for the following countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
Mexico, Belize, and Chile commemorate their independence from Spain on Sept. 16, 18, and 21 respectively.
(Bonus points for any country named!)
300
This term has gained popularity in recent years as a gender neutral identity label for Latinos. However, only 23% of U.S. adults who self-identify as Latino have heard of this term, and just 3% say they use it to describe themselves.
A. Latino
B. Latinx
C. Hispanic
What is Latinx?
300
She is a Mexican American labor leader and civil rights activist who worked with Cesar Chavez in founding the National Farmworkers Association (today, United Farm Workers). Her decades of work has led to significant advances in workers', immigrants', and women's rights.
A. Frida Kahlo
B. Dolores Huerta
C. Sonia Sotomayor
Who is Dolores Huerta?
300
This artist, whose parents are of Dominican & Trinidadian descent, has been called "unabashedly political" and famously supported Bernie Sanders in his 2016 and 2020 presidential runs.
A. Kanye West
B. Cardi B
C. Nicki Minaj
Who is Cardi B? 
300
Sylvia Rivera, born to a Puerto Rican father and Venezuelan mother in THIS U.S. city, was an activist in the gay liberation and transgender rights movements. Alongside friend Marsha P. Johnson, Rivera co-founded "Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR)" to help "homeless young drag queens, gay youth, and trans women."
A. Chicago
B. New York
C. Los Angeles
What is New York?
400
Legislation by Rep. Esteban Edward Torres and amended by Senator Paul Simon, who hail from THESE two states, was signed into law to create Hispanic Heritage Month.
A. Florida and California
B. Illinois and California
C. Illinois and Texas
What are Illinois and California?
400
This term, which was once considered offensive, was reclaimed by people in the 1960s to describe an empowered person of Mexican American heritage.
A. Latin American
B. Latino
C. Chicano
What is Chicano (or Chicana)?
400
She is a Puerto Rican actress, singer, and dancer who has had a 70+ year career. Today, she is one of only a handful of people who have earned the "EGOT" (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) and the only Latina to earn it so far.
A. Rita Moreno
B. Frida Kahlo
C. Stephanie Gonzalez
Who is Rita Moreno?
400
Poet Felipe Luciano started the New York branch of THIS revolutionary organization, initially founded in Chicago, which held views similar to the Black Panther Party, and was anti-capitalist, anti-racist, and pro-Puerto Rican independence.
A. Rainbow Coalition
B. Young Lords
C. Chicago Black Panther Party
What is the Young Lords?
400
According to the Minority Veterans Report by the Department of Veterans Affairs, THIS was the first war in which Hispanic Americans served.
A. Civil War
B. World War I
C. Revolutionary War
What is the Revolutionary War?
(Hispanic Americans have fought in every war, on or off American soil. There are over 1.2 million vets of Hispanic or Latino descent).