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Frida Kahlo is know for this type of art.
What are self portraits?
Hispanic Heritage month was first celebrated in the US in this year.
What is 1968?
This important site, which translates to "Old Peak" in the native Quechua language, was designated as a World Heritage Site in 1983.
What is Machu Picchu?
The Bolivian schoolteacher, Jaime Escalante, who reminded his students that "Ganas (drive) is all you need," was the inspiration for this 1988 film.
What is Stand & Deliver?
Modern-day Mexico City was built on the site of a major capital city by these pre-Hispanic indigenous people.
Who are the Aztecs?
Twelve U.S. States now have more than this many hispanic residents as of 2019.
What is 1 million?
The first letters of each of our Jeopardy categories spells "Junto", which translates to this English word.
What is "together"?
The world's largest uninterrupted waterfall originates in this county.
What is Venezuela?
This Colombian singer co-headlined the 2020 Super Bowl halftime show alongside Jennifer Lopez.
Who is Shakira?
This famous Catholic Latin American celebration on a teenager's 15th birthday has pre-Columbian roots in Aztec culture.
What is Fiesta Quinceañera? (O siplamente "Quinceañera"?)
This late night comedian became the first Mexican-American to host a late night talk show on an English language network.
Who is George Lopez?
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua all celebrate their independence days on this date.
What is September 15th?
This important site, which translates to "Old Peak" in the native Quechua language, was designated as a World Heritage Site in 1983.
What is Machu Picchu?
Reggaeton originated in this Caribbean country.
What is Puerto Rico?
This indigenous people had developed the largest empire in the Western Hemisphere before any European settlers had first landed in Central and South America.
Who are the Inca?
During the Great Depression, more than 1.8 million people of this Nationality were forcibly deported from the United States, more than 60% of whom were US citizens.
What is Mexico/Mexican?
This ancestral remembrance holiday is observed in Mexico and other Latin American cultures to keep the memory alive of those who came before us and cope with the trauma of loss.
What is Dia de los Muertos?
The Great Blue Hole, a giant marine sinkhole, is located 43 miles off the coast of this country, and measures 1,043 feet across and 407 feet deep.
What is Belize?
This Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, and actor was born in San Juan in 1971 and dubbed the "King of Latin Pop", the "King of Latin Music", and the "Latin Pop God."
Who is Ricky Martin?
This annual Christian period of celebration in March or April is observed in Guatemala, Mexico, and many other countries in Central and South America.
What is Semana Santa (Holy Week)?
Written in verse, this award-winning debut novel by Elizabeth Acevedo explores the life of a young Dominican American girl growing up in East Harlem and follows her as she discovers the power of poetry.
What is The Poet X?
This is an annual gathering of more than 30 Latin American countries that has been happening every year since 1986.
What is The Rio Group?
Two Spanish shipwrecks, the La Galga and the Juno, which set sail from Cuba in 1750, are part of the history of this Maryland Island's National Seashore, and to this day remain the property of the Spanish government.
What is Assateague Island?
At the World Series game in October 1968, this Puerto Rican singer sang their personal interpretation of "The Star-Spangled Banner," serving as inspiration for many performers thereafter to add their own spin to the American anthem.
Who is José Feliciano?
This Chilean poet and sociologist is credited as being one of the first to use the term "Latin American" in the mid-19th century as a way to form a cohesive identity in resistance to North American imperialism.
Who is Francisco Bilbao?