Hispanic Heritage Month Trivia!

History of Hispanic Heritage Month

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Hispanic heritage month begins on this day.

10

In 1988, this U.S. president passed the law to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage for a month.

President Reagan

15

This is the reason Hispanic Heritage Month begins on the day it does.

The start date is the independence day for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras & Nicaragua. Mexico is 1 day later, and Chile is on the 18th.

20

In 1968 President Lyndon B. Johnson started this tradition. However, it didn't last a month. How long did it last?

One Week.

25

This former US President was a sponsor of the original 1968 Hispanic Heritage Week resolution while serving in the House of Representatives.

George HW Bush

Famous Hispanic and Latinx Individuals

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In just a few short years, she has become one of the major leading voices for Hispanic Americans in politics today.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

10

This writer and musician had his Musical 'In the Heights' open on Broadway in March of 2008.

Lin Manuel Miranda

15

She was the first Hispanic woman in space, the 11th director of the Johnson Space Center and the center’s first Hispanic director.

Ellen Ochoa

20

A pioneer of the game, this baseball legend paved the way for Hispanic Americans in Major League Baseball. He went on to become the first Latin American and Caribbean to win a World Series as a starting player in 1960.

Roberto Clemente

25

This singer is often synonymous with Latin music in the United States. Her lengthy career has earned her three Grammy Awards and a Presidential Medal of Freedom under President Obama in 2015, as well as the Kennedy Center Honors in 2017.

Gloria Estefan

Hispanic Heritage Month - Geography

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This is the longest River in South America

The Amazon

10

Angel Falls is the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world. It can be found in this South American country.

Venezuela

15

Of the seven Central American nations, this many have only one coastline

Two. Belize borders only the Caribbean Sea, which includes the Gulf of Honduras. El Salvador borders only the Pacific Ocean

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How many US states had a Hispanic population of more than 1 million residents in 2020?

12 - Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Texas

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There are this  many countries in Latin America & the Caribbean

33

Hispanic Heritage Month- Literature

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The story follows the adventures of a man who loses his sanity and decides to bring justice to the world.

Don Quijote de la Mancha

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This book tells the story of a man and his donkey, and the life they lead.

Platero y Yo

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The novel follows the life of the Trueba family and incorporates magical realism.

La Casa de los Espíritus

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This book is considered one of the greatest books of literature. It was a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.

Cien años de soledad / One Hundred Years of Solitude

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The story of this book follows Tita and her struggle to earn her independence from her traditional family.

Como agua para chocolate

Hispanic Heritage Month- Art

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Pablo Picasso

10

Frida Kahlo

15

Salvador Dalí

20

Diego Rivera

25

José Clemente Orozco