Who is a veteran of four space flights and the first Hispanic woman in space?
Ellen Ochoa
100
The mop was designed by a Spanish inventor named __________.
Manuel Corominas
100
The Supreme court case that declared Mexican Americans and all other racial groups had equal protection under the 14th amendment.
Hernandez vs. Texas
100
What was the name of the school attended by "common" people in Aztec culture?
Telpochcalli
100
In 1962, he founded the National Farm Workers Association, later to become the United Farm Workers - the UFW. He was joined by Delores Huerta and the union was born. Who is he?
Cesar Chavez
200
Born in Mexico City in 1943, this chemist was so interested in science that he created his own chemistry lab in a bathroom at his home. Who is he?
Mario Molina
200
Eric Bernat created this child's favorite in 1958.
The lollipop
200
Who was the first Hispanic to represent Texas in the U.S. Congress?
Henry B. Gonzalez
200
What was the name of the main temple in the center of Tenochtitlan?The
Great Temple of Huitzilpochtli and Tlaloc
200
_________ has been nominated to 28 Grammy Awards, winning the honor 14 times.
Emilio Estefan
300
Michael Servetus also known as Miguel Servet, was a Spanish physician, cartographer, and Renaissance humanist. He was the first European to correctly describe the function of what?
pulmonary circulation
300
Leonardo Torres y Quevedo invented the first computer game in Spanish history known as the ___________, an autonomous robotics chess game.
Ajedrecista
300
Name the Latina judge named to the country's highest court?
Judge Sonia Sotomayor
300
The Inca had no method of writing so they developed a system of?
Knotted cords
300
Billionaire _________ __________, a fourth-generation Mexican American, not only is the first Latino team owner in major U.S. sports but also is changing the rules of the game.
Arturo Moreno
400
Named after his grandfather, a famed Spanish American physician, this physicist is known for his work with radioactive nuclei.
Luis Walter Alvarez
400
Santiago Ramon y Cajal who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1906 for his work on the structure of the _______________.
nervous system
400
He was a Mexican-American labor activist, professor, poet, writer, and key figure in the history of immigrant farm worker organization in California?
Ernesto Galarza
400
What two major legal battles were won that directly affect Hispanic education in the United States?
Mendez v. Westminster and Hernandez v. Texas
400
Of 400 richest Americans, 39 are immigrants who came to the United States from 23 nations and fulfilled the American Dream, and only one of them is Latino. Who is he?
Jorge Perez
500
In 1990, _________ became the first Hispanic person, and first woman to be appointed as Surgeon General of the United States.
Antonia Novello
500
Spanish inventor and engineer Narcis Monturiol Estarriol designed the first _____________________ in 1859 that was propelled by an early form of air-independent propulsion.
Combustion engine driven submarine
500
Who worked in the cotton fields picking cotton, cleaning houses, and eventually represented workers for various labor unions in Texas?
Linda Chavez-Thompson
500
What Hispanic American became famous for his work with troubled, "unteachable" high school math students? His story was told in the 1988 film Stand and Deliver.
Jaime Escalante
500
In 2005, he became the first American to win the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) award for the best designer two years running. Who is he?