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100
This actress and pop star starred as the lead role in Wizards of Waverly Place
Selena Gomez
100
This is the defintion for this tort:
An act intended to cause apprehension of an imminent harmful or offensive contact, which directly or indirectly causes reasonable apprehension of such contact
Assault
100
This Latin American team recently won the World Cup
Argentina
100
This Latin American nation is the only Caribbean nation to share an island with another country.
Domincan Republican
100
The US attempted an overthrow of this country during the "Bay of Pigs" Invasion
Cuba
200
This Puerto Rican pop star from the Bronx played Selena in the Tejano's pop start 1996 biopic.
Jennifer Lopez
200
Where liability is/can be imputed upon the principal for the actions of their agent.
Vicarious Liability
200
Certain politicians have sought to ban the instruction of this social theory alongside teaching about Martin Luther King Jr.
Critical Race Theory
200
Known as "the Liberator" this man led present Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bolivia to independence from Spain.
Simón Bolívar
200
This Latin American country was the last country in the western hemisphere to abolish slavery in 1888.
Brazil.
300
This Chilean-American actor portrays the popular "Mando" on Disney's The Mandalorian.
Pedro Pascal
300
Latin for: "the things speaks for itself", it is the legal principle that an accident implies the existence of negligence even in the absence of direct evidence.
Res Ispa Loquitur
300
Shakira recently dropped a diss track against this former Barcelona soccer player.
Gerard Pique
300
In Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru, this animal often found kept as pets in the US, are eaten as a delicacy
Guinea Pigs
300
After the election of democratic socialist Salvador Allende in 1970, in 1973 the US supported and installed the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in this country often hailed as the birthplace of neoliberalism.
Chile.
400
This Argentinian man became the first Pope from Latin America.
Pope Francis.
400
A motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted is this rule within the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
12(b)(6)
400
It recently took Speaker of the House Keven McCarthy this many attempts to be elected Speaker.
15
400
With a population of more than 12 million, this is the largest city in the Americas
São Paulo, Brazil
400
The US supported and trained troops that executed a genocide of over 200,000 Mayans, and displaced over 1.5 million more, in this Central American country.
Guatemala
500
This Latina actress has appeared in three of the the five highest-grossing films of all time (Avatar, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame)
Zoe Saladaña
500
This criminal law doctrine posits that a person has no duty to retreat before use of force in self-defense when they are being attacked within their own home.
Castle Doctrine
500
This recently elected Latino Congressman from New York embellished his entire resumé, including being Jewish. To which they responded that he claimed he was "Jew-ish" not "Jewish".
George Santos
500
This South American animal is the world's largest rodent.
Capybara
500
This indigenous empire, known for its penchant for human sacrifice, eventually led other indigenous tribes to align with Spain in conquering them.
The Aztec Empire