Sports
This is the most popular sport in the majority of Latin American countries.
What is futbol?
This person is the first Latina Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
This Latin American artist is known as The King of Latin Pop who began his career at 12 years old with the band Menudo.
Who is Ricky Martin?
This country lies on the equator and is home to the islands that inspired Darwin's Theory of Evolution.
What is Ecuador?
This Latin dance comes in many different styles, just like the food its name also represents.
What is salsa?
Argentinian NBA player Manu Ginobili player was one of the "Big Three" on this NBA team.
Who are the San Antonio Spurs?
This current Latina Congresswoman is the youngest woman to be elected to Congress.
Who is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC)?
This renowned Mexican painter and feminist and LGBTQ icon was known for her self-portraits.
This is the only landlocked country in South America.
What is Paraguay?
Roberto Goizueta became the first Latinx CEO of any Fortune 500 company when he took the helm at this world-famous beverage maker.
What is Coca-Cola?
This Argentinian soccer phenom scored the "Goal of the Century" in the quarterfinals of the World Cup against England.
These two island destinations have the same flag, with the colors inverted.
What are Puerto Rico and Cuba?
Winning these four major entertainment awards made Rita Moreno, famous Puerto Rican actress, singer, and dancer, one of 16 EGOT winners.
What is the Emmy, the Grammy, the Oscar, and the Tony?
These two countries share an island called Hispaniola.
What are Haiti and Dominican Republic?
This delicious South American dish (originated in Peru) is made of fresh raw fish cured in fresh citrus juices.
What is ceviche?
This Pittsburgh Pirate legend was the first Carribean-born and Latin American inductee into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Who is Roberto Clemente?
This Senator delivered the Republican Response to the 2013 State of the Union Address, the first time the response was delivered in English and Spanish.
Who is Marco Rubio?
Alejandro González Iñárritu, one of Hollywood's famous "Three Amigos" (three Mexican directors known for their mid 2010s winning streak of Best Director awards), won the 2015 Academy Award for Best Director for this film starting Leonado DiCaprio.
What is The Revenant?
This South American mountain chain is the longest continental mountain range in the world.
What are the Andes Mountains?
In the last decade, this percent (rounded to the nearest 10%) of new businesses were started by Latinxs.
What is 80%?
This is the nickname of Oscar De La Hoya, famous Mexican-American boxer who won 11 world titles.
Known as "El Libertador", he led Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama to independence from the Spanish Empire.
Who is Simon Bolivar?
What is "In the Heights"?
The motto of this country, which is one of five countries that celebrates its independence on the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month, is "Pura Vida".
What is Costa Rica?
This Colombian cyclist won the Tour de France in 2019, as the youngest rider to win the Grand Tour since 1909.
Who is Egan Bernal?