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100
To dance
What is "bailar"?
100
In 1998, this hurricane killed 13,000 people, left 2 million homeless, and caused $5 billion in damages
What is Hurricane Mitch?
100
True or false: When a woman marries, her surname changes
What is false?
100
"Cinderblock"/"block" in Spanish
What is "bloque"?
100
The capital of Honduras
What is Tegucigalpa?
200
To win
What is "ganar"?
200
The flag of Honduras has the same colors as do the flags of Greece and Finland. However, rather than having a cross, the Honduran flag has other symbols. Please state what these other symbols are.
What are 5 stars?
200
3 recreational activities in Honduras
What are soccer, dice, cards?
200
"Community" in Spanish
What is "comunidad (f.)"?
200
The 3 nations that border Honduras
What are Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua?
300
To study
What is "estudiar"?
300
The year in which Honduras declared independence from Spain, with other Central American countries?
What is 1821?
300
97% of Honduras practices this religion
What is Roman Catholicism?
300
"Soccer game" in Spanish
What is "partido de fútbol"?
300
The monetary unit of Honduras is named after a certain chief of an indigenous tribe. State the name of Honduras' currency.
What is the lempira?
400
To shovel/dig
What is "palear"?
400
In western Honduras, near the Guatemalan border, is the valuable archaeological site of Copan, remains of a city that flourished between 150 and 900 CE. Name the Pre-Columbian civilization had the capital city of one of its kingdoms there between 500 and 900 CE
What is the Mayan civilization?
400
The name of the popular Honduran dish that consists of a flour tortilla filled with refried beans, veggies and/or meat, and sour cream?
What is a baleada?
400
"Volunteer" in Spanish
What is "voluntario/a"?
400
The name of the man who is the head mason at SHH
What is Marco (Ramos)?
500
To build
What is "construir"?
500
On his 4th voyage to the New World in 1502, Christopher Columbus reached the Bay Islands and landed on the coast of Honduras near the modern town of Trujillo. Name the valuable resource that was a major factor in inducing the Spanish to form settlements in Honduras, where they subsequently ruled for around 3 centuries
What is silver?
500
Tourism development: The name of the Afro-descendent group of the northern shores that is resisting the development of the "Banana Coast"
What is Garifuna?
500
"Poverty" in Spanish
What is "la pobreza"?
500
Current president of Honduras
What is Porfirio Lobo Sosa (Pepe Lobo)?