Language
Spanish greeting that means "good morning"
What is buenos dias?
Popular Latin American dessert that is made by soaking cake in three types of milk
What is tres leches?
Cuban singer who is known as the "Queen of Salsa"
Who is Celia Cruz?
Largest Spanish speaking country by population
What is Mexico?
This explorer sailed across the Atlantic in 1492 while searching for a route to Asia
Who is Christopher Columbus?
In Spanish, this punctuation mark appears at the beginning of a question
What is the inverted question mark?
What is paella?
What is ranchera?
This country is home to the Andes Mountains and Machu Picchu
What is Peru?
Cuban leader who overthrew Fulgencio Batista in the revolution of 1959
Who is Fidel Castro?
Spanish is a part of this group of languages
What are romance languages?
Peruvian dish that consists of raw seafood marinated in citrus and seasoning
What is ceviche?
Puerto Rican singer-songwriter who made a surprise appearance in the Super Bowl 60 halftime show
Who is Ricky Martin?
This city is the largest in Venezuela and its capital
What is Caracas?
1898 war that resulted in Spain losing control of Cuba and Puerto Rico
What is the Spanish-American War?
The words carpeta, embarazada and éxito are all examples of this phenomenon
What is a false cognate/false friend?
Typical breakfast in Venezuela and Columbia that consists of cornmeal bread filled with meat, cheese or other ingredients
What is an arepa?
This group was originally formed in New York and blended bachata with hip-hop and R&B to appeal to younger audiences
What is Aventura?
A country that is considered Latino, but not Hispanic
What is Brazil/Haiti/French Guiana?
National liberator and foremost Founding Father of the Dominican Republic
Who is Juan Pablo Duarte?
This is the only Latin American country where Spanish is recognized as an official language, but it isn't the most widely spoken in daily life
What is Paraguay?
The three ingredients that, when paired with mangú, give the classic Dominican breakfast Tres Golpes its name
What are salami, cheese and eggs?
Andrés Landero, Fito Olivares, A.B. Quintanilla III, and Lisandro Meza were all given this title for the genre they helped popularize
What is the King of Cumbia?
The Atacama Desert, the oldest and driest desert in the world, is located in this South American country
What is Chile?
This treaty signed in 1494 divided newly claimed territories outside Europe between Spain and Portugal
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?