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This is National Hispanic Month

¿Cómo se dice "septiembre?"

100

This female singer is from Colombia.

¿Quién es "Shakira?"

100

"Zoey Saldana" is often misspelled.  What letter is missing?

¿Cómo se dice "ñ?"

100

He was the first baseball player from Latin America to be elected the American League Rookie of the Year.

¿Quién es Luis Aparicio?

100

He was the first Mexican-American poet to be named Poet Laureate.

¿Quién es Juan Felipe Herrera?

200

Central America’s first female president, who served as president of Nicaragua from 1990 to 1997?.

¿Quien es Violeta Barrios Torres de Chamorro?

200

The first Hispanic actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, awarded for his 1950 portrayal of Cyrano de Bergerac in the movie with the same name?

¿Quién es José Ferrer?

200

The play Evita is loosely based on events of this famous Argentine’s life.

¿Quién es Eva Perón?

200

This Cuban ballerina is highly regarded for her convincing portrayals of leading roles in the great works of classical and Romantic ballet? She choreographed Swan Lake for the Ballet de Cuba, a ballet company she founded.

¿Quién es Alicia Alonso?

200

This author won the award for Novel of the Year in Chile in 1983, for her debut novel, La Casa de los Espíritus, or The House of the Spirits

¿Quién es Isabel Allende?

300

The Mexican army defeated This country’s army  in The Battle of Puebla on May 5th, 1862? Cinco de Mayo is celebrated to commemorate this victory.

¿Cómo se dice "Francia?"

300

PUERTO RICAN SINGER WHOSE REAL NAME IS BENITO ANTONIO MARTíNEZ OCASIO












¿Quién es Bad Bunny?


300

Mexican director, screenwriter, and producer is known for Pan’s Labyrinth

¿Quién es Guillermo del Toro?

300

This Puerto Rican baseball player was named the most valuable player (MVP) in the National League in 1966 and was also known for his humanitarian work.

¿Quién es Roberto Clemente?

300

This Colombian author helped make magical realism popular, with his book One Hundred Years of Solitude.

¿Quién es Gabriel García Marquéz?

400

The father of Uruguayan independence for his resistance efforts to keep Argentina from absorbing Uruguay from 1814-1819




¿Quién es José Gervasio Artigas?

400

Which Mexican painter, best known for her self portraits, painted art pieces such as Self-Portrait Wearing a Velvet Dress in 1926?


¿Quién es Frida Khalo?  

400

This Puerto Rican actress and singer is the highest paid Latina actress in the history of Hollywood.

¿Quién es Jennifer Lopez?

400

This Dominican baseball player helped the Red Sox win the 2004 World Series.

¿Quién es David Ortiz?

400

This Nicaraguan poet is often considered one of the best Spanish language poets and is known for publishing works such as Azul, published in 1888 and Cantos de Vida y Esperanza, published in 1905.



¿Quién es Rubén Darío?

500

The leader of the Mexican army who reclaimed the Alamo from Texan reels, following a 13-day battle in 1836? This battle is known as the Battle of the Alamo and occurred during the Texan war for independence from Mexico.

¿Quién es Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna?

500

Who was the first Hispanic person, and woman of color, to serve as an American Supreme Court Justice, nominated by Barack Obama in 2009, following the retirement of Justice David Souter?

¿Quién es Sonia Sotomayor?

500

This Only Murders in the Building singer/actress is bilingual.

¿Quién es Selena Gomez?

500

This soccer player from Argentina  wears the #10 on his country's jersey.

¿Quién es Lionel Messi?

500

Argentine author of  the story "The Aleph."

¿Quién es Jorge Luis Borges?