Spanish Language Songs
What 2017 song by Luis Fonsi was later remixed by Justin Bieber?
Despacito
This Spanish-speaking playwright, actor, and author floored audiences with his hit Broadway musical about an often-overlooked US Founding Father.
Lin-Manuel Miranda
This piece of technological equipment used to only exist in black and white, but thanks to a Mexican engineer, we can now watch our favorite programs in color on this device.
Color TV - Mexican engineer Guillermo González Camarena developed the “chromoscopic adapter for television equipment” in the 1930s, before applying for a U.S. patent in 1940.
What is the capital of Mexico?
Mexico City
In 2014, Enrique Iglesias dropped this song, which is great for dancing.
Bailando
This famous Mexican painter stunned the world with her memorizing self-portraits.
Frida Kahlo
This tool is shaped like a food item and is used by many people to help apply makeup all over the face.
Beautyblender/makeup sponge - Rea Ann Silva (of Spanish and Mexican descent) is the creator and CEO of Beautyblender. The popular egg-shaped makeup tool is designed to keep moisture in rather than fight it off. It’s used by beauty professionals and everyday people alike, who tout its unique design and sponge-like materials for enhanced foundation application.
DJ Snake collaborated with what American pop star on their 2019 song, Taki Taki?
Selena Gomez
This Tejaho singer's contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers of the late 20th century.
Selena (Selena Quintanilla)
This artificial organ keeps the blood flowing when a donor organ is unavailable.
Artificial heart - The first artificial heart was created by Argentine surgeon Domingo Santo Liotta. A 47-year-old patient with heart failure received the implant, allowing the patient to live for three days until a heart from a human donor became available.
What is the capital of Guatemala?
Ciudad de Guatemala (Guatemala City)
What Bad Bunny song hit #22 on the US Billboard Top 100 chart in 2022?
Tití Me Preguntó
This Cuban singer broke political, racial, and gender stereotypes to become the "Queen of Salsa".
Celia Cruz
This invention is sometimes an annoyance, but ensures that real people are the ones logging into sites.
CAPTCHA tests/robot tests - These cyber-security challenges were created by Luis von Ahn of Guatemala. He created the technology while studying at Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania, and ended up gifting the technology to Yahoo for free.
Which Spanish-speaking artist wrote 3 songs for the World Cup between 2006 and 2014? DOUBLE points if you can name at least 2 of the 3 songs!
Shakira (Waka Waka, Hips Don't Lie, and La La La)
What is not a Spanish speaking country, Equatorial Guinea or the Democratic Republic of Congo (the DRC)?
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
This Spanish painter and sculptor is known for his abstract, distinctive style and is considered the founder of the cubist movement in art.
Pablo Picasso
With it's persistent owl mascot, this popular language-learning platform once taught your Spanish teacher how to say "the cat eats the orange" in French.
Duolingo - Luis von Ahn (Guatemalan tech entrepreneur) created this app in 2012. The app offers courses in over 40 languages, from Spanish to Swahili to Welsh. A driving motivation was Von Ahn's upbringing in Guatemala, where he saw how expensive it was for people in his community to learn English. He believes that "free education will really change the world" and wanted to supply people with an outlet to do so.