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This name is given to the fusion of American and Mexican cuisine created by people of Mexican or Criollo Spanish heritage living in the southwestern United States.
What is "tex-mex"?
100
This disease, brought to Mesoamerica by the Spanish conquistadores, is estimated to have killed at least 3 million and as many as 15 million Aztecs.
What is smallpox?
100
This is number of free and sovereign states that make up the country of Mexico.
What is 31?
100
Cousin to filmmaker Robert Rodriguez, his scarred face, long, thin mustache, muscular physique and numerous tattoos make this prolific Mexican-American actor one of the most distinctive character actors of our time.
Who is Danny Trejo?
200
This widely-known Mexican street food was born out of an old custom of picking up other foods with tortillas, instead of utensils.
What is the taco?
200
These are just three of the numerous indigenous societies inhabiting Mesoamerica for several thousand years before Europeans set foot on the continent.
What are any 3 of the following: - Aztec - Olmec - Maya - Zapotec - Izapa - Mixtec - Huastec - Purapecha - Totonac - Turascan - Toltec - Teotihuacan
200
This is the largest state in Mexico, and is reputedly the region of origin for the 25th most popular dog breed in America as of 2014.
What is Chihuahua?
200
This actress of Mexican-American descent is a cat lover and got her start on television after winning a talent competition, though her career really took off after she appeared on award-winning TV series "Desperate Housewives." She now does advertisements for several brands including L'Oreal cosmetics and Magnum ice cream.
Who is Eva Longoria?
300
This beverage was introduced to Latin America by the Spanish. In Mexico, it's most commonly made with rice, vanilla, and cinnamon.
What is horchata?
300
This date is known as Mexico's Independence Day, celebrated each year as the anniversary of the start of the revolt that won Mexico her independence from Spain.
When is September 16th?
300
These mountains are part of a range that extends up through the United States and into Canada.
What is the Sierra Madre?
300
This Mexican-American guitarist, named the 15th Greatest Guitar Player of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine in 2003, has a line of PRS specialty guitars named for him, and achieves his trademark sound by running a single guitar through multiple amplifiers, emulating a human voice resonating in a singer's head, chest, and belly.
Who is Carlos Santana?
400
This cooking technique is the hallmark of Northern Mexican cuisine, as a result of ranch culture promoting outdoor cooking done by men.
What is grilling?
400
This is the full and proper name of the country commonly referred to as "Mexico," made official most recently with the 1917 Federal Constitution.
What is "the United Mexican States" or "los Estados Unidos Mexicanos"?
400
This line passes through six Mexican states and divides the country into tropical and temperate zones.
What is the Tropic of Cancer or 24th Parallel?
400
This Mexican folk song was popularized in 1958, reached as high as #22 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, has been covered by multiple artists, and is ranked #354 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, bearing the additional distinction of being the only song on the list sung in a language other than English.
What is "La Bamba"?
500
These two central features of modern tex-mex cuisine were introduced to Mesoamerican peoples by the Spanish during the Age of Discovery.
What are meat and cheese?
500
Mexico has 32 of these, ranking it sixth in the world and first in North America for number of these things.
What are UNESCO World Heritage Sites?
500
This geologic phenomenon is responsible for the many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that occur yearly in Mexico.
What is the subduction of the Cocos tectonic plate?
500
This prolific Mexican actor, known professionally as "Cantinflas," has been referred to as "the Charlie Chaplin of Mexico" and starred alongside David Niven in the 1956 film "Around the World in 80 Days."
Who is Mario Moreno? (Bonus points for his full name: Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes)