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100

This Puerto Rican singer and songwriter helped bring reggaeton and trap music to a wider audience with songs like "Titi Me Pregunto" and "Me Porto Bonito"

Who is Bad Bunny?

100

The largest country in South America

What is Brazil? (Brazil sprawls across about half of South America's landmass? Because Brazil covers so much land, the country has diverse landscapes (from rainforests to beaches). 

100

Years before the colonization of the Carribean and Latin Americas, ____________ tribes lived there (name four tribes)

Who are the Mayans, the Aztecs, the Incas and the Tainos. 

(Mayans= Guatemala, Southern Mexico, and Northern Honduras, Aztecs= Central Mexico, Incas=Peru and Ecuador, as well as parts of Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, and Colombia, Tainos=Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. )

100

This char-grilled street corn is known as ______

What is Elote? 
100

He created two Broadway musicals—In the Heights and Hamilton—and starred in both of them. He also wrote music for Disney's Moana, appeared in Mary Poppins Returns, and more. Name that Icon:

Who is Lin Manuel-Miranda?

200

Name this song (bonus 10 if you can name the artist)

What is Despacito? 

Who is Luis Fonsi?

200

The indigenous civilization that built Machu Picchu

Who are The Incas? (below is Machu Picchu)

200

This American folk hero fought at the Alamo; he also was a governor of Tennessee.

Who is David Crockett?

200

Originating in Puerto Rico, this traditional dish is made from mashed, fried plantains, often mixed with garlic, olive oil, and pork cracklings

What is mofongo? 

200

In 2009, this woman was the first Latina to ever serve on the Supreme Court (She's a Bronx native) Name that Icon:

Who is Justice Sotomayor?

300

Named the Queen of Tejano music, one of this singer's most famous songs translates to Like a Flower. (name that artist, for extra 10 points name the song)

Who is Selena Quintanilla? 

What is Como la Flor?

300

Located _____, Angel Falls is the world's tallest waterfall. 

What is Venezuela? (below is a picture)  

300

Becoming the first independent Latin American nation after a major slave revolt in 1804, this country paved the way for others in the region to declare independence from Spain shortly after; the term "Latin America" itself was coined by a French economist in the 1850s to distinguish "Latin" peoples from Anglo-Saxons.

What is Haiti?

300

La Bandera is considered the national dish of the _______people, consisting of white rice, chicken or beef, and red beans, accompanied by tostones, green salad or even avocado.

Who are the Dominican people?

300

A Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Here is one of her works:

Who is Frida Kahlo?

400

Known for her fashion and performance, this artist is honored as the “Queen of Salsa” for her role as the Afro Cuban diva who came to represent salsa music for audiences across the world. Her famous phrase throughout her music is "Azucar", paying tribute to her home country of Cuba.

Who is Celia Cruz?

400

The Andes Mountains passes through ______ countries, making it the longest continental mountain range on the planet.

What is 7? (The Andes mountains stretch through seven countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela) 

400

This treaty divided the newly discovered lands in the Americas between Spain and Portugal in 1494

What is The Treaty of Tordesillas?

400

The national dish of this country, Bandeja Paisa, is a typical dish from the region of Antioquia (Medellin) and is composed of beef, ground meat, chicharrón (fried pork belly or rind), chorizo, black beans, rice, fried egg, plantains, arepas, hogao and avocado. 

What is Colombia? 

400

One of the most well-known labor leaders and Latino American civil rights activists of all time, his biggest accomplishments was founding the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) with Dolores Huerta. Name that Icon:

Who is Cesar Chavez?

500

This music genre is a relaxed style of samba developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is mainly characterized by a calm syncopated rhythm with chords and fingerstyle mimicking the beat of a samba groove, as if it was a simplification and stylization on the guitar of the rhythm produced by a samba school band.

What is Bossa Nova?

500

The worlds biggest pyramid isn't located in Egypt, instead it's located _______. 

What is Mexico? (the Great Pyramid of Cholula)

500

Considered the "George Washington of South America", this man lead the independence movements against Spain 

Who is Simon Bolivar? 

500

Being one of the most recognizable dishes in the world, Ceviche is made of _______ and the cooking is with the citrus squeezed on it. (HINT: It's a crustacean) 

What is shrimp? 

500

An American artist of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent. He rose to fame for his informal graffiti in Manhattan's Lower East Side. Name that Icon:

Who is Jean-Michel Basquiat?