History
This holiday is celebrated on May 5.
What is Cinco de Mayo?
This green dip is made mainly from avocados.
What is guacamole?
This traditional Mexican game is similar to bingo.
What is Lotería?
This Texas city is especially famous for Fiesta events that celebrate Mexican heritage.
What is San Antonio?
Cinco de Mayo is much more widely celebrated in this country than in most of Mexico.
What is the United States?
Cinco de Mayo commemorates this 1862 battle victory.
What is The Battle of Puebla?
These are often filled with meat or cheese and wrapped in corn husks.
What are tamales?
This festive decoration is often filled with candy.
What is a piñata?
This river forms much of the border between Texas and Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande?
This spicy ingredient is common in many salsas.
What is a pepper or jalapeño?
Mexico defeated this country at the Battle of Puebla.
What is France?
This sweet dessert is known as “three milk cake.”
What is tres leches?
This style of traditional Mexican music often features trumpets and string instruments.
What is mariachi?
This Texas city has one of the largest Mexican American populations in the U.S.
What is Houston? (San Antonio or Dallas are also acceptable)
This is the shape many piñatas are traditionally made in for parties.
What is a star?
Many people mistakenly think Cinco de Mayo is this holiday.
What is Mexico’s Independence Day?
Salsa verde gets its color mainly from these.
What are tomatillos?
This colorful paper decoration is often seen at Mexican celebrations.
What is papel picado?
Texas and Mexico once shared this historical period involving a struggle for independence.
What is the Texas Revolution?
This fizzy grapefruit soda is a popular Mexican soft drink.
What is Jarritos?
This U.S. president helped popularize Cinco de Mayo celebrations in the U.S. starting in the 1990s.
Who is Bill Clinton?
This popular street food is corn often topped with cheese, lime, and chili.
Answer: What is elote?
This Mexican art tradition features brightly painted skulls and is commonly associated with Día de los Muertos.
What are calaveras?
This Mexican state shares the longest border with Texas.
What is Coahuila?
(Also acceptable: Tamaulipas)
This city in Mexico is at the center of Cinco de Mayo history.
What is Puebla?