Mexican Heritage Trivia

1 of 9 justices in the Supreme Court with Hispanic heritage from Bronx, New York is known for her fiery words against racial discrimination in court cases involving police searches and college admissions. Who is this?

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Elena Kagan
• Sonia Sotomayor
• Clarence Thomas

What is the largest Spanish-speaking city in the world?

• Mexico City

• Madrid

• Havana

• Buenos Aires

What type of language is Spanish?

• Romantic language
• Germanic language
• Slavic language
• Semitic language

Which Latin country has no military?

• Brazil
• Mexico
• Costa Rica
• Argentina

This South American country is considered a Latin country because it is located in Latin America, but not considered Latin because the country's primary language is Portuguese...?

• Argentina
• Brazil
• Chile
• Peru

"Hamilton: An American Musical" about an immigrant American Founding Father, Alexander Hamilton, at the 70th Tony Awards, received a record-breaking 16 nominations and won 11 awards, including Best Musical and Pulitzer Prize for Drama created and starred in by this Latinx of Puerto Rican descent?

• Lin-Manuel Miranda
• Ricky Martin
• Jennifer Lopez
• Marc Anthony

This Grammy Award-winning singer sold millions of records and was considered to be the Madonna of the Tejano (Texan-Mexican) music world in the early 1990's. Who was she?

• Jennifer Lopez
• Shakira
• Gloria Estefan
• Selena Quintanilla

Who was the first Latin actor to win an Academy Award?

• Rita Hayworth

• Rosie Perez

• Jennifer Lopez

• Jose Ferrer

Affectionately styled El Libertador or Liberator of America, he led the countries of Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama to independence from the Spanish Empire. Who was he?

• George Washington
• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Abraham Lincoln
• Simon Bolivar

Latin Guatemalan-born computer expert, he co-founded the language-learning platform "Duolingo" and was one of the creators of "CAPTCHA" used by websites to distinguish humans from bots or spammers. Who is he?

• Mark Zuckerberg
• Elon Musk
• Bill Gates
• Luis von Ahn