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Hispanic Heritage Quiz

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Celia Cruz

a)

Dressed as a male Confederate soldier

b)

Known as the Queen of Salsa

c)

1st Hispanic woman on US Cabinet

d)

1st female and 1st Hispanic Surgeon General

2.

Mario Molina

a)

Won Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research of the effect of CFCs on the Ozone Layer

b)

Won Nobel Prize in Physics for his research of the effect of CFCs on the Ozone Layer

c)

Starred in I Love Lucy

d)

1st Hispanic in Astronaut Hall of Fame

3.

Dennis Chávez

a)

Won Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

b)

King of Tejano music

c)

Wrote The House on Mango Street

d)

First Hispanic to serve a full-term in the Senate

4.

Ellen Ochoa

a)

First Hispanic in Astronaut Hall of Fame

b)

First Hispanic woman that went to space

c)

Activist for women's and civil rights

d)

First female Hispanic Surgeon General

5.

Luis Walter Álvarez

a)

Won Nobel Prize in Chemistry

b)

1st Hispanic to serve a full-term in the Senate

c)

Won a Pulitzer Prize for Physics for his investigations into subatomic particles

d)

Won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his investigations into subatomic particles

6.

Sandra Cisneros

a)

Dressed as a male Confederate soldier

b)

Wrote The House on Mango Street

c)

1st Hispanic woman on US Cabinet

d)

1st female and 1st Hispanic Surgeon General

7.

Desi Arnaz

a)

Won Nobel Prize in Chemistry

b)

1st Hispanic to serve a full-term in the Senate

c)

Won a Pulitzer Prize for Physics for his investigations into subatomic particles

d)

Starred in I Love Lucy

8.

Loreta Janeta Velázquez

a)

Won Nobel Prize in Chemistry

b)

1st Hispanic to serve a full-term in the Senate

c)

Dressed as a Male Confederate soldier during the Civil War

d)

Won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his investigations into subatomic particles

9.

Severo Ochoa

a)

First Hispanic in Baseball Hall of Fame

b)

First Hispanic in Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame

c)

Won Nobel Prize in Physiology or medicine

d)

First Female and first Hispanic Surgeon General

10.

Nydia Velázquez

a)

First Puerto Rican woman to serve in Congress

b)

Won Nobel Prize in Physics for his research of the effect of CFCs on the Ozone Layer

c)

Starred in I Love Lucy

d)

1st Hispanic in Astronaut Hall of Fame

11.

Sonia Sotomayor

a)

Won Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

b)

King of Tejano music

c)

Wrote The House on Mango Street

d)

First Hispanic to serve on the Supreme Court

12.

Carlos Santana

a)

First Latino in the Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame

b)

First Hispanic woman that went to space

c)

Activist for women's and civil rights

d)

First female Hispanic Surgeon General

13.

Antonia Novello

a)

First female and first Hispanic Surgeon General

b)

1st Hispanic to serve a full-term in the Senate

c)

Won a Pulitzer Prize for Physics for his investigations into subatomic particles

d)

Won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his investigations into subatomic particles

14.

Roberto Clemente

a)

Oscar nominated for his role in Stand and Deliver

b)

First Hispanic to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame

c)

1st Hispanic on US Cabinet

d)

1st Hispanic Surgeon General

15.

Rita Moreno

a)

First Puerto Rican in Congress

b)

Activist for women's and civil rights

c)

First Hispanic and one of the few that has won an Oscar, Emmy and a Tony award.

d)

Won two Oscars

16.

Hilda Solís

a)

Known as the Queen of Tejano music

b)

First Hispanic on the Supreme Court

c)

First Hispanic woman in space

d)

First Hispanic to serve on the US Cabinet

17.

Anthony Quinn

a)

Known as the Queen of Tejano music

b)

First Hispanic on the Supreme Court

c)

First actor, painter and writer to win two Oscars

d)

First Hispanic to serve on the US Cabinet

18.

César Chávez

a)

Starred in I Love Lucy

b)

Activist for civil and agricultural workers' rights

c)

Won a Pulitzer prize

d)

Won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

19.

Selena Quintanilla Pérez

a)

Starred in I Love Lucy

b)

Activist for civil and agricultural workers' rights

c)

Known as the Queen of Tejano music

d)

Won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

20.

Franklin Chang-Díaz

a)

Known as the Queen of Tejano music

b)

First Hispanic on the Supreme Court

c)

First Hispanic woman in space

d)

First Hispanic on the Astronaut Hall of Fame

21.

Dolores Huerta

a)

Activist for civil, agricultural workers' and womens' rights

b)

Known as the Queen of Salsa

c)

First Hispanic in Astronaut Hall of Fame

d)

First Latina in Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame

22.

Óscar Hijuelos

a)

Activist for civil, agricultural workers' and womens' rights

b)

Won a Pulitzer prize for fiction

c)

First Hispanic in Astronaut Hall of Fame

d)

First Latina in Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame

23.

Edward James Olmos

a)

Won an Oscar for his role in Stand and Deliver

b)

Activist for women's and civil rights

c)

First Hispanic and one of the few that has won an Oscar, Emmy and a Tony award.

d)

Won two Oscars