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Advisory Competition - 9/10

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What dates do we celebrate Latinx Heritage Month?

a)

September 10 - October 10

b)

September 15 - October 15

c)

September 5 - October 5

d)

September 25 - October 25

2.

How many Latin American countries are there?

a)

47

b)

17

c)

33

d)

31

3.

True or False: Mexico City sinks ten inches every year

a)

True

b)

False

4.

How many languages are spoken in Latin America?

a)

100

b)

200

c)

300

d)

More than 350

5.

When was the first time Hispanic Heritage Week (now Hispanic Heritage Month) was celebrated in the U.S?

a)

1988

b)

1968

c)

1990

d)

1978

6.

Hispanic Heritage Month starts on September 15 in part because it coincides with the independence dates of which countries...

a)

Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala

b)

Honduras and Nicaragua

c)

Mexico and Chile

d)

All of the above

7.

What does the United States celebrate during Hispanic Heritage Month?

a)

The traditions of Spain

b)

The people and culinary culture of Mexico

c)

The first Caribbean immigrants

d)

The culture and traditions of people with Hispanic-American roots

8.

How large was the self-described U.S. Hispanic population as of 2019?

a)

132 million

b)

50.5 million

c)

60.6 million

d)

27.8 million

9.

2000 marked the first time Hispanic surnames made the list of the 15 most common surnames in that year’s census. Do you know which one was the most common?

a)

Rodriguez

b)

Martinez

c)

Hernandez

d)

Garcia

10.

Which artists are in the picture?

a)

Frida Kahlo and Pablo Picasso

b)

Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo

c)

Diego Rivera and Lola Beltran

d)

Camille Claudel and Auguste Rodin

11.

Who is this?

a)

Diego Rivera

b)

Cesar Chavez

c)

Diego Luna

d)

Vicente Fernandez

12.

In the 1960s, this civil rights activist founded the first successful union for farm workers, helping thousands of laborers obtain better pay and working conditions. Who was he?

a)

Hector Garcia

b)

Maurice Ferré

c)

John Baez

d)

Cesar Chavez

13.

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 1990s. Who was she?

a)

Gloria Estefan

b)

Jennifer Lopez

c)

Selena Quintanilla

d)

Shakira

14.

The Galapagos islands belong to which country?

a)

Ecuador

b)

Colombia

c)

Venezuela

d)

Peru

15.

Who created this?

a)

Diego Rivera

b)

Pablo Picasso

c)

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

d)

Vincent van Gogh

16.

Dr. Domingo Liotta created the first artificial heart, from what country was he from?

a)

Mexico

b)

Argentina

c)

El Salvador

d)

Ecuador

17.

Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena was an engineer that invented color TV, from what country was he from?

a)

Honduras

b)

Chile

c)

Panama

d)

Mexico

18.

Who was the first Latinx woman to win an Oscar?

a)

Rita Moreno

b)

Salma Hayek

c)

Yalitza Aparicio

d)

Lupita Nyong’o

19.

Who is this?

a)

Jenni Rivera

b)

Selena Quintanilla

c)

Jennifer Lopez

d)

Selena Gomez

20.

Who is this?

a)

Dolores Huerta

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Maria Hinojosa

d)

Nancy Lopez