WorksheetsHispanic Heritage Trivia
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
This flag represents which country or territory?
Mexico
Spain
Puerto Rico
Cuba
An individual born in Puerto Rico is a citizen of what country?
Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic
United States
Spain
Laurie Hernandez won a gold medal and a silver medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics playing which sport?
Gymnastics
Track & Field
Swimming
Volleyball
What day does Hispanic Heritage Month begin?
August 15
September 15
May 5
February 1
This artist is known as the Queen of Tejano?
Shakria
Jennifer Lopez
Selena Gomez
Selena Quintanilla
When is Mexico’s Independence Day?
September 15
September 16
September 18
May 5
Term referring to being from or having a connection to a Spanish speaking country like El Salvador, Colombia, or Spain
Latino, Latina, Latinx
Hispanic
Term referring to being from or having a connection to Latin America, such as Argentina, Brazil, Panama
Latino, Latina, Latinx
Hispanic
Spanish is ranked as the ______ most spoken language in the U.S.
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
The first Hispanic artist to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Enrique Iglesias
Ricky Martin
Julio Iglesias
Carlos Santana
This painter is known as the master of the self-portrait and is considered a feminist icon
Christina Kahlo
María Izquierdo
Frida Kahlo
Celia Calderón
Activist for Latino American Civil Rights and an American labor leader
Cesar Chavez
Roberto Clemente
Mario J. Molina
Gloria Steinem
This sugar skull face covering is proper attire for what Mexican holiday?
Día de los Muertos
Cinco de Mayo
Día de la Revolución
Día de la Constitución
Which country or territory does this flag represent?
Puerto Rico
Portugal
Mexico
Brazil
Which country or territory does this flag represent?
El Salvador
Ecuador
Brazil
Spain
_____________ became the first Latina Supreme Court Justice in U.S. history.
Dr. Ellen Ochoa
Frida Kahlo
Sonia Sotomayor
Gloria Estefan
_____________ was the first Latina to win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Westside Story.
Rita Moreno
Demi Lavato
Gloria Estefan
Frida Kahlo
__________________ had been nominated for multiple Academy Awards before becoming the first Mexican director to win an Oscar for his 2013 drama, Gravity. His other work includes A Little Princess, Y Tu Mamá También, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and science fiction thrillers like Children of Men
Lin Manuel Miranda
Alfonso Cuarón
Cesar Chavez
Roberto Clemente
__________________ was one of the most beloved baseball players in the history of the sport thanks to his strong batting average and philanthropic efforts off the field. The Puerto Rican right fielder became the first Latin American and Caribbean player to be enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame after his untimely death in 1972.
Lin Manuel Miranda
Cesar Chavez
Roberto Clemente
Alfonsa Cuarón
_______________ penned her way to fame with books like How the García Girls Lost Their Accents and In the Time of the Butterflies. She is considered one of the most significant and successful Latina-American writers of her generation and is credited with paving the way for contemporaries like Junot Diaz.
Rita Moreno
Sonia Sotomayor
Frida Kahlo
Julia Alvarez
_______________ became the first Hispanic woman to go to space when she served on the nine-day STS-56 mission aboard the space shuttle Discovery. She would go on to venture to space four times, logging nearly 1,000 hours in orbit before returning to Earth to make history again, this time as the Johnson Space Center’s first Hispanic director and only its second female director.
Gloria Estefan
Dr. Ellen Ochoa
Julia Alvarez
Rita Moreno
____________________ lyrical talent, love of traditional Broadway tunes, and fondness for hip hop helped catapult his musical to new heights and earned him a Pulitzer Prize, two Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, a MacArthur Fellowship, and multiple Tony Awards.
Cesar Chavez
Roberto Clemente
Lin Manuel Miranda
Alfonso Cuaron
______________________ became the third U.S.-born Latina athlete to make the U.S. women’s gymnastics Olympic team during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil. The New Jersey native wowed fans with her energetic routines and powerhouse tumbling, helping the U.S. to take home the gold in the women’s gymnastics team competition.
Laurie Hernandez
Gloria Estefan
Rita Moreno
Julia Alvarez
_______________ was regarded as a feminist icon for her creativity and political activism. She was the first Mexican artist to be featured in the Louvre and Mexico has declared her works national cultural heritage, prohibiting their export from the country.
Dr. Ellen Ochoa
Gloria Estefan
Rita Moreno
Frida Kahlo
Born to a family of migrant workers in Arizona, ___________________ made it his life’s goal to improve working conditions of farm workers through nonviolent protests and the National Farm Workers Association. He led marches, called for boycotts and went on several hunger strikes. He also brought national awareness to the dangers of pesticides to workers' health.
Lin Manuel Miranda
Cesar Chavez
Roberto Clemente
Alfonso Cuarón
___________________ was an inventor and experimental physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968 for discovering subatomic particles through what physics calls “resonance states” and for developing a device and a method to make the discoveries possible. His work changed the way physicists viewed matter and helped America develop its nuclear technology.
Cesar Chavez
Lin Manuel Miranda
Dr. Luis Walter Alvarez
Roberto Clemente
When is Hispanic Heritage Month?
December 15th -January 15th
September 15th - October 15th
Everyday is Hispanic Heritage Month
September 16th- October 16th
What does the United States celebrate during Hispanic Heritage Month?
The people and culinary culture of Mexico.
The histories, cultures, traditions, and contribution of people with Hispanic-American roots.
The first Caribbean immigrants.
The traditions of Spain.
Why is September 15th so significant?
It is the anniversary of of independence for all Latin American countries.
It is a special day in Spain.
It is the anniversary of independence for Latin American countries Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence days on September 16 and September18,
It is Mexico's independence day.
Approximately, how many Hispanics are living in the US today?
25.5 million
5 million
60.6 million
100,000
ALL Hispanics look the same.
True
False
Hispanics are mixed with:
European and Native Indigenous ancestry.
European, African, Asian, and Native Indigenous ancestry.
African and European ancestry.
Asian and African ancestry.
The 3 major ancient civilizations from North, Central and South America are:
Mayan, Aztec, Spartans
Incan, Mayan, and Aztec
Roman, Aztec, and, Persian
How many countries worldwide have Spanish as their official language?
10
15
20
21
How many Hispanics live in Florida?
2 million.
2.5 million
5 million
5.6 million
