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Hispanic Heritage Month Trivia

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which five Latin American countries celebrate their independence day on September 15?

a)

Ecuador, Mexico, Chile, Honduras, Costa Rica

b)

El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua

c)

Costa Rica, Honduras, Paraguay, Colombia, Peru

d)

Brazil, Uruguay, Honduras, Venezuela, Nicaragua

2.

Find the Flag - Which country does this flag belong to?

a)

Mexico

b)

El Salvador

c)

Costa Rica

d)

Chile

3.

One of the best-known Latino streets in Miami is:

a)

Calle Ocho

b)

Avenida de la Independencia

c)

Calle La Pequeña Habana

d)

Calle Cuatro

4.

Who was the US President who established HIspanic Heritage Month?

a)

Henry Ford

b)

Barack Obama

c)

Ronald Reagan

d)

George W. Bush

5.

How many countries worldwide have Spanish as their official language?

a)

10

b)

15

c)

20

d)

21

6.

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

a)

1988

b)

1990

c)

1978

d)

1968

7.

Which country celebrates its independence day on Sept. 16?

a)

Mexico

b)

Guatemala

c)

Panama

d)

Bolivia

8.

What state has the largest Hispanic population?

a)

Texas

b)

Florida

c)

California

d)

Idaho

9.

Find the Flag - Which country does this flag belong to?

a)

Panama

b)

Paraguay

c)

Venezuela

d)

Ecuador

10.

This Grammy Award-winning singer was considered to be the Madonna of the Tejano (Texan-Mexican) music world in the early 1990s.

a)

Selena

b)

Jennifer Lopez

c)

Shakira

d)

Gloria Estefan

11.

Hispanics are the largest ethnic or race minority in the United States.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Luis von Ahn is a Guatemalan-born computer expert. He co-founded the language-learning platform Duolingo, but you may know him best as one of the creators of a special tool that some websites use to distinguish humans from robots or spammers. What is the tool called?

a)

Spam Catcher

b)

Spam Filter

c)

CAPTCHA

d)

Bot Destroyer

13.

Find the Flag - Which country does this flag belong to?

a)

Panama

b)

Peru

c)

Nicaragua

d)

Honduras

14.

Nine justices sit on the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land. One grew up at a public housing project in the Bronx, New York, and is known for her fiercely worded attacks on racial discrimination in court cases involving police searches and college admissions. Who is she?

a)

Amy Coney Barrett

b)

Sandra Day O'Connor

c)

Elena Kagan

d)

Sonia Sotomayor

15.

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

a)

Hector Garcia

b)

John Baez

c)

Cesar Chavez

d)

Maurice Ferré

16.

Find the Flag - Which country does this flag belong to?

a)

Puerto Rico

b)

El Salvador

c)

Cuba

d)

Uruguay

17.

A recent U.S. poet laureate wrote more than two dozen books of poetry, many of them about life in California and his heritage as the son of farm workers born in Mexico. Who is he?

a)

Billy Collins

b)

Juan Felipe Herrera

c)

Pablo Neruda

d)

Miguel de Cervantes

18.

Who was the first Hispanic American in space?

a)

Franklin Chang-Diaz

b)

Joseph Acaba

c)

Jose Hernandez

d)

Sidney Gutierrez

19.

Who was the first Hispanic American to be inducted into the baseball hall of fame?

a)

Alex Rodriguez

b)

Roberto Clemente

c)

Sammy Sosa

d)

Mariano Rivera

20.

Find the Flag - Which country does this flag belong to?

a)

Bolivia

b)

Venezuela

c)

Mexico

d)

Spain