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Hispanic Heritage Trivia

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is your name?

4 lines
2.

Type in your Eagle-ID :)

4 lines
3.

What is your Georgia Southern Email?

4 lines
4.

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

5.

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

a)

Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala

b)

Honduras and Nicaragua

c)

Mexico and Chile

d)

All of the above

6.

What does the United States celebrate during Hispanic Heritage Month?

a)

The culture and traditions of people with Hispanic-American roots

b)

The traditions of Spain

c)

The people and culinary culture of Mexico

d)

The first Caribbean immigrants

7.

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

a)

27.8 million

b)

60.6 million

c)

50.5 million

d)

132 million

8.

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)

Maurice Ferré

b)

Cesar Chavez

c)

Hector Garcia

d)

John Baez

9.

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 individual humans from bots or spammers. The tool asks you to read a squiggly series of words or numbers and type them into a box. What's it called?

a)

Spam Filter

b)

CAPTCHA

c)

Bot Destroyer

d)

Spam Catcher

10.

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)

Shakira

b)

Jennifer Lopez

c)

Gloria Estefan

d)

Selena

11.

The first settlement in continetal US has a strong Hispanic accent. Where is it?

a)

Bonita Springs

b)

Los Angeles

c)

St. Augustine

d)

Toledo

12.

Which Miami neighborhood should you visit to attend the largest Latin music festival in the US?

a)

Aventura

b)

Coral Gables

c)

Little Havana

d)

South Beach

13.

Mexicans are the largest Hispanic population in the US, accounting for 62%. Which of these states were at some part of Mexico

a)

Nevada

b)

Oklahoma

c)

Louisiana

d)

Kansas

14.

How do you say "United States" in Spanish?

a)

Unidos Estados

b)

Estados Unidos

15.

What is the official language of Brazil?

a)

Spanish

b)

French

c)

English

d)

Portuguese

16.

Which continent does not have at least one Spanish-speaking country in it? 

a)

Asia

b)

North America

c)

Africa

d)

Europe

17.

In how many countries is Spanish the “official” language?

a)

11

b)

21

c)

7

d)

40

18.

Anthony Ramos, who is of Puerto Rican descent, portrayed John Laurens in Hamilton. He also stars in the film adaptation of what other Lin-Manuel Miranda project?

a)

21 Chump Street

b)

"Tick, Tick... Boom"

c)

"Mary Poppins Returns"

d)

"In the Heights"

19.

This Spanish cake is created from three types of milk: evaporated, condensed, and heavy cream. Name this rich and tasty treat.

a)

Ponche Segaviano

b)

Tres leches

c)

Greixonera de brossat

d)

Coca de San Juan

20.

One of the identifying symbols of the Valencia region of Spain, what is this stew-like meat and rice dish called?

a)

Arroz el Caldero

b)

Paella

c)

Fideua

d)

Tilapia