World language Quiz Bowl Part #1

Was Mexico aligned with the Axis or Allied powers?

What famous Argentine writer who was almost blind for most of his life?

What part of the pumpkin has been used since Pre-Columbian times as a base for sauces?

What is an empanada?

Who may wear a rebozo?

At what age do Mexican children generally make their first communion?

Who was the first president of the revolutionary era in Mexico?

What is a zócalo in a Mexican city?

At what time do Spaniards eat supper?

Near what Mexican town was the film Night of the Iguana filmed?

Name the famous park located in Madrid.

From whom do Nicaragua’s Sandinistas take their name?

What does RENFE refer to?

Who was the Mexican artist who also painted murals in Detroit, New York, and San Francisco?

What is depicted in Diego Rivera’s mural in the National Palace?

What is the Spanish language called in all Spanish speaking countries?

Who painted El Entierro del Conde Orgaz?

What did Juan Diego take to the bishop to prove he had seen the Virgin?

Tikal is the ancient city built by what group of people?

In what century did the Moors take over southern Spain?

What famous painter lived in Toledo, Spain?

What is the national emblem of Guatemala?

What language spoken by Incas is still spoken in Bolivia today?

Who is the spirit of the river who is always mourning the death of her children?

How long is a member of the Spanish Congress in office?

What is the main ingredient in pozole?

Near what large Mexican city is Lake Chapala located?

In which country would you find the Atacama Desert?

Who was the court painter for Felipe IV?

Near what U.S. city does Ciudad Juárez lie?

Name one of Mexico’s three mountain ranges

Who founded the Bourbon dynasty in Spain?

What is a charro in Mexico?

What is English for “Salsa picante”?

In what year did Panama assume total control of the Canal Zone?

Who was proclaimed the Queen of Castilla and León in 1474?

Who was the president of Mexico during the revolution of 1910?

When is turrón eaten?

What is El Rastro?

Who had Mexico City’s Palacio de Bellas Artes built?

What is the main ingredient in the drink atole?

Hispanic couples usually have two wedding ceremonies

What surrounded the Aztec city of Tenochtitlán?

If you enter a Spanish building and go up one flight of stairs, what floor are you on?

How many days do the Posadas last?

For what style of painting is Dalí famous?

What place in the city is a ruedo?

What is the role of a curandera?

What artist is famous for his painting of Toledo?

Which is farther north, Mazatlán or Puerto Vallarta?

Which region in Spain is known as the City of flowers?

What nun is colonial Mexico’s best-remembered poet?

What was the profession of the woman who invented mole poblano?

What are the dates of both Mexican Independence days?

What do Hispanic children call “Hide and Seek”?

Pancho Torres and Susana García marry and have a child, Roberto. What is the son’s full name?

Who was the last ruler of the Aztecs?

What was the profession of Miguel Angel Asturias?

What was the profession of José Clemente Orozco?

What does a Guatemalan refer to with the word patojo?

What would you beat with a molinillo?

From whom do Mexico’s Zapatistas take their name?

What group of people built the mosques in Spain?

What is the Mexican religious holiday celebrated the day after All Saints’ Day?

What Mexican president was a Zapotec Indian?

What is the Spanish word for a spoken compliment to women?

In what country are the Altamira caves located?

Who were the Olmecs?

What are tapas in Spain?

Who is the patron saint of Madrid?

What would one drink through a bombilla?

What is the significance of kilómetro cero?

In what city was Antonio López de Santa Anna born?

What nationality are Ticos?

How did Pancho Villa die?