Hispanic Culture Trivia #1

Question 1

What is the famous book written by Miguel de Cervantes?

Accepted Answer

Don Quixote

Question 2

What is the most popular sport in the Spanish-speaking world?

Accepted Answer

soccer

Question 3

What is the Argentinian version of a "cowboy?"

Accepted Answer

gaucho

Question 4

What body of water borders Spain to the southeast?

Accepted Answer

Mediterranean Sea

Question 5

What's unique about the gardens of Xochimilco, Mexico?

Accepted Answer

they float

Question 6

Which Spanish-speaking country is famous for the dance "mambo?"

Accepted Answer

Cuba

Question 7

What is a "morfo azul?"

Accepted Answer

butterfly

Question 8

What is regarded as the unofficial national symbol of Spain?

Accepted Answer

bull

Question 9

What is the smallest Central American country?

Accepted Answer

El Salvador

Question 10

What traditional Mexican party item is filled with toys or candy and broken with a stick?

Accepted Answer

pinata

Question 11

Which African country has Spanish as an official language?

Accepted Answer

Equatorial Guinea

Question 12

In which country is the lost Inca city of Machu Picchu?

Accepted Answer

Peru

Question 13

What style of painting is Salvador Dalí famous for creating?

Accepted Answer

surrealism

Question 14

What is the name of the currency (money) used in Spain?

Accepted Answer

euro

Question 15

How many states are there in México?

Accepted Answer

31

Question 16

In what year did the Latin Grammy Awards debut?

Accepted Answer

2000

Question 17

What important scientist did research on the Galapagos Islands?

Accepted Answer

Charles Darwin

Question 18

Lake Titicaca is located between which two South American countries?

Accepted Answer

Bolivia & Peru

Question 19

What South American country borders Colombia & Peru?

Accepted Answer

Ecuador

Question 20

In Spain, what is equal to our "Uncle Sam" in the USA?

Accepted Answer

Juan Español

Question 21

When Spain invaded South America, why did they leave Machu Picchu alone?

Accepted Answer

they couldn't find it

Question 22

What country is famous for the dance called the mambo?

Accepted Answer

Cuba

Question 23

How many countries, islands included, make up the continent of South America?

Accepted Answer

16

Question 24

What mountain range runs down the full length of South America?

Accepted Answer

Andes

Question 25

About how long did Spain rule Mexico?

Accepted Answer

290 years

Question 26

What 2 animals are on the Mexican flag?

Accepted Answer

eagle and serpent

Question 27

What term refers to several Nahuatl-speaking peoples of central Mexico?

Accepted Answer

Aztecs

Question 28

What is the capital of Peru?

Accepted Answer

Lima

Question 29

Which South American country did Panamá originally belong to?

Accepted Answer

Colombia

Question 30

The Atacama Desert, the world's driest desert, is located in which South American country?

Accepted Answer

Chile

Question 31

Which country shares the Iberian Peninsula with Spain?

Accepted Answer

Portugal

Question 32

What is the name of the river that borders Texas and Mexico?

Accepted Answer

Rio Grande

Question 33

What breed of miniature dog originated in Mexico?

Accepted Answer

Chihuahua

Question 34

Who is the national hero of Spain?

Accepted Answer

el Cid

Question 35

What city has the second largest Spanish-speaking population in the world?

Accepted Answer

Bogotá, Columbia

Question 36

What is the name of the currency (money) used in Spain?

Accepted Answer

euro

Question 37

What is the important waterway that connects the Atlantic Ocean & the Mediterranean Sea?

Accepted Answer

Strait of Gibraltar

Question 38

What body of water borders Spain to the southeast?

Accepted Answer

Mediterranean Sea

Question 39

What is the Spanish word for the afternoon nap that occurs after lunch?

Accepted Answer

siesta

Question 40

What Caribbean country shares an island with Haiti?

Accepted Answer

Dominican Republic

Question 41

What ancient Roman structure is still standing & being used today in Segovia, Spain?

Accepted Answer

aqueducts

Question 42

"El bachillerato clásico" is a system of education comparable to what institution in the USA?

Accepted Answer

high school

Question 43

Which explorer defeated the Aztecs and conquered México?

Accepted Answer

Hernán Cortes

Question 44

What is the unusual ingredient in the sauce of "mole poblano?"

Accepted Answer

chocolate

Question 45

Chapultepec is a large park with a castle in what Spanish-speaking capital city?

Accepted Answer

México D.F., México

Question 46

How many miles away is Cuba from the United States?

Accepted Answer

90

Question 47

Where did the merengue music & dance come from?

Accepted Answer

República Dominicana

Question 48

What is the official language of Brasil?

Accepted Answer

Portuguese

Question 49

What is the capital of Chile?

Accepted Answer

Santiago

Question 50

In what year did Puerto Ricans acquire U.S. citizenship?

Accepted Answer

1917

Question 51

What is approximately the population of México D.F., México today?

Accepted Answer

123,166,749

Question 52

What country is famous for the dance called the tango?

Accepted Answer

Argentina

Question 53

Where was the 1st book printed in the Western Hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

México D.F., México

Question 54

What holiday is known as "la Nochebuena?"

Accepted Answer

Christmas Eve

Question 55

What is the smallest Spanish-speaking country in South America?

Accepted Answer

Uruguay

Question 56

What season is it in Argentina in January?

Accepted Answer

summer

Question 57

What do you say in Spain when someone sneezes?

Accepted Answer

Salud

Question 58

What is the highest capital city in the world?

Accepted Answer

La Paz, Bolivia

Question 59

What was the name of the road that connected the Spanish missions (churches) in California?

Accepted Answer

El Camino Real

Question 60

What is the name of the currency (money) used in Puerto Rico?

Accepted Answer

US dollar

Question 61

What is a person who illegally smuggles humans from México into the USA called?

Accepted Answer

coyote

Question 62

Which country is the world's largest producer of olive oil?

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 63

What is the capital of Spain?

Accepted Answer

Madrid

Question 64

Which country is the famous painter Pablo Picasso from?

Accepted Answer

España

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Hispanic Culture Trivia #1

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