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Cultural Trivia Cultural Trivia
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What is the name of the most famous festival in
Bolivia?
La Diablada
Where is jamón serrano from?
Spain
What is sung on a person´s birthday in Mexico?
Las Mañanitas
What was the first name given to Lima by Pizarro?
Ciudad de los Reyes
Guagua is the name given to buses in Cuba and Puerto Rico. What is a guagua in
Colombia?
An animal
How long is a member of the Spanish Parliament in
office?
Four years
What 3 languages are spoken in Bolivia?
Spanish, Aimará, Quechua
What was the first name given to the city of Los Angeles by Mexican
immigrants?
Nuestra Señora la reina de los Ángeles
What is a parador?
A castle converted into a hotel
El Día de los Santos Inocentes is equivalent to what
American day?
April Fools day
What has been the most devestating earthquake ever
recorded?
The earthquake in Chile on May 22, 1960 (9.5 on the Richter
scale)
Who was considered the father of Cuban Independence?
José Martí
Who was Vicente Huidrobo?
A famous poet from Chile
What kinds of architecture do you find in Southern Spain?
Arabic or Moorish
What strait is located between Spain and
Morocco?
The Strait of Gibralter
What is El Escorial?
A palace and monistary
What tribe of Indians gave rise to the myth of white-skinned Indians living in
Panamá?
The San Blas Indians
What do people call fast food in Hispanic countries?
Comida Chatarra (junk food)
When was El Cid, national Spanish hero, born?
Around 1043
Who developed a style of painting known as
“Cubismo”?
Pablo Picasso
Where is Arepa de Huevo a culinary tradition?
Venezuela
Which Puerto Rican baseball player was elected to the
Hall of Fame in 1972?
Roberto Clemente
Who painted Emiliano Zapata and his horse in a
famous mural in Cuernavaca?
Diego Rivera
What famous Spanish writer was born in Granada,
Spain?
Federico García Lorca
Who were the Olmecs?
An indian tribe in Mexico
What famous Puerto Rican female actress played in
West Side Story?
Rita Moreno
When was the metro of Mexico inaugurated?
1970
What does the word IXIM mean in many Mayan
languages?
corn
Who was the king of Spain after Franco?
Juan Carlos
Which dictator from Panamá was brought up on
extradition charges and judged in the USA?
General Manuel Noriega
What is chorizo?
Sausage
What are chicharrones?
Fried pork skins
What is the song “Adelita” about?
Women from the Mexican Revolution
When did president Ernesto Zedillo take office?
1994
Where is Feria Artesanal de Barranquitas celebrated
every year?
Puerto Rico
Who was the first female Hispanic astronaut?
Ellen Ochoa
What do hispanic students do when the teacher enters
the classroom?
Stand up
Who was the first president of the Revolutionary Era in
Mexico?
Francisco Madero
Where is Mapalé danced?
Pacific coast of Colombia
According to the Guinness record, which is the longest
word in Spanish?
Superextraordinarísimo
(the most superextraordinary)
When was the Tratado de Libre Comercio of Mexico,
Canada, and the USA signed?
1994
What is the national airline of Spain?
Iberia
What is the second largest city in Venezuela?
Maracaibo
If you go on vacation to Puerto Plata or La Romana
beaches, where in the Caribbean are you going?
República Dominicana
Who first introduced the olive to Spain?
The Phoenicians
Which volcano is considered the highest active volcano
in the world today?
Cotopaxi (19.340 feet)
Which part of the chili pepper is the hottest part?
The seeds
What is the name of the guitar-like musical
instrument made with the back of an armadillo?
charango
What would you buy at a lechería?
Milk / dairy products
Which country in Central America is called the land
of lakes and volcanos?
Nicaragua
