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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