Spanish 3 Culture Questions

What does La Llorona do

Cry

The Bay of Pigs was the site of a failed invasion in 1961.  In what country is it located?

Cuba

 This Mexican president (1806-1872) was a Zapotec Indian.  He achieved land reform and the separation of church and state and is called “the Abraham Lincoln of Mexico.”  Who was this great leader?

Benito Juarez

In what sport does the torero, or main performer, wear an outfit called a “suit of lights”?

Bullfight

On what day would you eat pan de muerto and honor ancestors with ofrendas? 

Dia De los Muertos

What great humanitarian was also the first Hispanic to be named to the Baseball Hall of Fame

Roberto Clemente

The Galápagos Islands, famous for their unusual animals, are off the coast of what country?

Ecuador

This engineering marvel allows ships to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans without traveling all the way around South America.  It was built by the United States between 1904 and 1914.  What is this remarkable engineering achievement?

Panama Canal

The musical world lost a great talent when this popular young Mexican American singer from Texas was killed by a fan in 1995.  Who was this recording artist?

Selena

According to a Spanish saying, if you keep your mouth shut, what cannot enter?  

Flies

 Is Las posadas a celebration during what time?

Christmas Time

Spanish tradition says that wearing _______on New Year’s Eve brings good luck in love.

New Red Underwear

Why do some Spanish people eat one grape at each stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve?  

to receive good luck for every month of the year

What are tapas? 

little plates of food

Who was the court painter for King Felipe IV and renowned for the masterpiece Las meninas?

Diego Velázquez

This museum in Madrid, Spain houses one of the finest art collections in the entire world.  What is the name of this museum?

The Prado Museum

Who was known around the world as the Queen of Salsa?

Celia Cruz

Name the red bloom that is known as the Christmas Eve Flower in Mexico.

poinsettia

Which animal is native to the Andes

Guinea Pig

 What was the capital of the Inca empire in Peru?   

Cuzco

Lake Titicaca is located between what two South American countries? 

Bolivia and Peru

What is unique about the gardens of Xochimilco? 

They Float

For what style of painting is Dalí famous?  

Surrealism

The brutal destruction of the small town of Guernica in northern Spain during the Spanish Civil War inspired one of the world’s most famous paintings.  Who painted  Guernica? 

Pablo Picasso

Who were los Niños Héroes?  

six Mexican military cadets who died defending Mexico at Mexico City’s Chapultepec Castle

In the 19th century, what Catholic nation’s soldiers deserted from the U.S. army to fight for Mexico?

Ireland

What fruit did many Americans boycott in the 1960s to support a strike by the United Farm Workers?

Grapes

Name the long river that marks the border between Texas and Mexico.

Rio Grande

 If you lived in South America’s smallest Hispanic country, where would you live?

Uruguay

Traditional paella valenciana contains what four ingredients?  

rice, rabbit, snails and chicken

 This Spaniard (1881-1973) is probably the most famous artist of the twentieth century.  His daughter, Paloma, is also an artist, best known for the jewelry she designs.  Who is this Spanish artist?

Pablo Picasso

What hand instrument accompanies many Spanish dances?

las castañuelas

What color is the famous pottery from Oaxaca, Mexico? 

black

  El Yunque is the only rainforest that is part of the U.S. National Park Service.  Where would you go to visit El Yunque?

Puerto Rico

 Some of our states have Spanish names.  These names, for example, mean “colored,”, “flowery,”  “mountain,” and “snow-covered.”  What four states are these?

Colorado, Florida, Montana, Nevada

 What two animals appear on the Mexican flag?  

The eagle and the serpent

Which Hispanic country abolished the army?  

Costa Rica

 What Spanish-speaking country is the world’s leading commercial producer of olives?

Spain

 This Caribbean island was ceded by Spain to the United States in 1898 following the Spanish-American War.  It is currently a U.S. commonwealth.  What is the name of this island?

Puerto Rico

What is the only indigenous language of the Americas whose speakers include a large proportion of non-indigenous people?

guaraní