Trivia - Auburn Middle School



Trivia Nombre _____________________________

Hispanic Heritage Quiz Hora _________________

1. Who was the first Hispanic in space?

a. Ellen Ochoa

b. Carlos Noriega

c. Franklin Chang-Díaz

d. Michael López-Alegría

2. The 2000 Census documented the booming Hispanic population at 35.3 million strong. U.S. Hispanics are the fifth largest Spanish-speaking population in the world, behind Mexico, Colombia, Spain and Argentina. By the year 2050, U.S. Latinos are expected to number how many?

a. 100 million

b. 200 million

c. 500 million

d. 1 billion

3. Rodeos are a favorite Latino event. Who was the first Latino cowboy to make his mark in U.S. competition?

a. Luis Pablo Infante

b. Vincente Oropeza

c. John W. González

d. Alejandro “El Charro” Jiménez

4. What was the Pan American Round Table?

a. A committee to organize the first Pan American Games

b. A women's rights organization founded by California Latinas in 1920

c. An association created to foster better relations between Mexico and the U.S.

d. An association founded by Cuban exiles in Key West that sought international support for Cuban independence in 1895

5. Who won the first national award for Chicano literature in 1970?

a. Gregory Nava

b. Chico O’Farrill

c. Rudolfo Anaya

d. Tomás Rivera

6. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis favored wearing fashions from which Hispanic designer?

a. Oscar de la Renta

b. Adolfo

c. Carolina Herrera

d. Coco Chanel

7. Roberto Goizueta is credited with increasing stock prices and improving worldwide brand awareness of what major U.S. company?

a. Nike

b. Coca-Cola

c. Levi’s

d. U.S. Steel

8. Who was the first Hispanic to win a Tony Award for Best Director?

a. José Quintero

b. Néstor Almendros

c. María Irene Fornés

d. Robert Rodríguez

9. Luis Walter Alvarez, who would win the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1968, played an important role in a U.S. government project during WWII. What was his contribution?

a. He recruited a record number of Latinos to the Armed Forces

b. He helped develop the first atomic bomb

c. He developed the mathematical formula to crack the Axis code

d. His work laid the foundation for the establishment of the NASA space program

10. Mexican muralists Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and José Clemente Orozco were all receiving commissions and were very active in art circles in California from 1930 to 1931, inspiring U.S. artists to follow their example. Which Hispanic artist would create the largest outdoor mural in the world?

a. David Alfaro Siqueiros

b. José Clemente Orozco

c. Judith Baca

d. Frida Kahlo

11. Who was the first Puerto Rican baseball player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.?

a. Pedro Martínez

b. Roberto Clemente

c. Omar Vizquel

d. Juan Marichal

12. Name the first Latina to win the Ladies Professional Golf Association championship.

a. Laura Díaz

b. Nancy López

c. Nancy Quarcelino

d. Tigerlina Woods

13. He was leading the National League with the most home runs in 1996. Why did Dominican-born Sammy Sosa miss the last 38 games of that season?

a. A baseball strike cut the season short

b. He was hit by a pitch and broke his wrist

c. He sprained his ankle sliding into second base

d. Attorneys forbid him to play during salary negotiations with the Chicago Cubs

14. Who was the first Hispanic to win a U.S. National Figure Skating Championship?

a. Rudy Galindo

b. Derek Parra

c. Scott Gómez

d. Catherine Machado

15. Linda Alvarado was the first Hispanic to become the owner of a major league baseball team. Which team was it?

a. Chicago Cubs

b. Colorado Rockies

c. Detroit Tigers

d. New York Yankees

16. Who was the first Hispanic boxer to have held championship titles in four different weight divisions?

a. Fernando Vargas

b. Oscar de la Hoya

c. Roberto Durán

d. Tito Trinidad

17. This Latino jockey won three Kentucky Derbies and over 7,000 races in a 31-year career.

a. Angel Cordero

b. Orlando Mojica

c. Rafael Mojica

d. Jorge Chávez

18. Who led the women’s U.S. Softball Olympic Team to gold medals in the 1996 and 2000 games, including a semifinal win over Australia and the gold medal game against Japan?

a. Julia Fernández

b. Lisa Fernández

c. Mary Joe Fernández

d. Gigi Fernández

19. Born in Los Angeles in 1928, for over 40 years he dominated the world of men’s tennis, eventually being named to the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Who was he?

a. Ralph Gonzales

b. Alex Olmedo

c. Pancho González

d. Rod Laver

20. An international soccer legend, he led his native Brazil to four World Cup victories and has been named “Athlete of the Century,” coming in second, behind Muhammad Ali, in a 2000 vote for “Sportsman of the Century.” Who is he?

a. Ronaldo

b. Bebetto

c. Pelé

d. Rivaldo

21. What year did Spanish American actress Rita Hayworth make her Hollywood debut?

a. 1933

b. 1935

c. 1936

d. 1945

22. Gregory Nava became the first Hispanic screenwriter to have a film nominated for an Academy Award. Which film was it?

a. Mi Familia

b. A Walk in the Clouds

c. El Norte

d. Selena

23. The first Hispanic to win an Academy Award for best actor was:

a. Anthony Quinn

b. José Ferrer

c. Benicio del Toro

d. Rita Moreno

24. Carlos Santana’s eclectic group, Santana, is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Santana would go on to collect eight Grammy Awards in 2000 for work on which album?

a. Abraxas

b. Supernatural

c. Blues for Salvador

d. Corazón Espinado

25. The 1988 Hollywood film Stand and Deliver starred Edward James Olmos as a math teacher who turns a tough group of inner city high schoolers in East Los Angeles around. Who was the real-life teacher who inspired the film?

a. Jaime Escalante

b. Vinnie Kotter

c. Lauro Cavazos

d. Mel Martínez

26. Fans of which famous Mexican cartoon character recently led a campaign to return him to U.S. airwaves?

a. Slowpoke Rodríguez

b. Dora the Explorer

c. Speedy Gonzales

d. Zorro

27. What year did the Latin Grammy Awards debut?

a. 1999

b. 1990

c. 2000

d. 2002

28. In 1995, President Bill Clinton presented the National Medal for the Arts to a Hispanic singer, the first time the medal had been awarded to a Latino. Who did he bestow it upon?

a. Marc Anthony

b. La Lupe

c. Vicente Fernández

d. Celia Cruz

29. Which Latino actor helped pioneer innovative techniques in the early days of television?

a. Imogene Coca

b. Ramón Novarro

c. José Ferrer

d. Desi Arnaz

30. Which 1980s recording made history by making it simultaneously to Billboard's pop, dance, black, and Latin charts?

a. "Black Magic Woman," by Santana

b. "Conga," by Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine

c. "La Bamba," by Ritchie Valens

d. "Living' La Vida Loca," by Ricky Martin

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