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Hispanic Heritage Month Trivia

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by testing your knowledge of Hispanic history, culture, and popular culture! There are five trivia quizzes in total.

You’re encouraged to use resources found at the Nevins Library and through our website.

Did you get all of the trivia questions right? Check out the three awesome books lists we have that contain Hispanic stories and authors.

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This Quiz page was last updated August 25, 2025!

Week 1

During what years did the Mexican War for Independence take place?

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1810-1821

Which Latin American author won the Nobel Prize in 1971 and has written works such as “Body of a Woman” and “Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair”?

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Pablo Neruda

What country was the first in the world to use fingerprints as an identification method?

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Argentina

What is Pitbull’s given name?

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Armando Christian Perez

Week 2

Who were the co-founders of the United Farm Workers?

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César Chávez and Dolores Huerta.

Who is the only Latina performer to be given four of entertainments biggest awards – a Tony for theater; a Grammy for music; an Emmy for television, and an Oscar for her role in West Side Story?

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Rita Moreno

Which hero of the South American Independence is the main character of a novel written by Garcia Marquez?

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Simon Bolivar

Who was the first Latino elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame?

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Ted Williams

Week 3

El Trifinio-Fraternidad is home to what kind of forest?

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A Cloud Forest

Who is the author of The House on Mango Street?

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Sandra Cisneros

What is the name of the comedy, based upon a Venezuelan telenovela of the same name, which picked up two Golden Globe nominations in fall of 2014?

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Jane the Virgin

What Spanish speaking country did guitars originate from?

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Spain

Week 4

At ancient cities such as Tazumal (an ancient Mayan city) athletes competed in ball courts where they could only use what parts of their bodies to hit the ball?

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Head, shoulders and hips

Who was the first Latino elected to Congress?

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Joseph Marion Hernandez (1822)

What is the name of the villain in the Batman series that is from the Caribbean Republic of Santa Prisca?

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Bane

What is the name of the first Hispanic woman to become an astronaut?

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Ellen Ochoa

Week 5

What book is Alonso Quixano from?

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Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

Who was the first Latina elected to Congress?

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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (1989)

Who was the first Hispanic to enter the space program?

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Franklin Chang-Diaz

What is the name of the Afro-Latino Spider Man who will join the Canonical Marvel Universe this fall?

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Miles Morales