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.
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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