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Spanish Team Competition (Rev. 10 Sep 2008) Ozark Hispanic Studies League CULTURE BOWL TOURNAMENT QUESTIONS This list of questions has resulted from many years of collecting from many different sources. They have been transcribed several times. There are probably many typographical and some factual errors. Please do not hesitate to call such errors to the attention of the administrator for correction. Additionally, if you find any questions that are difficult to understand or are poorly worded, let the administrator know. If you feel any of the questions are outdated or of dubious value or if you have any suggestions for new questions to add to the list, submit them to the sponsor for next year. We will use this list as the basis for references. If you find mistakes, please use the numbers here as references. NOTES: Most of the articles (a, an, the) and some other non-essential words have been removed as the first word in the answer. This is to allow more complete scrambling. Answers must be given as shown on the list even if the answer to a given question might be correct. For example: Question: Name the musical instrument similar to the xylophone. Answer: Marimba Explanation: Even though both the vibraphone and the marimba are similar to the xylophone, only ‘marimba’ will be accepted as it is the answer given. Anytime an answer includes two or more elements and the word ‘and’, then all elements must be given. For example: Question: When was the Golden Age of Spanish literature? Answer: Sixteenth and seventeenth centures. Explanation: Both ‘sixteenth’ and ‘seventeenth’ must be mentioned. Anytime an answer includes two or more elements and the word ‘or’ is used, then one of the elements given will be considered correct. Question: What style of architecture can be seen in the Alhambra? Answer: Moorish or Arabic. Explanation: Either ‘Moorish’ or ‘Arabic’ will be acceptable. Judges will have the right to accept slight variations in the answers. Judges also have the right to ask contestants to repeat an answer or to ask for more detail. The last answer given will be considered correct. Their decision on acceptance will be final. Questions and answers in the color teal relate to proverbs and are new to this list. Questions and answers in red may need further research. QUESTIONS ANSWERS 01. What Nicaraguan leader did the Sandanista National Liberation front Anastasio Somoza Debayle overthrow in 1979? 02. Name the former capital of Guatemala. Antigua 03. Guatemala has had two capitals. Name them. Antigua and Guatemala 04. What were the two Indian tribes that Columbus and other explorers Arawak and carib encountered in the Caribbean Islands? 05. “Dorado” one of Puerto Rico’s beautiful beaches lies on what body of water? Atlantic Ocean 06. Who was the first Spanish explorer to cross the isthmus of Panama? Balboa 07. Which is Panama’s leading export? Oil, sugarcane or bananas Bananas 08. Who founded Santo Domingo? Bartolomé Colón 09. Many Puerto Rican players of this sport have had successful careers in the Baseball USA. Name the sport. 10. Who was Roberto Clemente? Baseball player 11. What country was formally known as British Honduras? Belize 12. Which Central American country’s official language is English? Belize 13. What color beans are generally used in Cuba? Black 14. What does a Guatemalan refer to with the word “patojo”? Boy 15. What is Belize’s former name? British Honduras 16. This daughter of a Cuban American stars in such films as Shrek, Being John Cameron Diaz Malkovich and The Mask. 17. In what sea is Cuba located? Caribbean 18. From whom do Nicaragua’s Sadinistas take their name? César Augusto Sandino (Nicaraguan guerilla leader, fought U.S. Marines 1920’s) 19. Before the U.S. engineered the Panama Canal, to what country did the land Colombia belong? 20. What was the “Football War”? Conflict between El Salvador and Honduras ignited by hotly contested soccer matches in 1969 21. What are plaintains or plátanos? Cooking bananas (in Mexico plátano macho) 22. What Puerto Rican frog has recently invaded Hawaii? Coqui 23. What nationality are ticos? Costa Rican 24. What is the largest Caribbean Island? Cuba 25. What Spanish speaking Caribbean country is closest to Florida? Cuba 26. What country is famous for the dance the mambo? Cuba 27. For which country did Jose Martí fight? Cuba 28. What country produces the most sugar in Latin America? Cuba 29. Where did the rumba originate? Cuba 30. From what country is singer Gloria Estefan? Cuba 31. The Sierra Maestra mountain range is located in the southeast of which Cuba Cribbean country? 32. Name the 5 Latin American countries that do not have volcanoes? Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Uruguay Paraguay 33. Two Spanish-speaking countries have flags with identical design, but with Cuba, Puerto Rico two colors, red and blue, reversed. What are the countries? 34. What was the nationality of the poet Jose Martí? Cuban 35. What is a merengue? Dance (national dance of the Dominican Republic) 36. What was Ricky Ricardo’s real name? Desi Arnaz 37. Who was Lucille Ball’s first husband and what was his nationality? Desi Arnaz - Cuban 38. What Caribbean country shares an island with Haiti? Dominican Republic 39. From what country is baseball player Sammy Sosa? Dominican Republic 40. What is the oldest country in the Caribbean? Dominican Republic 41. What country is famous for the dance the merengue? Dominican Republic 42. What Spanish speaking country is located on the island of Hispaniola? Dominican Republic 43. What country was founded by Juan Pablo Duarte in 1844? Dominican Republic 44. In what country did the “jipijapa”, the Panama hat, originate? Ecuador 45. What Spanish name was given to the Puerto Rican Spanish Harlem in New El Barrio York City? 46. What is the smallest Central American country? El Salvador 47. Which country bordering the Pacific Ocean is Central America’s most El Salvador densely populated country? 48. From November 1999 to June 2000, the US and Cuba struggled over custody Elián Gonzalez of what boy? 49. Who is Hugo Chávez’ mentor? Fidel Castro 50. What lures most sportsmen to Costa Rica? Fishing 51. What do the 5 stars in the center of Honduran flag stand for? Five original Central American countries 52. Where in the U.S. is there a large concentration of Cuban-Americans? Florida 53. What is a “coqui”? Frog, native to el Yunque in Puerto Rico 54. Which country exports large quantities of chicle? Guatemala 55. What Central American Spanish speaking country borders Mexico? Guatemala 56. In what country would you find “patojos”? Guatemala 57. In 3 Central America countries the name of the capital contains at least a part Guatemala City, Panama City, and San Salvador of the name of the country. Name the three cities. 58. Where would you find “el Castillo del Morro”? Harbor of Havana 59. What is the capital of Cuba? Havana 60. What would you buy in a Puerto Rican botánica? Herbs and cures 61. Which Caribbean island houses 2 nations, 1 French speaking, and 1 Spanish Hispanola speaking? 62. What Latin American flag has a blue stripe on top and bottom and 5 stars on a Honduras white stripe in the center? 63. What is the most mountainous country of Central America? Honduras 64. What nation lies just north of Nicaragua? Honduras 65. In what country is the 2nd largest barrier reef? Honduras 66. Name the 7 Central American countries. Honduras, Costa Rico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Belize, Panama 67. What is ‘Borinquen’? Indigenous name for Puerto Rico 68. Where did Columbus establish his first colony? Island of Hispaniola 69. Who is the well-known blind singer from Puerto Rico? Jose Feliciano 70. Who wrote the words to the song “Guantanamera”? Jose Martí 71. What famous Spanish explorer founded San Juan, Puerto Rico? Juan Ponce de León 72. What is the name of the governor’s house in Puerto Rico? La Fortaleza 73. What do Puerto Ricans call Puerto Rico? La isla 74. Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras, was founded first as what? Mining camp 75. In the original indigenous language what does “Tegucigalpa” mean? Mountain of silver 76. What was the name of Columbus’ first colony Navidad 77. The longest living dictator in the world is Fidel Castro. What country does he None. He retired. rule? 78. Name the program established in the 1941 aimed at helping Puerto Rico. Operation Bootstrap 79. What Central American country borders South America? Panama 80. What Central American country’s name completes the palindrome: A man, a Panama plan, a canal, ___ 81. The second largest peninsula on the Pacific coast of Latin America is the Panama Azure Peninsula. In what country is it located? 82. In what Latin American country is the Darien rain forest located? Panamá 83. What is the nationality of the singing group “Menudo”? Puerto Rican 84. Where did Puerto Rican singer Marc Anthony grow up? New York 85. What is the largest country in Central America? Nicaragua 86. From what Spanish-speaking area is the actress Rita Moreno? Puerto Rico 87. What was the original name of the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico? Puerto Rico 88. From what country is Ricky Martin? Puerto Rico 89. Name the three Spanish speaking Caribbean countries. Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Cuba 90. What is the national emblem of Guatemala? Quetzal bird 91. What is “el Yunque”? Rainforest in Puerto Rico 92. Who is the current leader of Cuba? Raúl Castro 93. What Puerto Rican actress played in West Side Story? Rita Moreno 94. Who was the first Puerto Rican baseball player to be voted into the Baseball Roberto Clemente Hall of Fame in 1973? 95.
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