Latin America Quiz 2023 | LatAm Exquisite Trivia

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World countries quiz on Latin American countries and stars: What’s Colombia’s Green Wave movement? Xiomara Castro is the first female president of which country? And where is one most likely to be greeted, “Allinllachu”?

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Latin America Quiz 2023

Daily Quiz for Jan. 1, 2023: 14 general knowledge multiple-choice questions on Latin American countries and Latinx stars. Click “start quiz.”

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1. What’s Colombia’s Green Wave movement?

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2. Xiomara Castro is the first female president of which country?

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3. Which Latin American country elected the continent’s youngest head of state in 2021?

Photo: Gobierno de Chile, CC BY 3.0 CL, via Wikimedia Commons

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4. Why was former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández extradited to the US?

Photo: US Department of State, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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5. Who is the first Latina in the US Senate?

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6. Before Saudi Arabia in 2022, what was the last non-European team to beat Argentina in the World Cup?

Screenshot: The Straits Times – YouTube

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7. Where is one most likely to be greeted, “Allinllachu”?

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8. What is the most expensive artwork by a Latin American artist ever sold?

Image: Sotheby’s on Twitter

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9. Who was the first Latina to win an Oscar?

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10. Who portrays the first Latinx superhero to lead a live-action Marvel film?

Screenshot: Daddy Yankee on YouTube

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11. Who was known in Brazil as “O Rei” or “The King”?

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12. Singer Gal Costa was of which nationality?

Photo: Teca Lamboglia from São Paulo, Brasil, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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13. When did Brazil declare its independence from Portugal?

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14. What did rioters do to this iconic statue outside the Supreme Court in Brazil?

Photo: Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Screenshot: BBC News

What’s Colombia’s Green Wave movement?

Screenshot: BBC News
An environmental movement.
A movement to decriminalize abortion.
A movement to decriminalize the use of cannabis.
An Islamist movement.

Xiomara Castro is the first female president of which country?

Screenshot: AFP Español on YouTube.
Honduras.
Spain.
Cuba.
Argentina.

Which Latin American country elected the continent’s youngest head of state in 2021?

Photo: Gobierno de Chile, CC BY 3.0 CL, via Wikimedia Commons
El Salvador.
Argentine.
Chile.
Honduras.

Why was former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández extradited to the US?

Photo: US Department of State, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Traffic charges.
Drug charges.
Tax charges.
Manslaughter charges.

Who is the first Latina in the US Senate?

Screenshot: 8 News NOW Las Vegas - YouTube
Veronica Escobar.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Catherine Cortez Masto.
Kamala Harris.

Before Saudi Arabia in 2022, what was the last non-European team to beat Argentina in the World Cup?

Screenshot: The Straits Times - YouTube
It never happened before 2022.
United States.
Algeria.
Cameroon.

Where is one most likely to be greeted, "Allinllachu"?

Screenshot: Google Translate
Zimbabwe.
Peru.
India.
Aruba.

What is the most expensive artwork by a Latin American artist ever sold?

Image: Sotheby’s on Twitter
Diego Rivera’s “The Rivals”.
Rufino Tamayo’s “The Troubadour”.
Frida Kahlo’s “Two Nudes in a Forest”.
Frida Kahlo’s “Diego and I”.

Who was the first Latina to win an Oscar?

Screenshot: West Side Story (2021) / 20th Century Studios
Ariana DeBose.
Rita Moreno.
Salma Hayek.
Rosie Perez.

Who portrays the first Latinx superhero to lead a live-action Marvel film?

Screenshot: Daddy Yankee on YouTube
Benicio del Toro.
Xochitl Gomez.
Daddy Yankee.
Bad Bunny.

Who was known in Brazil as "O Rei" or "The King"?

Photo: Fotopersbureau De Boer, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons, colorized
Pelé.
Paulo Coelho.
Neymar.
Lula da Silva.

Singer Gal Costa was of which nationality?

Photo: Teca Lamboglia from São Paulo, Brasil, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Puerto-Rican.
Spanish.
Brazilian.
Portuguese.

When did Brazil declare its independence from Portugal?

1922.
1872.
1822.
1772.

What did rioters do to this iconic statue outside the Supreme Court in Brazil?

Photo: Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Demolished it.
Spray painted it.
Climbed it.
Cleaned it