Latin American History trivia questions and answers
The Quickfire pack has 50 Latin American History questions, all written in English and Spanish. Here are 15 of them. Hosts get the full set, ready to put on a TV with players answering on their phones.
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Which empire, with its capital at Tenochtitlan, was conquered by Hernán Cortés?Very easy
Answer: The Aztec Empire (the Aztecs)
Which European country colonized Brazil?Very easy
Answer: Portugal
In which present-day country was the heartland of the Aztec Empire?Very easy
Answer: Mexico
Which Chilean general led the coup of 11 September 1973 and ruled the country until 1990?Easy
Answer: Augusto Pinochet (Pinochet)
Which Argentine army officer, elected president in 1946, founded the political movement that bears his name?Easy
Answer: Juan Domingo Perón (Juan Perón, Perón)
Which Mexican revolutionary general led the "División del Norte" and raided the town of Columbus, New Mexico, in 1916?Easy
Answer: Pancho Villa (Francisco Villa, Doroteo Arango)
Which Inca emperor was captured by Pizarro at Cajamarca in 1532?Intermediate
Answer: Atahualpa
Which Cuban dictator fled the island on New Year's Day 1959?Intermediate
Answer: Fulgencio Batista (Batista)
From which country did Panama separate in 1903 with the support of the United States?Intermediate
Answer: Colombia
Which Mexican president, in power for most of the period 1876-1911, was toppled by the Mexican Revolution?Hard
Answer: Porfirio Díaz (Díaz)
Which Austrian archduke was installed by Napoleon III as Emperor of Mexico in 1864?Hard
Answer: Maximilian I (Maximilian of Habsburg, Maximilian)
Which Uruguayan national hero, called the "Protector of Free Peoples", led the Banda Oriental's fight in the 1810s?Hard
Answer: José Gervasio Artigas (Artigas)
Which Dominican friar, author of "A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies", defended indigenous peoples in the Valladolid debate of 1550?Very hard
Answer: Bartolomé de las Casas (Las Casas)
Which indigenous leader began a great uprising against Spanish rule in Peru in 1780, taking the name of the Inca of Vilcabamba executed in 1572?Very hard
Answer: Túpac Amaru II (José Gabriel Condorcanqui)
The assassination of which Colombian liberal leader on 9 April 1948 triggered the riots known as the "Bogotazo"?Very hard
Answer: Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (Gaitán)
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