Mexico General Knowledge Quiz: Mexico Cassie Style

Published by Cassie on 30/03/202030/03/2020

In love with Mexico? Sad you can’t plan a Mexico trip at the moment? Well, how about playing my Mexico based quizzes until we can get ourselves back to exploring this magnificent country?

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Mexican Literature: 

1. In what year was Octavio Paz’s “The Labyrinth of Solitude“ first published?
2. Who did Sybille Bedfordvisit in Mexico after the second world war?
3. In “Pedro Paramo” by Juan Rulfo, to which town did main character, Juan Preciado, go to find his father?
4. The main character in “The Hummingbird’s Daughter“, Teresita, is related to the author, Luis Alberto Urrea. What is the relationship?
5. In “Like Water For Chocolate” why does everyone get sick at the wedding of Pedro and Rosaura?

Bonus Question: Which world-famous novel was written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez after he read Pedro Páramo?

Mexican History:

1. How was Juan José de los Reyes Martinez Amaro popularly known? Why is he famous?
2. What stunningly beautiful lakeside town was the first Maya city to be taken by the conquistadors in the Yucatán Peninsula?
3. In 1663, pirates so comprehensively sacked this city that the king of Great Britain actually banned English pirates from carrying out further raids. What is it called?
4. Felipe Carrillo Puerto is obviously very famous for his efforts reconciling the Maya and the Mexican government after the awful Caste Wars BUT why is his sister, Elvia Carrillo Puerto also exciting in her own right?
5. Which Spanish Bishop who is infamous for destroying Maya codices is stuck in the middle of a roundabout in Izamal?

Mexican Art:

1. Whose sculptures can be sat on outside the incredible Museo Cabañas in Guadalajara?
2. Which extremely famous Spanish writer forever changed the lives of people in Guanajuato and how?
3. What is the name of Diego Rivera’s incredible mural that has its own museum in CDMX?
4. What happened in 1925 to confine Frida Kahlo to her bed for three months?
5. Who first drew the Calavera Catrina, now a Day of the Dead icon?

Mexican Geography:

1. What is the name of  the train that goes through the deepest canyon in the world that is found in Mexico?
2.  What is the word for the stunning sinkholes found across the Yucatán Peninsula?
3. How many volcanoes are there in Mexico?
4. How many states does Mexico have?
5. Which  states of  Mexico are famous for:
   1. 1. Tequila
      2. Wine
      3. Mezcal 

Bonus question: What is Mexico’s full name?

Mexican Food:

1. What is a marquesita?
2. Where would you find a torta ahogada?
3. Where would you find a pasita, and what is it?
4. Where does quesillo come from and what is it?
5. What are huevos divorciados?

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