Q 01/05

Which animated film based its afterlife city on Guanajuato's stacked, colourful hillside houses?

A) Coco

B) Luca

C) Soul

D) Encanto

Answer · why

A) Coco

Coco's designers visited Guanajuato and drew their spirit realm as a vertical city of narrow stairs, bridges and tunnels, with each generation stacked...

Q 02/05

Legend promises lasting good luck to couples who do what on the third step of a narrow Guanajuato alley?

A) Dance

B) Kiss

C) Pray

D) Sing

Answer · why

B) Kiss

Kiss on the red-painted third step and the legend promises years of good fortune in love. The Callejón del Beso is so narrow that its facing balconies...

Q 03/05

Guanajuato's famous mummies were dug up from the city cemetery because families had stopped paying what?

A) Church tithes

B) Property taxes

C) Hospital debts

D) Burial fees

Answer · why

D) Burial fees

Burial fees had to be renewed to keep a niche in the cemetery; when they lapsed, workers cleared the space and found some bodies naturally preserved. ...

Q 04/05

Guanajuato's name is usually traced to a Purépecha phrase meaning the hill of which small animals?

A) Hares

B) Doves

C) Frogs

D) Snakes

Answer · why

C) Frogs

Frogs sit in the Purépecha name Quanax huato, or frog hill. An older name for the same valley, Mo-o-ti, meant place of metals.

Q 05/05

Guanajuato city's underground roads, now full of cars and buses, were first dug in colonial times to do what?

A) Ore transport

B) Troop movement

C) Grain storage

D) Flood control

Answer · why

D) Flood control

Flood control was the aim after floods in 1760 and 1780 nearly wiped out the city. Dams built in the 1960s left the channels dry, so they were turned ...