Q 01/05

Timed to bracket the independence days of five Central American nations, Mexico and Chile, National Hispanic Heritage Month runs when?

A) August 1st to August 31st

B) September 15th to October 15th

C) October 1st to October 31st

D) November 15th to December 15th

Answer · why

B) September 15th to October 15th

The September 15th to October 15th window was chosen to bracket the independence anniversaries of five Central American nations, Mexico and Chile, all...

Q 02/05

Which U.S. President first established Hispanic Heritage Week in 1968?

A) Lyndon B. Johnson

B) John F. Kennedy

C) Richard Nixon

D) Ronald Reagan

Answer · why

A) Lyndon B. Johnson

Hispanic Heritage Week was created by legislation sponsored by Rep. George E. Brown Jr. of Los Angeles and signed into law by President Lyndon B. John...

Q 03/05

Hispanic Heritage Month opens on the shared independence anniversary of which group of countries?

A) Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua

B) Cuba, Dominican Republic, Panama, Puerto Rico, Haiti

C) Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia

D) Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Chile

Answer · why

A) Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua all date their independence from Spain to 15 September 1821, when the Act of Independence o...

Q 04/05

Green Beret Roy Benavidez received the Medal of Honor for a rescue mission in which war?

A) Korean War

B) Vietnam War

C) Persian Gulf War

D) World War II

Answer · why

B) Vietnam War

Roy Benavidez, a Texas-born Green Beret, earned the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War for rescuing eight wounded men under fire near the Cambodian bor...

Q 05/05

Which president signed the law to expand Hispanic Heritage Week into a month-long celebration?

A) Ronald Reagan

B) George H.W. Bush

C) Bill Clinton

D) Jimmy Carter

Answer · why

A) Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan signed Public Law 100-402 on 17 August 1988, stretching Hispanic Heritage Week into a 31-day month; the first full-month proclamation fo...