Q 01/05

National Hispanic Heritage Month runs between which dates each year?

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

September 15th to October 15th looks like an odd window, but it opens on the date several Latin American nations mark as their independence day, with ...

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

Lyndon B. Johnson signed the law in September 1968 and proclaimed the first week the same day; because it asked for a proclamation every year, each pr...

Q 03/05

Which countries' shared independence anniversary opens Hispanic Heritage Month?

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 were governed together as Spain's Captaincy General of Guatemala, so all five date their in...

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

Vietnam War, 1968: Roy Benavidez jumped from a hovering helicopter and ran through enemy fire to a trapped patrol; wounded again and again, he kept ca...

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) Gerald Ford

D) Jimmy Carter

Answer · why

A) Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan signed the bill in August 1988, yet a month later he proclaimed one last Hispanic Heritage Week.