Q 01/05

What nickname do Mexicans use for people from Mexico City?

A) Chilangos

B) Tapatíos

C) Regiomontanos

D) Poblanos

Answer · why

A) Chilangos

Chilangos. Elsewhere in Mexico the word often carries a sneer, and though some residents dislike being called it, many now use it of themselves with h...

Q 02/05

In Aztec legend, an eagle perched on which plant marked the spot to build Tenochtitlan?

A) A cactus

B) A maize stalk

C) A ceiba tree

D) An agave

Answer · why

A) A cactus

A cactus. The eagle on its prickly pear sits at the centre of Mexico's flag today, and the Mexica who found the sign on a marshy lake island built the...

Q 03/05

Which active volcano near Mexico City has a Nahuatl name meaning 'Smoking Mountain'?

A) Popocatépetl

B) Parícutin

C) Nevado de Toluca

D) Pico de Orizaba

Answer · why

A) Popocatépetl

Popocatépetl. 'El Popo' stands about 70 km southeast of the capital and woke in 1994 after decades of quiet; its ash has since grounded flights at Mex...

Q 04/05

The Aztecs drove Cortés's army out of Tenochtitlan in 1520 in a rout known by what name?

A) La Guerra de Reforma

B) La Decena Trágica

C) La Noche Triste

D) El Cinco de Mayo

Answer · why

C) La Noche Triste

La Noche Triste, the 'sad night'. Many of Cortés's men drowned beside the causeway out of the city, dragged under by the gold they had loaded themselv...

Q 05/05

Which last Aztec emperor, a successor of Moctezuma II, surrendered Tenochtitlan to Cortés in 1521?

A) Cuitláhuac

B) Atahualpa

C) Nezahualcóyotl

D) Cuauhtémoc

Answer · why

D) Cuauhtémoc

Cuauhtémoc. He held the city through a siege of about three months, and Cortés, fearing a revolt, later took him on a march to Honduras and had him ha...