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Galveston
Which city was named after Bernardo Galvez for capturing Pensacola, the capital of the British colony, during the American Revolutionary War?
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Name one Hispanic actor/actress
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St. Augustine, Florida
The first permanent European settlement was done by Spaniards in 1565, and they settled in which city?
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Astronaut.
Ellen Ochoa, a mission specialist and flight engineer, became the first Hispanic woman in what profession?
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On the 6
Jennifer Lopez's debut album was named?
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Spain
At the end of the American Revolutionary War, as late as 1782, what country held claim roughly to half of all of today’s continental United States?
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Name one Hispanic athlete
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56 years
How many years before the Pilgrims, did the Spaniards hold Thanksgiving with Florida Indians, on pork and garbanzo bean?
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Nobel Prize
Mario Molina was awarded what prize for his work in chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) widely used in refrigerators, spray cans, and cleaning solvents?
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Rita Moreno
What Hispanic actress has won one of each of the following; an Emmy, a Grammy, and Oscar, and a Tony?
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David Glasgow Farragut
Who was the first admiral, a Hispanic, of the U.S. Navy, who had a decisive role in the Civil War, on the side of the union?
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Name one hispanic author
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Easter-Pascua Florida
The first confirmed landing in US was done in 1531, by Juan Ponce de Leon, in a shore he named Florida, in honor of what feast?
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the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA/RNA)
Severo Ochoa won the Nobel Prize jointly with Arthur Kornberg for their discovery of:
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an opera singer.
Placido Domingo is most known as:
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Cuba and Puerto Rico. Cuba gained nominal independence from US in 1902, and Puerto Rico became a commonwealth of the US in 1917
In the Treaty of Paris of 1898, Spain ceded what territories to the U.S.?
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Name one hispanic artist
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Hernando de Soto
Most of the Spanish exploration and conquest in America took place in three locations: Mexico, Peru and the United States. Who was the conquistador primarily responsible for exploring the United States?
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Wolf Prize in mathematics.
Louis Caffarelli, from Buenos Aires, a professor at the University of Texas whose work includes partial differential equations, has received what award?
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Zoe Saldana
This actress will be playing in an upcoming biopic of Nina Simone:
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Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco
King Carlos of Spain granted a credit of 1 million pounds to American Colonists. Which 3 Spanish towns paid a special tax levied by the Spanish crown, to the Continental Congress to support the war efforts?
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Diaz Dennis
Name the first Hispanic NLRB Board Member
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Who was the first European to sight the Pacific Ocean in 1513 and claim all the lands adjoining to this ocean?
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Napolean Bonaparte.
Jacob Palis, from Brazil, has received international recognition for his work in mathematics including the Legion of Honour established by what famous person?
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George Lopez
Which Hispanic comedian is most known for his self produced, American sitcom that is named after himself?
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