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BARRIOLOGY
(part I)
© Copyright by
Antonio Gomez. All rights reserved
To
successfully answer the Barriology questions you must use
your imagination and at times think in Spanish and English.
Answers can be found at the bottom of this page.
1)
In the late fifties, what popular African American singer
sang a hit album in Spanish?
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2)
The fiberglass sculpture Man on Fire was sculpted by a Latino
artist. What is his name?
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3)
In Panama in response to "how are you?" people say "jodido,
pero contento." In Mexico people respond "jodido pero_______"?
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4)
Who is known as the 'liberator' in Latin America?
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5)
What unionized workers, many of them Latinos, 'cleaned up'
during 2000 with a successful strike in Los Angeles?
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6)
Which U.S. City has the largest Latino population?
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7)
Which U.S. City has the second largest Latino population?
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8)
Who is known as the Protectress of the Americas?
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9)
Which Caribbean nation was the first to be ruled by the
descendants of slaves?
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10)
If you were on a guagua what would you be doing?
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11)
Who were companions of the following: The Cisco Kid, Don
Quixote, and Tommy Chong?
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12) What
is the name of the religious practice in Cuba that combines
Catholicism
with African beliefs?
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13)
What ancient culture is responsible for creating the massive
stone heads
found in Central America?
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14)
A quien le dio un golpe Augusto Pinochet?
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15)
What do the following women have in common: Romana Banuelos,
Catrina Vasquez Villapando, Katherine Davalos Ortega, and
Rosario Marin?
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16)
What is the name of the national Latino advocacy organization
and think tank?
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17)
If you took a pesero in Latin America, what would you get?
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18) How
many digits are in the amount it cost Roberto Rodriquez
to make the film Mariachi?
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19)
Uno va a carreras and the other one is laid back. Together
they form part of a famous singing trio. Who are they?
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20)
Where did the Cumbia originate?
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21) What
dance originated in the red light district of Argentina?
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22)
The Italian film "Il Postino" depicts what famous Latino
poet?
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Answers
& Rankings
Correctly
Answered between...
40 - 43 --- Latinologist Emeritus
30 - 39 --- Profesor de Latinology
20 - 29 --- Estudiante de Latinology
10 - 19 --- Recovering Chicano
01 - 09 --- Chicano Die Heart
1)
Nat 'King' Cole on the album "Cole Espanol".
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2)
Luis Jimenez, who has been working since the late sixties
and is one of the most
acclaimed Latino artists.
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3)
Jodido pero me aguanto.
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4)
Simon Bolivar liberated five countries.
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5)
The Janitorial Union. The workers used tactics that have
become a model for other unions.
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6)
New York City: 2,160,000 Latinos. The total population of
the five boroughs is 8,008,000.
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7)
Los Angeles: 1,719,000 Latinos. The total population within
the city limits is 3,694,000. If the entire Los Angeles
County population of 9,519,000 is used then the Latino
population is 4,242,000.
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8)
La Virgen de Guadalupe, seen in Mexico by the indigenous
Catholic convert Juan Diego in the year 1531. Recently,
the Pope declared Juan Diego a saint.
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9)
Haiti.
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10)
A bus is called a guagua by Puerto Ricans.
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11)
The Cisco Kid's companion was Pancho, Don Quixote's was
Sancho Panza, and Tommy Chong's was Cheech Marin.
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12) Santeria.
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13)
The Olmecs.
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14)
The democratically elected Salvador Allende was violently
overthrown by Pinochet in 1973, apparently with the foreknowledge
of the CIA.
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15)
They have all been appointed to the post of United States
Treasurer.
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16)
National Council of La Raza. (NCLR)
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17)
A ride in a privately owned vehicle that follows a set route,
much as official city buses but much cheaper and often covering
areas not served by the official public transportation system.
In the US such vehicles are called jitneys and most cities
have outlawed them.
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18) Four:
$7,500.
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19)
Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras of the Three Tenors.
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20)
In Colombia, a blend of African and Indigenous elements.
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21) Tango,
bringing together the rural influence of the gauchos, European
immigrants, and the African-Argentine dances in Buenos Aires.
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22)
Pablo Neruda, the Marxist Chilean poet who had left Chile
for political reasons and lived for a while on an island
in Italy.
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