Test Your Knowledge of Latin America with our Trivia Challenge!
Take the Trivia Challenge!!! Answer the following ten questions and see how well you are informed on Latin America's people, current events and media. Answers to this week's Trivia Challenge are posted on the bottom of this page. No peeking. Good luck!!!
Q1. Which state in Mexico has the most number of television stations?
A. Chihuahua
B. Distrito Federal
C. Sonora
D. Veracruz
Q2. Which of the following people is NOT Camila de los Reyes (the leading female character in the TV Azteca telenovela Nada Personal)?
Q3. The magazine El Idolo from Guayaquil (Ecuador) is devoted to news about a soccer team. Which team is that?
A. Barcelona Sporting Club
B. Emelec
C. Omeldo
D. Técnico Universidad
Q4. Thalia, si Maria Mercedes itu kini menjelma menjadi Marimar. Masih tetap membuat pecinta terpesona. Tapi apakah Thalia juga setegar karakter tokoh yang dia mainkan? "Saya orangnya kompetitif. Segala hal ingin saya lakukan dengan cara lebih baik," ujar wanita 26 tahun ini, tegas.
On what country's web site is this article about our beloved Thalía posted?
A. Indonesia
B. Malaysia
C. Philippines
D. Thailand
Q5. Which one of these is NOT the title of a record album by Paty Manterola?
A. Acapulco Cuerpo y Alma
B. Hambre de Amor
C. Niña Bonita
D. Si Nos Dejan
Q6. The reigning Miss Universe is Alicia Machado from Venezuela. She got into trouble with the Miss Universe organizers due to a weight problem. When she won the title, she weighed 118 pounds. Then, her body weight went up to 175 pounds. Her Miss Universe contract states that her weight must not go up by certain percent. What is that magical percentage?
A. Five percent
B. Ten percent
C. Fifteen percent
D. There is no limit, because such a contractual clause is cruel and inhumane, as well as
illegal and unenforceable.
Q7. The winner of the 1997 Grammy Awards in the Tropical Latin Music category is ...
A. Ruben Blades, for La Rosa de Los Vientos
B. Gloria Estefan, for Abriendos Puertos
C. Millie y Los Vecinos, for En Tus Manos
D. Thalía, for Piel Morena
Q8.Our site sponsor IBOPE is well-known for its many research acitivities in Latin America. Which of the following media does IBOPE NOT measure? (Be careful: multiple answers are possible)
A. Television
B. Radio
C. Print (newspapers/magazines)
D. Product usage
Q9. Ya se que no vendras todo lo que fue
el tiempo lo dejo atras se que no regresaras
lo que nos paso no repetira jamas
mil anos no me alcanzaran
para borrarte y olvidar
These words mark the opening of a big hit song. Who is the singer?
A. Ednita Nazario
B. Roxette
C. Shakira
D. Thalía
Q10.“De la manera más pulcra damos a conocer los resultados, pero no siempre gustan a todos", Luisa Fernanda Hinojosa was quoted in the newspaper Crónica. What is she talking about?
A. Making economic forecasts
B. Using television ratings data
C. Conducting polls on presidential popularity
D. Television news analysis
Q1. C. Sonora, according to CIRT statistics.
Q2. D: That is Thalía, who was not in this telenovela. Picture A is Ana Colchero, who starred in most of the episodes of Nada Personal before walking out. Picture B is Christianne Gout, the replacement in the final 15 episodes. Picture C is Ana Colchero again, this time looking radically and radiantly different in another telenovela, Alondra.
Q3. A: The Barcelona Sporting Club; see editorial statement in El Idolo
Q4. A. Bintang Online in Indonesia
Q5. D. See the discography of Paty Manterola
Q6. C: Fifteen percent. See story on the Miss Universe web site
Q7. Ruben Blades for La Rosa de Los Vientos
Q8. All answers are wrong!!! IBOPE regularly measures all these areas in many countries. Here are some IBOPE research data on television, radio, print and product usage in the news.
Q9. C. Shakira, in Estoy Aqui
Q10. B. From an interview with Luisa Fernanda Hinojosa (IBOPE Mexico) about television ratings.
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