US Culture MCQs

American Hispanic-American MCQs with Answer

Which term refers to people of Hispanic or Latino origin living in the United States?
A) Hispanic-Americans
B) Latinx-Americans
C) Mexican-Americans
D) Spanish-Americans
Answer: A) Hispanic-Americans

What is the largest Hispanic group in the United States?
A) Mexican-Americans
B) Puerto Rican-Americans
C) Cuban-Americans
D) Salvadoran-Americans
Answer: A) Mexican-Americans

Which state has the largest Hispanic population in the United States?
A) California
B) Texas
C) Florida
D) New York
Answer: A) California

Who was the first Hispanic-American to serve in the United States Cabinet?
A) Cesar Chavez
B) Sonia Sotomayor
C) Dolores Huerta
D) Lauro Cavazos
Answer: D) Lauro Cavazos

Which Hispanic-American artist is known for her iconic self-portraits and surrealist paintings?
A) Frida Kahlo
B) Diego Rivera
C) Pablo Picasso
D) Salvador Dalí
Answer: A) Frida Kahlo

Who was the first Hispanic-American to be elected to the United States Senate?
A) Marco Rubio
B) Robert Menendez
C) Catherine Cortez Masto
D) Ted Cruz
Answer: B) Robert Menendez

Which Hispanic-American actress is known for her role in the TV series “Ugly Betty”?
A) Sofia Vergara
B) Salma Hayek
C) Eva Longoria
D) America Ferrera
Answer: D) America Ferrera

Who was the first Hispanic-American to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress?
A) Rita Moreno
B) Penelope Cruz
C) Jennifer Lopez
D) Rita Hayworth
Answer: A) Rita Moreno

Which Hispanic-American baseball player holds the record for most home runs in a single season?
A) Alex Rodriguez
B) Albert Pujols
C) Sammy Sosa
D) David Ortiz
Answer: C) Sammy Sosa

Who was the first Hispanic-American astronaut to travel to space?
A) Ellen Ochoa
B) Franklin Chang-Díaz
C) José M. Hernández
D) Juan R. Fuentes
Answer: B) Franklin Chang-Díaz

Which Hispanic-American musician is known as the “Queen of Tejano Music”?
A) Jennifer Lopez
B) Gloria Estefan
C) Selena Quintanilla
D) Shakira
Answer: C) Selena Quintanilla

Who was the first Hispanic-American to be appointed as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice?
A) Sonia Sotomayor
B) Elena Kagan
C) Ruth Bader Ginsburg
D) Sandra Day O’Connor
Answer: A) Sonia Sotomayor

Which Hispanic-American actor is known for his role in the “Fast and Furious” film series?
A) Antonio Banderas
B) Vin Diesel
C) Gael García Bernal
D) Andy García
Answer: B) Vin Diesel

Who was the first Hispanic-American to be appointed as the U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development?
A) Julián Castro
B) Mel Martinez
C) Henry Cisneros
D) Ken Salazar
Answer: C) Henry Cisneros

Which Hispanic-American singer is known as the “Queen of Salsa”?
A) Shakira
B) Gloria Estefan
C) Celia Cruz
D) Christina Aguilera
Answer: C) Celia Cruz

Who was the first Hispanic-American to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice?
A) Sonia Sotomayor
B) Elena Kagan
C) Ruth Bader Ginsburg
D) Sandra Day O’Connor
Answer: D) Sandra Day O’Connor

Which Hispanic-American musician is known as the “King of Latin Pop”?
A) Ricky Martin
B) Enrique Iglesias
C) Marc Anthony
D) Julio Iglesias
Answer: B) Enrique Iglesias

Who was the first Hispanic-American to serve as U.S. Secretary of Labor?
A) Hilda Solis
B) Linda Chavez
C) Elaine Chao
D) Alex Acosta
Answer: A) Hilda Solis

Which Hispanic-American boxer is known as “The Golden Boy”?
A) Canelo Alvarez
B) Oscar De La Hoya
C) Roberto Durán
D) Manny Pacquiao
Answer: B) Oscar De La Hoya

Who was the first Hispanic-American to serve as the U.S. Secretary of Education?
A) Miguel Cardona
B) Arne Duncan
C) John King Jr.
D) Terrel Bell
Answer: D) Terrel Bell

Which Hispanic-American actress is known for her role in the TV series “Desperate Housewives”?
A) Sofia Vergara
B) Eva Longoria
C) Salma Hayek
D) Jennifer Lopez
Answer: B) Eva Longoria

Who was the first Hispanic-American to serve as the U.S. Secretary of Transportation?
A) Ray LaHood
B) Norm Mineta
C) Federico Peña
D) Elaine Chao
Answer: C) Federico Peña

Which Hispanic-American musician is known as “The King of Mambo”?
A) Tito Puente
B) Carlos Santana
C) Rubén Blades
D) Ricky Martin
Answer: A) Tito Puente

Who was the first Hispanic-American to serve as the U.S. Secretary of Commerce?
A) Carlos Gutierrez
B) Penny Pritzker
C) William M. Daley
D) Gary Locke
Answer: A) Carlos Gutierrez

Which Hispanic-American actress is known for her role in the TV series “Modern Family”?
A) Sofia Vergara
B) Salma Hayek
C) Eva Longoria
D) America Ferrera
Answer: A) Sofia Vergara

Who was the first Hispanic-American to be elected as Governor of a U.S. state?
A) Jerry Apodaca
B) Bill Richardson
C) Susana Martinez
D) Luis Fortuño
Answer: A) Jerry Apodaca

Which Hispanic-American musician is known as “The Queen of Latin Pop”?
A) Gloria Estefan
B) Selena Quintanilla
C) Jennifer Lopez
D) Christina Aguilera
Answer: A) Gloria Estefan

Who was the first Hispanic-American to serve as U.S. Secretary of Energy?
A) Bill Richardson
B) Federico Peña
C) Steven Chu
D) Ernest Moniz
Answer: B) Federico Peña

Which Hispanic-American musician is known for his contributions to Latin jazz?
A) Carlos Santana
B) Tito Puente
C) Celia Cruz
D) Rubén Blades
Answer: B) Tito Puente

Who was the first Hispanic-American to be elected as Lieutenant Governor of a U.S. state?
A) Cruz Bustamante
B) Ben Barnes
C) Abel Maldonado
D) Ruben A. Bonilla
Answer: A) Cruz Bustamante

Which Hispanic-American actress is known for her roles in “Frida” and “Wild Wild West”?
A) Salma Hayek
B) Jennifer Lopez
C) Eva Longoria
D) America Ferrera
Answer: A) Salma Hayek

Who was the first Hispanic-American to be appointed as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations?
A) Miguel Diaz
B) Mari Carmen Aponte
C) Jorge Alberto López
D) Carmen Lomellin
Answer: B) Mari Carmen Aponte

Which Hispanic-American musician is known for his contributions to Latin rock?
A) Carlos Santana
B) Enrique Iglesias
C) Ricky Martin
D) Marc Anthony
Answer: A) Carlos Santana

Who was the first Hispanic-American to serve as U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security?
A) Janet Napolitano
B) Jeh Johnson
C) Michael Chertoff
D) Tom Ridge
Answer: A) Janet Napolitano

Which Hispanic-American actress is known for her role in the TV series “Orange Is the New Black”?
A) Sofia Vergara
B) Eva Longoria
C) America Ferrera
D) Dascha Polanco
Answer: D) Dascha Polanco

Who was the first Hispanic-American to be appointed as U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs?
A) Anthony Principi
B) Max Cleland
C) Eric Shinseki
D) Ed Derwinski
Answer: D) Ed Derwinski

Which Hispanic-American musician is known as “The King of Latin Music”?
A) Rubén Blades
B) Marc Anthony
C) Celia Cruz
D) Tito Puente
Answer: C) Celia Cruz

Who was the first Hispanic-American to be appointed as U.S. Secretary of the Interior?
A) Ken Salazar
B) Dirk Kempthorne
C) Gale Norton
D) Bruce Babbitt
Answer: D) Bruce Babbitt

Which Hispanic-American actress is known for her role in the TV series “Jane the Virgin”?
A) Sofia Vergara
B) Eva Longoria
C) America Ferrera
D) Gina Rodriguez
Answer: D) Gina Rodriguez

Who was the first Hispanic-American to be elected as Mayor of a major U.S. city?
A) Antonio Villaraigosa
B) Henry Cisneros
C) Federico Peña
D) Antonio Villaraigosa
Answer: B) Henry Cisneros

Which Hispanic-American musician is known as “The Queen of Latin Pop”?
A) Shakira
B) Gloria Estefan
C) Jennifer Lopez
D) Christina Aguilera
Answer: B) Gloria Estefan

Who was the first Hispanic-American to be appointed as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services?
A) Sylvia Mathews Burwell
B) Donna Shalala
C) Alex Azar
D) Kathleen Sebelius
Answer: B) Donna Shalala

Which Hispanic-American musician is known for his contributions to Latin pop and reggaeton?
A) Ricky Martin
B) Enrique Iglesias
C) Daddy Yankee
D) Marc Anthony
Answer: C) Daddy Yankee

Who was the first Hispanic-American to serve as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture?
A) Tom Vilsack
B) Mike Espy
C) Ann Veneman
D) Sonny Perdue
Answer: B) Mike Espy

Which Hispanic-American actress is known for her role in the TV series “One Day at a Time”?
A) Sofia Vergara
B) Eva Longoria
C) America Ferrera
D) Justina Machado
Answer: D) Justina Machado

Who was the first Hispanic-American to be appointed as U.S. Ambassador to Mexico?
A) E. Anthony Wayne
B) Roberta Jacobson
C) Carlos Pascual
D) Earl Anthony Wayne
Answer: A) E. Anthony Wayne

Which Hispanic-American musician is known as “The Queen of Tejano Music”?
A) Jennifer Lopez
B) Gloria Estefan
C) Selena Quintanilla
D) Shakira
Answer: C) Selena Quintanilla

Who was the first Hispanic-American to be appointed as U.S. Secretary of Transportation?
A) Ray LaHood
B) Norm Mineta
C) Federico Peña
D) Elaine Chao
Answer: C) Federico Peña

Which Hispanic-American musician is known as “The King of Mambo”?
A) Tito Puente
B) Carlos Santana
C) Rubén Blades
D) Ricky Martin
Answer: A) Tito Puente

Who was the first Hispanic-American to be appointed as U.S. Secretary of Commerce?
A) Carlos Gutierrez
B) Penny Pritzker
C) William M. Daley
D) Gary Locke
Answer: A) Carlos Gutierrez

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