Which Central American
country is the 14th
largest in the world?
Mexico
Panama
El Salvador
Guatemala
Which country’s name
means “the savior” in
Spanish?
Panama
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
El Salvador
Which country’s capital
city is named for Saint
Joseph?
Costa Rica
What is the Spanish
word for good?
Malo
Feliz
Bueno
Loco
“Hasta luego” means
what in Spanish?
How’s your leg?
Which way did he go?
See you later!
He has an ego.
“Casa” means what in
Spanish?
Case
House
Cash
No way!
Which country borders
the United States,
Guatemala, and Belize?
Mexico
Which country was
formerly called British
Honduras?
El Salvador
Belize
Panama
Mexico
Which country’s name
means “rich coast” in
Spanish?
Costa Rica
How do you say
“goodbye” in Spanish?
Adios
True or false: It is illegal
to use plastic bags in
Roatan and other islands
of Hondruas.
True. The reefs are
littered with plastics.
Which country has the
most Spanish speakers in
the world?
Panama
Mexico
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Which country borders
Mexico, Belize,
Honduras, and El
Salvador?
Which country borders
only Mexico and
Guatemala?
Guatemala
Belize
Which country’s capital
is Panama City?
Which country’s capital
is San Jose?
Which country borders
only Guatemala and
Honduras?
El Salvador
What is the capital of
Nicaragua?
Costa Rica
Panama
Mexico
El Salvador
Belize
How do you say “hello”
in Spanish?
Hola
Which country speaks
English as its first
language?
Guatemala
El Salvador
Mexico
Belize
Which U.S. state
declared its
independence from
Mexico in 1836?
California
Michigan
Texas
Nevada
Honduras
Nicaragua
Which country’s capital
is Tegucigalpa?
Which country’s capital
is San Salvador?
Which country has a
canal that links the
Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans?
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Panama
Belize
Which country includes a
peninsula called “Baja
California?”
True or false: In 1970
Cancun, Mexico had a
population of three
people and zero hotels.
Mexico
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panama
True. Now has a
population of 600,000
with 150 hotels.
What is the Spanish
word for “water?”
map
mop
Monkey
mother
Agua
Aqua
Leche
Café’
Which is the only
country without a Pacific
Ocean coastline?
Belize
What drink did the
Aztecs offer Hernan
Cortes as the “drink of
the gods?”
Hot chocolate
Wine
Coconut juice
Pepsi
What is the Spanish
word for “cat?”
perro
Pajaro
mal
gato
What was the name of
the Aztec ruler when
Cortes landed in Mexico
in 1519?
Chipotle’
Montezuma
Pancho Villa
Itzcoatl
Which country has the
only known jaguar
preserve in the
Cockscomb Wildlife
Sanctuary?
Mexico
Panama
Belize
Costa Rica
What is the capital of
Guatemala?
What is the capital of
Mexico?
Guatemala City
Mexico City
After Mexico, which
country has the most
McDonald’s restaurants?
How many Subway
restaurants are in Central
America?
Honduras
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Panama
18
180
1,800
18,000
In what month were the
Summer Olympics held
in Mexico City?
Which country hosted
the Summer Olympics in
1968?
How many species of fish
live around the barrier
reef of Belize?
Panama
Mexico
Honduras
Belize
5
50
500
5,000
June
July
August
October
What was the cost of
damages to Honduras
from Hurricane Mitch in
1990?
Panama
Nicaragua
Belize
Costa Rica
Mexico
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
$4 million
$40 million
$400 milliion
$4 billion
El Salvador
Which capital city is the
oldest site of a city in
North America?
What is the name of a
small breed of dog which
shares its name with a
Mexican state?
What is the name of the
popular Christmas flower
in red or pink or light
green or white that
originates from Mexico?
Mexico City
Pug
Shi-Tzu
Chow
Chihuahua
Panama
What is the capital of
Belize?
Which country did not
acknowledge the
independence of Belize
for eleven years?
Cannons
Hornets’ nests
Poisonous Snakes
Horses
Which country is an
isthmus ( strip of land
connecting two larger
masses of land)?
Panama
A Mayan temple is the
tallest building in which
country?
Which of the following
did the Mayan use in
battle?
Which country borders
Costa Rica and Colombia
in South America?
Costa Rica
Belmopan
Honduras
“Mapa” is the Spanish
word for what?
Which country borders
only Nicaragua and
Panama?
El Salvador
Managua
Panama
Which country is the site
of two popular cruise
ship destinations—
Acapulco and Cancun?
Which country borders El
Salvador, Guatemala,
and Nicaragua?
Which country borders
only Honduras and Costa
Rica?
What is the smallest
Central American
country?
Tulip
Iris
Poinsettia
Orchid
El Salvador is equal to
what American state in
size?
Massachusetts
Texas
Arizona
California
Which country has the
most Catholic citizens in
the world?
El Salvador
Mexico
Honduras
Belize
Who was the first
European to discover the
Pacific Ocean through
Panama?
Columbus
Magellan
Ponce de Leon
Balboa
Which country does not
have an Atlantic
coastline?
Mexico
Guatemala
Panama
El Salvador
Mexico’s border with
which country is the
second-longest in the
world?
United States
What is the national
sport of Mexico?
Bullfighting
Soccer
Cricket
Polo
The largest bullfighting
ring in the world is in
which Central American
country?
Mexico
El Salvador
Honduras
Costa Rica
Which country’s name
means “land of the
trees” in Mayan
language?
Panama
Mexico
Guatemala
Belize
Which country has the
population with the
lowest median age in the
Western Hemisphere?
Belize
Guatemala
Mexico
Nicaragua
True or false: Over two
thousand indigenous
languages are spoken in
Guatemala.
False: 21
How many species of
hummingbirds live in
Costa Rica?
The world’s secondwidest volcano crater is
in which Central
American country?
5
50
500
5,000
Belize
Nicaragua
Honduras
Costa Rica
80
800
8,000
80,000
Mexico
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Panama
Which Central American
country is the only one in
the Western Hemisphere
without a standing
army?
What is the name of the
peninsula in Mexico that
is the site of several
Mayan ruins, including
Chichen Itza?
The capital of Belize was
moved inland due to the
number of what types of
natural disasters in the
former capital of Belize
City?
Which country was the
only Central American
country that was not a
part of the Mexican
Empire—instead a part
of Gran Colombia?
Belize
El Salvador
Costa Rica
Honduras
Yucatan
Banks
Kamchatka
Chukchi
The coast along the
Atlantic side of Honduras
and Nicaragua shares its
name with which insect
(but was actually named
after a group of Native
Americans)?
Earthquakes
Hurricanes
Forest fires
Floods
Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Panama
True or false: All of Costa
Rica’s Olympic medals
were won by two sisters.
“Buenas noches” means
what in Spanish?
Which country boycotted
the 1988 Seoul, South
Korea Olympic games in
support of North Korea?
All of which country’s
Olympic medals were
won in track and field?
How many different
spiders live in Costa
Rica?
20
200
2,000
20,000
True. Silvia and Claudia
Poll won four medals in
Atlanta and Sydney in
swimming.
Which Central American
ancient civilization
invented the zero?
Aztec
Maya
Olmec
Toltec
Which side of the
Panama Canal is further
west—Atlantic or
Pacific?
Atlantic
Good night
Which Central American
ancient civilization
created a scare in
December of 2012 with
the ending of their
calendar?
Aztec
Olmec
Toltec
Maya
“Titanic” and “Pearl
Harbor” were filmed in
special water studios in
which country?
Mexico
Belize
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Panama
Honduras
Mexico
Which crop was the
most important in the
Mayan culture?
Chili peppers
Radishes
Corn
Tomatoes
How many miles were
cut off a ship’s journey
from New York to San
Francisco by using the
Panama Canal?
780
7,800
78,000
780,000
How many miles of
coastline does Costa Rica
have?
Belize
El Salvador
Panama
Nicaragua
President Reagan’s
presidency was
scandalized when
government officials
aided rebels in which
Central American
country?
Nicaragua
Honduras
Guatemala
Panama
Violeta Chamorro of
which country was the
first female president
democratically elected in
the Americas?
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Nicaragua
Honduras
Which country won its
first Olympic medal
(silver) in London 2012 in
the men’s 20K walk?
Hornet
Mosquito
Housefly
Grasshopper
Which country won gold
in men’s soccer at the
London 2012 Summer
Olympics?
Mexico
Guatemala
Honduras
Panama
The U.S. invaded which
Central American
country in 1989 and
blared loud rock music to
remove the country’s
leader from an embassy?
Mexico
Guatemala
Honduras
Panama
What is the currency of
Costa Rica called?
Colon
Peso
Euro
Pound
True or false: El Salvador
and Honduras fought a
war over soccer.
Which country was the
site of the first Catholic
mass celebrated in the
Americas?
True or false: Honduras is
known as the “land of a
thousand lakes.”
True. It lasted four days
and 3000 dead when El
Salvador beat Honduras.
Mexico
Panama
Honduras
El Salvador
False. Honduras only has
one natural lake.
People living in which
country are known as
“Ticos” and “Ticas?”
What percentage of the
world’s biodiversity lives
in Costa Rica’s rain
forest?
Rolling Stones lead
singer Mick Jagger’s first
wife Bianca is from
which Central American
country?
Mexico
Belize
Guatemala
Costa Rica
The name of which
ancient Central American
civilization actually
means “master
bulders?”
Aztec
Maya
Olmec
Toltec
In what sport did Mexico
win its first Olympic
medal at the 1900 Paris
Summer Olympics?
Soccer
Boxing
Archery
Men’s polo
Why did ancient Mayans
hang dangling objects in
front of babies’ eyes?
1%
2%
5%
50%
A group of nomadic
peoples called the
Chichimec destroyed
which ancient Central
American civilization in
the 13th century?
Aztec
Maya
Toltec
Olmec
To which country do
monarch butterflies from
Indiana migrate each
year?
Belize
Costa Rica
Mexico
El Salvador
What stone was the
favorite of the ancient
Maya?
To hypnotize them
To force the baby’s eyes
to cross
To use as a toy
As jewelry
Emeralds
Sapphires
Jade
Diamonds
What is the currency of
Guatemala called?
What is the Spanish
word for the number
seven?
Peso
Euro
Dollar
Quetzal
Siete
Belize
El Salvador
Nicaragua
Panama
Which ancient Central
American civilization left
artifacts of giant heads?
How many active
volcanoes are in
Honduras?
One
Ten
One hundred
Zero
What did the first
governor of Nicaragua
carry with him
everywhere he travelled?
16 feet
60 feet
600 feet
6,000 feet
Umbrella
Coffin
Shotgun
Lucky charm
Kekchi, Coxoh, Achi,
Tacacho, and Colo were
all what in Central
American history?
What is the national bird
of Honduras?
Names of Mayan
pyramids
Ancient Indian languages
Aztec rulers
Toltec rulers
Legends state that the
Aztecs sacrificed how
many prisoners over the
course of four days?
According to Aztec
legend, if which animal
crossed your path it
meant misfortune?
True or false: Newborn
Mayan babies were
strapped to boards to
make their foreheads
slanted.
True. They admired a
forehead that sloped
back.
Mexico
Honduras
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
How long was the largest
swordfish caught in Lake
Nicaragua?
Aztec
Maya
Olmec
Toltec
84
840
84,000
84,000,000
Which Central American
Country was known as
the original “Banana
Republic” (country
dependent on one crop)?
Wolf
Cat
Lizard
Donkey
Cesar Millan, better
known as “the Dog
Whisperer,” is from
which country?
Belize
El Salvador
Mexico
Costa Rica
What is the Spanish
word for nine?
What dangerous sport is
popular in Acapulco,
Mexico?
Nueve
Skateboarding
Motocross biking
Cliff diving
Skydiving
Scarlet macaw
Woodpecker
Eagle
Flamingo
The Aztecs crushed
which type of insect to
create red dye?
Tarantula
Beetle
Cricket
Butterfly
From which country is
boxer Oscar de La Hoya?
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panama
Mexico
What is the name of the
traditional nap taken
during the heat of the
day in Latin countries?
Fiesta
Siesta
Nadar
Caminar