Puerto Rico Trivia

Hola my friends, we're taking a little trip this week for episode two hundred, thirty two of the dorky geeky nerdy trivia podcast. I'm your host Brian Rollins and this week we've got Puerto Rico trivia. I've got 30 questions about the territories, history, geography, and famous people. If you'd like to learn more about the show, visit dorky geeky nerdy.com. You can also check out all all 50 US states and Washington DC in our season 4 episodes. Good luck. And let's get going. The dorky round. Number one. What is the dominant language of Puerto Rico? Spanish over. 94% of Puerto Ricans. Speak it. Number two, what is the postal abbreviation for Puerto Rico? PR. Number 3 already, a huge star in Latin America. What Puerto Rican singer made a splash in America with Livin La Vida Loca. Ricky Martin. Number four. What actor from Puerto Rico starred as Gomez Addams and his final film role in Street Fighter. Raul Julia. Number five. What is the closest US state to Puerto Rico? Florida. Number 6. What is the only active professional sport in Puerto Rico? Baseball. Number 7. What is Puerto Rico translate to in English? Rich port. Number 8, the Treaty of Paris ceded, control of Puerto Rico and other territories to the u.s. from what nation. Spain, the treaty marked the end of the Spanish-American war in 1898. Number nine. What explorer landed in Puerto Rico on November 19th, 1493 Christopher Columbus. What followed was forced labor and an outbreak of European diseases upon the native population. number 10, what musical from 1957 retold Romeo and Juliet using white and Puerto Rican gangs in New York City, West Side Story. The geeky round number one. What is the capital of Puerto Rico? San Juan, it's also the largest city on the island. Number two, born in Rio Piedras. What actor made his feature debut in space, camp and won an Oscar for his portrayal of aspiring comedian. Arthur Fleck. Joaquin, Phoenix. Number three, what Puerto recan actor, starred in movies, like traffic, sicario and plays The Collector in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Benicio del Toro. Number four. What actress played Anita in the 1961 version of West Side Story and Valentina in the remake 60 years later. Rita Moreno. Number 5, located in San Juan who owns the largest rum distillery in the world. Bacardi. Number six, what? 2017 storm killed nearly 3,000. Puerto Ricans. Hurricane, Maria. Number 7 speaking of hurricane Maria then President Trump suggested swapping Puerto Rico for what territory after the disaster. Greenland. Number eight, how many votes does Puerto Rico have in Congress? None, they have a non-voting representative. They also have no Electoral College votes. Number 9 until it's collapse in 2020. The largest aperture telescope was located near what Puerto Rican City. Arecibo. It was also featured in the finale of GoldenEye. Number 10 of the 17 Lakes on Puerto Rico. How many are naturally occurring? None. All 17 Lakes are man-made. The nerdy round number one after playing 18 Seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Who was the first Latin American player enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Roberto Clemente. Number two. What is the second largest city in Puerto Rico? By, oh, mon it's about half the size of San Juan. Number 3, The Merchant Marine Act of 1920 usually called The Jones act prohibits foreign ships from cabotage, in the u.s. what is cabotage. The transport of people are goods between two ports. In the same city. It's one of the main reasons the cost of living is so high in Puerto Rico. Number four, if Puerto Rico became a state, where would it rank in population? 29th, it would come just after Oklahoma. And before Connecticut. Number 5. What is the official nickname of Puerto Rico? Isla del in canto, or island of enchantment. Number six, if you hopped on a boat and sailed Due West from Puerto Rico, what country would you reach? Dominican Republic. Number seven of the 143 islands that make up Puerto Rico. How many are inhabited? Only three are inhabited. Number 8, what u.s. territory is east and Southeast from Puerto Rico. The US Virgin Islands. Number 9 before being invaded by Europeans. What native tribe called? Puerto Rico home. The Taino Indians. Number 10. What is the only tropical rainforest in the u.s. National Forest Service? El Yunque National Forest. And that's it for Puerto Rico trivia. Hope you had fun and or learned something about the territory, this episode is a bit of an apology to the nice people of Puerto Rico. I had intended to include them with the Washington d.c. episode last year time. Got away from me, and I had way too many questions about DC, so, I resolved to give Puerto Rico its own Spotlight. I'll be it a little late. Puerto Ricans. Are every bit as much US citizens as those of us. Us in the states. If you'd like to learn more about it, I'll include links on dorky geeky nerdy.com, including information about the Jones act. It's a bit of old-school protectionism. That should be Revisited in the 21st century. I'll be back here next week with another episode. Here's a clue. What Marvel character is. Sometimes known as The Man Without Fear more comic book trivia and it's one with a new series coming to Disney plus. See you back here next Wednesday? This was episode, 232 of the dorky geeky nerdy trivia podcast. The theme music is by Jason Shaw at audio knoteks.com. This podcast is written produced and hosted by me. Brian Rollins. See what else I'm getting up to at the voices in my head.com. Thanks for listening. When a u.s. Expedition is attacked three survivors, a professor, her student and a soldier are saved by a mysterious vessel. The nominative, the enigmatic Captain Nick do elects to keep the captives award, requiring each of their skills for his daring. Pursuits. 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