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Bell Ringers 121-133

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What is the name of the network of roads from Alaska to Argentina that links together 17 Latin American capitals?.   Pan American Highway  
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What are four Latin dances, and what country is each one from?   La Bamba - Mexico; El Flamenco - Spain; La Salsa - Puerto Rico; El Tango - Argentina  
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What is the name of a country in Africa in which Spanish is one of its official languages?   Guinea Ecuatorial  
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Who is the major league baseball player who earned the Triple Crown in 2012, and where is he from?   Miguel Cabrera - Venezuela  
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What are these military times in ordinary time? (use am & pm) 14:15, 22:30   14:15 = 2:15 p.m. 22:30 - 10:30 p.m.  
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Who is the teacher in California who was very successful in teaching AP Calculus to poor Hispanic students in the 80s-90s?   Jaime Escalante  
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What is the former name of the capital of Mexico, a city established by the Aztecs in 1325, whose ruins are visited today in Mexico, DF?   Tenochtitlán  
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Who is the conquistador who vanquished the Aztecs and established Spain's dominance of what is now Mexico back in the 1500s?   Hernán Cortés  
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What did Argentina and Great Britain go to war over in 1982?   A group of islands off the coast of Argentina colonized by the British in the 1800s called the Falkland Islands.  
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What are the nicknames of the twin volcanoes near Mexico's capital city?   Popo and Izti  
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What is the island that originally was called San Juan Bautista and is now a territory of the U.S.?   Puerto Rico  
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What was discovered by the Aztecs and used for currency, energy and appetite control, and then further developed by the Europeans?   Cacao  
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Why are Spanish, French, Italian, Romanian, Catalán and Portuguese known as Romance languages?   They are derived from Latin, which was spoken by Romans.  
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