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1. Our first answer is a person, a famous Spanish painter whose actual name was Domenikos Theotokopoulos. Which is he?
2. This weather phenomenon gets its name from the fact that it often occurs in the Christmas season. It is the warm phase of a cycle of weather in the Pacific Ocean which often has deleterious effects in Peru and Ecuador, and it also affects the weather in California, USA and Mexico. What is it called?
3. In the 1930s, Europe saw the rise of Fascism and several nations were taken over by Fascist dictators. Which of these was called "El Caudillo"?
4. Headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, El Pollo Loco operates over 400 restaurants in the Southwest. If you were interested in a meal under 500 calories, which of the following would not be a likely choice at El Pollo Loco?
5. El Alamein was one of the turning points of World War II. It featured two battles in 1942, after the second of which, Churchill was quoted as saying, "Now this is not the end; it is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." In what present-day country did the British, led by Bernard Montgomery, decisively defeated the Germans, led by Erwin Rommel?
6. Well, we can't have an El quiz without Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, the eleventh century Spanish warrior and legendary hero. By what name, by which the Moors referred to him, do we know him best today?
7. Enough with people for a while. What "El" name is shared by old Spanish citadels in San Juan, Puerto Rico and Havana, Cuba, as well as a U.S. National Monument in New Mexico which features a mesa and towering sandstone promontory, as well as Pueblo ruins and ancient petroglyphs?
8. The fortresses in Puerto Rico and Cuba are also referred to as "castillos". But if you journeyed to the Yucatan to see El Castillo in Chichen Itza, what would you be seeing?
9. Orlando Hernandez, pitching great of the New York Yankees, retired in 2007. He was a member of three World Series championship teams with the Yankees and one with the White Sox. What was his nickname?
10. "El Condor Pasa" is a traditional Peruvian folk melody and Inca dance, with words composed in 1913 by Daniel Alomia Robles. Additional lyrics were written in the U.S. in 1970 and the song was released as a single and an album track, reaching number six on the Easy Listening Charts. Who was the duo that brought the song to the attention of American audiences?
11. Which automaker produced the El Camino from 1959 to 1960 and then from 1964 to 1987?
12. His accomplishment of driving the Moors out of Iberia in 1492 earned this monarch the title of "El Catolico". Who was this ruler who was also king of Sicily, Aragon, Castile, Naples, and Navarre?
13. His baptismal name was Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Blanco, but he is commonly known as Simon Bolivar. He was given a title in Merida, in today's Venezuela, on 24 May 1813, and the title was ratified, according to Wikipedia, on 6 August when he took Caracas and restored the Venezuelan republic. What was that title, by which he is still known to this day?
14. "The Adventures of Manny Rivera" is an animated series on Nickelodeon which first aired in January 2007. Manny is the identity of what superhero, whose father was the superhero known as White Pantera and whose grandfather was the supervillain known as Puma Loco?
15. Which country's national airline is El Al?
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