The United States of Mexico Trivia Quiz

Answer: Quintana Roo

Cancun is found in Mexico's Quintana Roo, in the Yucatán Peninsula. It is located on the Yucatan Channel separating Mexico from Cuba. Forty years ago, Cancun was generally unknown, but due to an energetic development program, it has become Mexico's largest tourism resort.

Answer: Jalisco

Puerto Vallarta is situated on Bahía de Banderas, in the state of Jalisco. The city was founded in 1851, and was originally a small fishing and pearl-diving village. What helped put Puerto Vallarta on the map was John Huston's 1963 filming of 'The Night of the Iguana' in Mismaloya, a small town very near to Puerto Vallarta, and the publicity given to Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton's romance at the time.

Answer: Baja California Sur

Cabo San Lucas is situated at the southern end of the Baja California peninsula, in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. 'Cabo', as it is commonly known by the tourists, has become a major vacation destination for artists and the 'rich and famous'.

Answer: Acapulco

Acapulco is located in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. It is one of Mexico's oldest and best-known beach resorts. The most famous feature of Acapulco is the death-defying show put on by The "La Quebrada Cliff Divers" who daily risk their lives diving off the cliff.

Answer: Yucatan

Chichen Itza was built by the Maya civilization and is located in the Municipality of Tinúm, in the Mexican Yucatan state. The Mayan name of "Chich'en Itza" means "At the mouth of the well of the Itza". Many stone buildings are found on the site, apart from the pyramid, which is called the Temple of Kukulkan, and often referred to as "El Castillo" (the castle).

Answer: Matamoros

Matamoros, formally called Heroica Matamoros, is located in the northeast of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas (US). There are four other cities names Matamoros in Mexico: in the states of Puebla, Querétaro, Coahuila and Chihuahua. Matamotos, Tamaulipas, is a major transfer point between the US and Mexico.

Answer: Veracruz

Veracruz is an important port in the Gulf of Mexico. It is situated in the Mexican state of Veracruz, and also is its largest city. It is Mexico's oldest port and the one most connected with its history. Hernán Cortés founded the city and named it Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz, because of the gold found there, and because he landed on Good Friday.

Answer: Tijuana

San Ysidro, in the southern section of San Diego, is called "the world's busiest land border crossing". It provides access to and from the United States and Mexico. On the Mexican side stands Tijuana, the largest city on the Baja California Peninsula. It consists of nine boroughs, and shares an approximately 15 mile (24 km) long border with San Diego.

Answer: Jalisco

Guadalajara is the capital of Jalisco. It is there, or very near there in the state of Jalisco, that the Mariachi music was born. The word "Mariachi" being an adaptation of the French word "Mariage", since there were many Frenchmen living in the area in the 19th century, and the local musicians would play for those celebrations. Groups of Mariachis still gather in the squares of Guadalajara and play, in the hope that someone will hire them for a "fiesta", and it is a pleasure to see and listen to them.

Answer: Mazatlan

Mazatlán, a city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, is the country's biggest commercial port and also a popular tourist destination. Mazatlan is renowned in the surfing community as one of the best surfing locations in all of Mexico.