All About Mateo Trivia Quiz

Answer: Mark Consuelos

Consuelos debuted as Mateo Santos in 1995 on "All My Children". This was the first time in which Consuelos had acted on a soap opera. He has also guest starred on the TV shows, "SeaQuest" and "Hope & Faith". In 2005, he appeared in the film, "The Great Raid".

Answer: Valley Inn

Mateo was first seen working as a waiter at the lavish Valley Inn hotel where he often delivered food to patrons who requested room service. He also took orders for many guests who dined in the dining room. It was here that he bonded with Hayley on many occasions.

Answer: He is her maternal uncle

Maddie's biological parents are Edmund Grey and Maria Santos. Mateo is Maria's brother. That means he is the maternal uncle to Maddie Grey.

Answer: Jason Sheffield

Mateo was good friends with Jason Sheffield and the two of them were seen one night drinking alcohol. Jason then got behind the wheel of a car with Mateo riding in the passenger seat. Due to Jason being inebriated, he crashed the car but both of them survived.

Answer: Hector Santos

Hector drove someplace in Pine Valley one evening with Mateo riding in the passenger's seat. When Hector placed his foot on the brake, he realized that the fluid was out and he could not slow down (earlier, the hitman who was after Noah and Julia had fixed the breaks). The car crashed and Hector wound up dead.

Answer: False

Mateo went to go rescue Hayley after his former best friend, Tanner Jordan, abducted her in West Virginia. While there, they both struggled with a gun and it went off, killing Tanner. The police cleared Mateo of any wrongdoing and did not arrest him.

Answer: Photography

There was one scene midway through 1996 in which Edmund and Maria discussed plans for Noah and Julia's wedding. During their talk, Maria mentioned to him that Mateo would be in charge of the photography. Mateo was present at his sister's wedding to Noah.

Answer: Hal

Hayley and Mateo had a dream of opening up their own restaurant to service the locals of Pine Valley. They decided to buy out a place called Hal's Bar and turn it into a restaurant with the name of Holidays. They met with the owner, Hal, and the deal was sealed. Holidays opened up shortly after the purchase.

Answer: Cocaine

Proteus framed Mateo for drug possession by slipping some cocaine on him, which was visible to the police. Mateo wound up arrested for this and he was placed in a jail cell. Mateo was eventually cleared of this charge and did not serve any time for it.

Answer: Kurt Caceres

Consuelos took some time off in late 2002 in order to film a movie so the part was temporarily recast. Kurt Caceres took on the role for a couple of months while Consuelos was busy taping the movie. Caceres guest starred on the TV series', "Lie to Me", "NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" and "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation".