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History of Mayagüez - Quiz
Contributed by: Kay
  • 1. In what year was Mayagüez officially founded?
A) 1836
B) 1763
C) 1760
D) 1841
  • 2. What is the meaning of the name Mayagüez according to the text?
A) Clear River Valley
B) Place of the Taíno
C) Land of Clear Waters
D) Land of the Setting Sun
  • 3. Who led the group that requested the founding of Mayagüez?
A) Rafael Mangual
B) Eugenio María de Hostos
C) Ramón Emeterio Betances
D) Faustino Martínez de Matos
  • 4. In what year did Mayagüez receive its royal status as a villa?
A) 1760
B) 1836
C) 1763
D) 1877
  • 5. What event nearly destroyed the villa in 1841?
A) A revolutionary attack
B) A major fire
C) An earthquake
D) A hurricane
  • 6. Who was named the first mayor of Mayagüez when it became a villa?
A) José de Diego
B) Faustino Martínez de Matos
C) Rafael Mangual
D) Santiago de Méndez Vigo
  • 7. Which famous educator and philosopher was born in Mayagüez in 1839?
A) Eugenio María de Hostos
B) José de Diego
C) Segundo Ruiz Belvis
D) Ramón Emeterio Betances
  • 8. What was the main economic activity of Mayagüez when it became a villa?
A) Agriculture
B) Mining
C) Textile manufacturing
D) Tuna processing
  • 9. When were U.S. troops welcomed in Mayagüez during the Spanish–American War?
A) 1898
B) 1918
C) 1868
D) 1911
  • 10. The local fire department in Mayagüez was founded in which year?
A) 1852
B) 1843
C) 1841
D) 1866
  • 11. What was the original name of the settlement?
A) Yagüeca
B) Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Mayagüez
C) San Germán de Mayagüez
D) Puerto del Sol
  • 12. From which region did most of the town's original settlers come?
A) Spain (Mainland)
B) Canary Islands
C) Mexico
D) Cuba
  • 13. Who helped rebuild the city after the fire of 1841?
A) Rafael Mangual
B) Ramón Emeterio Betances
C) Faustino Martínez de Matos
D) Santiago de Méndez Vigo
  • 14. What major natural disaster occurred in 1918?
A) Hurricane
B) San Fermín earthquake
C) Great Fire
D) Cholera epidemic
  • 15. Who is known as the father of the Puerto Rican independence movement?
A) Eugenio María de Hostos
B) Segundo Ruiz Belvis
C) José de Diego
D) Ramón Emeterio Betances
  • 16. In what year did the college that later became the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez open?
A) 1877
B) 1898
C) 1911
D) 1918
  • 17. What industry was a major part of Mayagüez's late 20th-century export trade?
A) Automobile parts
B) Coffee production
C) Sugar refining
D) Tuna processing
  • 18. What is the name of the pro-independence revolt planned at a farm in the outskirts of Mayagüez?
A) Grito de Mayagüez
B) Grito de San Germán
C) Grito de Lares
D) Grito de Candelaria
  • 19. Which person is recognized as the father of the Puerto Rican Abolitionism movement?
A) Ramón Emeterio Betances
B) Segundo Ruiz Belvis
C) Eugenio María de Hostos
D) José de Diego
  • 20. How many housing units were burned in the fire of 1841?
A) 500
B) 300
C) 100
D) 200
  • 21. In what year did Mayagüez receive its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain?
A) 1877
B) 1896
C) 1911
D) 1894
  • 22. Who directed the Escuela Libre de Música when it was founded in 1894?
A) Theodore Schwan
B) Fernando Callejo
C) Luis Perocier
D) Frank Cole
  • 23. Whose construction company designed the structure for the Plaza del Mercado?
A) Theodore Schwan
B) Gustave Eiffel
C) Fernando Callejo
D) Luis Perocier
  • 24. Who was the first bishop of the Diocese of Mayagüez?
A) Frank Cole
B) Theodore Schwan
C) Mons. Ulises Casiano Vargas
D) Fernando Callejo
  • 25. What event happened in the Plaza del Municipio on January 11, 1975?
A) A bomb explosion
B) The arrival of U.S. troops
C) The opening of a cathedral
D) The founding of a university
  • 26. Which U.S. President experienced a foreign policy setback regarding the Mayagüez Incident?
A) Theodore Schwan
B) Frank Cole
C) Gerald Ford
D) Benjamín Cole
  • 27. What percentage of U.S. tuna products were once packed in Mayagüez?
A) 25%
B) 50%
C) 10%
D) 80%
  • 28. When was the Diocese of Mayagüez founded?
A) January 1, 2004
B) August 11, 1898
C) April 1, 1976
D) October 11, 1918
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