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• Quinceañera

What age-related Spanish phrase is often used as another name for a quinceañera celebration?

Answer

Quince años

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• Quinceañera

What childhood object may a quinceañera traditionally receive as her “last” one?

Answer

Doll

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• Quinceañera

What flower arrangement does a quinceañera often carry during the ceremony?

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Bouquet

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• Quinceañera

What ceremonial accessory is often placed on a quinceañera’s head?

Answer

Tiara

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• Quinceañera

In what century did European court traditions strongly influence the modern quinceañera in Mexico?

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19th century

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• Quinceañera

Which country is most commonly identified as the modern birthplace of the quinceañera tradition?

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Mexico

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• Quinceañera

What Catholic ceremony is often held before or as part of a traditional quinceañera?

Answer

Mass

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• Quinceañera

In a quinceañera, what Spanish term commonly means the male attendant in the honoree’s court?

Answer

Chambelán

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• Quinceañera

In a quinceañera ceremony, what does the honoree traditionally change from flat shoes into?

Answer

High-heeled shoes

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• World's Stock Market Crashes

What was the nickname of the 1720 French speculative collapse centered on John Law’s Mississippi Company?

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Mississippi Bubble

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What was the name of the 1873 financial panic that began with the collapse of Jay Cooke & Company?

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Panic of 1873

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• World's Stock Market Crashes

What date is known as Black Tuesday, the most famous single-day collapse of the 1929 U.S. stock-market crash?

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October 29, 1929

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