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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Santa Claus Traditions

Which newspaper first published “A Visit from St. Nicholas” in 1823?

Answer

Troy Sentinel

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Quinceañera

In the 2006 film *Quinceañera*, which actress played the teenager Magdalena?

Answer

Emily Rios

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Quinceañera

In what year did the Mexican telenovela *Quinceañera* first premiere?

Answer

1987

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Quinceañera

Who directed the 2006 American independent film *Quinceañera*?

Answer

Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Quinceañera

The 2006 film *Quinceañera* won both major jury and audience awards at which festival?

Answer

Sundance Film Festival

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Quinceañera

In many quinceañera traditions, what age marks the transition publicly celebrated by the ceremony?

Answer

Fifteen years

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Quinceañera

In a traditional quinceañera, what object symbolizes leaving childhood behind besides the formal dress?

Answer

Last doll

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Quinceañera

What religious denomination is most closely associated with a traditional quinceañera Mass?

Answer

Catholicism

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Quinceañera

What type of formal gown is most commonly associated with a quinceañera’s outfit?

Answer

Ball gown

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Quinceañera

In a traditional quinceañera, what headpiece may be placed on the celebrant to symbolize royalty?

Answer

Tiara

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Quinceañera

Which country is especially associated with the modern quinceañera tradition’s development during the Porfirian era?

Answer

Mexico

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Quinceañera

What Spanish term commonly identifies a quinceañera’s female sponsor or godmother?

Answer

Madrina

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