Mexico
Mexico's southeastern land borders are with Guatemala and Belize. This topic is part of Countries within Geography. This page currently draws on 78 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Mexico trivia questions
Mexico borders the United States to the north and which two countries to the southeast?
Answer: Guatemala and Belize
Bonus fact: Mexico's southeastern land borders are with Guatemala and Belize.
Which ancient civilization built Chichén Itzá in what is now Mexico?
Answer: Maya
Bonus fact: Chichén Itzá was a major Maya city on the Yucatán Peninsula.
What name was given to the first nuclear weapon test, conducted in New Mexico in 1945?
Answer: Trinity
Bonus fact: The Trinity test took place on July 16, 1945, as part of the Manhattan Project.
Canada, the United States, and Mexico are on which continent?
Answer: North America
Bonus fact: North America extends from the Arctic to the tropics.
Which river system drains much of the central United States into the Gulf of Mexico?
Answer: Mississippi-Missouri system
Bonus fact: The Mississippi basin is one of the world's largest drainage systems.
Do individual monarchs usually make the entire round trip from Mexico north and back?
Answer: No
Bonus fact: The northward journey spans multiple generations.
Which Cuarón film is a black-and-white drama inspired by his childhood in Mexico City?
Answer: Roma
Bonus fact: Roma won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Which Peckinpah film follows aging outlaws in Mexico?
Answer: The Wild Bunch
Bonus fact: The Wild Bunch was released in 1969.
Which short novel by Fuentes features a mysterious young woman in an old Mexico City house?
Answer: Aura
Bonus fact: Aura is written in the second person.
Lee Unkrich directed which Pixar film set around Mexico's Day of the Dead?
Answer: Coco
Bonus fact: Coco won two Academy Awards.
What is the capital of Mexico?
Answer: Mexico City
Bonus fact: Mexico City was built near the site of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan.
In which New Mexico city is Breaking Bad set?
Answer: Albuquerque
Bonus fact: The Television Academy archive states the show was both set and produced in Albuquerque.