How it works
These Puerto Rico trivia questions and answers come in four rounds: names and first peoples; Spanish colony to U.S. territory; islands, mountains and sea; and wildlife and culture.
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Four rounds on the island
Names and first peoples asks what Puerto Rico, Borinquen and La Isla del Encanto mean. Spanish colony to U.S. territory runs from the garrison of 1593 to the first elected governor. Islands, mountains and sea is the map, down to the Milwaukee Deep. Wildlife and culture has the coquí, the cuatro and the carnival masks.
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Questions and answers
What are some easy trivia questions about Puerto Rico?
What does Puerto Rico mean in Spanish? Which people lived there when Columbus arrived? What kind of animal is the coquí? The answers are rich port, the Taíno and a small frog.
How were the answers checked?
In the Wikipedia article Puerto Rico, read on October 3, 2026. The return to the spelling Puerto Rico is asked by decade, because two articles give different years. The debate over political status, the public debt, hurricanes, population counts and living people are left out.
Is Puerto Rico a state?
No. It is a territory of the United States, and its official English name is the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Puerto Ricans have been U.S. citizens since 1917.
When did Puerto Rico become part of the United States?
In 1898, during the Spanish-American War. The Foraker Act set up a civil government in 1900, and the Jones-Shafroth Act of 1917 made Puerto Ricans U.S. citizens.