Day of the Dead quiz
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Which butterfly do some Mexicans see as returning souls?
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How is Coco related to Miguel in Pixar's Coco?
Answer: Great-grandmother
Why: The strict grandmother who enforces the music ban is Abuelita Elena, Coco's daughter, so Coco is one generation further back.
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Which event do calavera poems imagine for a living person?
Answer: Their death
Why: Mexican newspapers still print them about public figures, illustrated with skeleton cartoons.
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Where do candlelit boats carry families to a graveside vigil?
Answer: Janitzio
Why: The island's fishermen are known for butterfly-shaped nets, once pictured on Mexico's 50-peso note.
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Which flower's scent is said to guide souls home?
Answer: Marigold
Why: In France and Italy the chrysanthemum is the flower laid on graves in early November, a role Mexico gives the marigold.
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What inspired Mexico City's Day of the Dead parade?
Answer: A James Bond film
Why: Spectre's 2015 opening scene invented the parade; Mexico City had none until it staged a real one in 2016.
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Who first drew the skeleton lady La Catrina?
Answer: José Guadalupe Posada
Why: Diego Rivera turned her into a full-length figure decades later, in a mural he painted in 1946 and 1947.
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