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Are You a True Celia Fan?

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Try your knowledge on Celia Cruz, Queen of Latin Music. Select the correct answer:

1. The New York Times has called Celia Cruz:
One of the world's greatest singers
One of the best salsa performers
The best Afro-Cuban female singer
God's gift to music
The Azúcar goddess
   
2. One of her most famous duets was performed with Willie Colón, was it:
La Candela
La Carimba
Cuestión de Época
Usted Abusó
Las Pilanderas
   
3. Her unique style of Latin music vocalization has been compared to the scatting of:
Edith Piaf
Liza Minnelli
Céline Dion
Ella Fitzgerald
Barbra Streisand
   
4. In her youth, she studied at Havana's Conservatory of Music from:
1947 to 1950
1950 to 1951
1943 to 1945
1945 to 1946
Never studied
   
5. Her golden era with La Sonora Matancera spanned 15 years, where she and the band became known as:
Lo Mejor de Cuba
Los Hijos del Son
Los Reyes de la Salsa
Café con Leche
Los Inigualables
   
6. Celia left Cuba permanently to pursue a career in the United States in:
1960
1964
1961
1970
1959
   
7. In 1974, she had great success with a concept album where she teamed with:
Rubén Blades
La India
Johnny Pacheco
Xavier Cugat
David Byrne
   
8. Celia Cruz was born in Cuba on:
September 16
October 21
December 7
June 6
February 4
   
9. In 1950, she was hired as lead singer for Cuba's top dance band:
Los Magos de Oriente
Los Van Van
La Sonora Matancera
Irakere
Fania All-Star
   
10. In 1992, Celia Cruz appeared in the Hollywood feature film:
Salsa
Something Wild
Invasion U.S.A
The Mambo Kings
Azúcar


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