Spanish Guessing Game Podcast
In our “¿Quién será?” podcast series, you’ll listen to Kwiziq teachers Inma and Silvia’s light-hearted chats in Spanish, where they give you a few key clues to help you guess which Spanish/Hispanic celebrity they’re talking about.
To help you practise your listening skills, these podcasts will also be accompanied by some useful vocab, grammar lessons and interesting links to go further! We encourage you to try our related exercises to have the whole experience.
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🎧 ¿Quién será? Ep.4 : Film Celebrity 🎧
In this podcast, Silvia and Inma talk about a very famous Hispanic film celebrity. If you are a keen Spanish/Hispanic film industry and know a bit about the most iconic actors and actresses from Latin America, then those clues will be very helpful. You might guess who it is after just a couple of clues, but stick around until the end to be sure and get the full experience. It’s a great listening exercise!
📕 Some useful vocabulary
Here are some of the key words from the episode to help you get confident in this topic:
- ¡Vamos allá! = Let’s go! / Let’s get on with it!
- mudarse = to move (house/town)
- el mundo artístico = the artistic world
- una carrera = career
- abarcar = to span [time]
- presencia escénica = stage presence
- formar parte de = to be part of
- ambientado/-a en = set in / based on
- interpretar a un personaje = to play a character
🧩 Our 6 main clues
Here’s a line-up of the 6 main clues given in the podcast for a bit of help:
- Pista #1: Nació en Puerto Rico y se mudó a la ciudad de Nueva York cuando era pequeña.
- Pista #2: Construyó una carrera que abarca varias décadas participando en cine, televisión y teatro.
- Pista #3: No solamente se le conoce por actuar sino también por cantar y bailar.
- Pista #4: Forma parte de un grupo muy exclusivo de artistas que han ganado los cuatro premios más importantes del entretenimiento, un Grammy, un Emmy, Óscar y Tony.>
- Pista #5: Uno de sus papeles más icónicos fue en una película musical de 1961, ambientada en la ciudad de Nueva York y que marcó a toda una generación.
- Pista #6: Interpretó a Anita en West Side Story, un personaje lleno de energía, carácter y emoción.
🧠 Interesting grammar from the text in our clues
We highlighted some interesting grammar points in our text from the six clues and created a shared notebook with all the lessons so you have them all in one place and ready for you to test.
✏️ Practise More!
Try these awesome Kwiziq activities to practice more on the topic films.
Fill-in-the-Gaps:
● Javier Bardem y Penélope Cruz (B1 Saber vs Conocer)
Dictation: (Premium subscribers only):
● A terrifying make-up artist (C1)
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Author info
After working in the travel industry for ten years in Seville, Inma moved to the UK to give a little twist to her life. Since then she's been teaching Spanish as a foreign language to adults for over 15 years in different settings, private lessons, secondary schools and online. Inma is a coffee lover and also loves exploring new places with her family in beautiful Warwickshire, where she lives.
Silvia is a multilingual educator with expertise in English, French, and Spanish, and a passion for helping students excel in language learning. After gaining extensive international teaching experience in the UK and other countries, Silvia returned to her hometown of Vitoria in 2019. Since then, she has been sharing her knowledge and love for languages with learners of all levels. With over a decade of experience, Silvia’s creative and dynamic teaching methods make language acquisition both fun and accessible.