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Yes. The Mask of Zorro (1998) tells how Don Diego de la Vega (Anthony Hopkins) recruited and trained Alejandro Murietta (Antonio Banderas) to become the next Zorro. Now going by the name of Don Alejandro de la Vega, married to Don Diego's daughter Elena (Catherine Zeta-Jones), and father of their young son Joaquin (Adrian Alonso), Zorro is called back into service when it looks like there is a threat against California attaining statehood.

About nine or ten years. The Mask of Zorro took place in 1841, 20 years after Spain granted independence to Mexico in 1821. The Legend of Zorro opens in 1850, as the residents of California are voting whether or not to make California a U.S. state. Alehandro and Elena's son Joaquin is now ten years old.

No. Zorro debuted in 1919 in the pulp magazine All-Story Weekly as a character in the five part series The Curse of Capistrano by Johnston McCulley [1883-1958]. Since then, McCulley has written over 60 additional Zorro stories.

Orbis unum, Latin for one world, is the logo for the Knights of Aragorn, a secret society much like the Knights Templar, that supposedly became very powerful in Europe following the Crusades. They fear that the Union, now comprised of 30 states and about to annex California as the 31st, is growing too powerful and threatens to overshadow Aragorn dominance of the world. As head of the secret society, Armand plans to use the southern states' growing rivalry with the northern states to destroy America.

One of the major ingredients in soap is glycerin. Glycerin is also one of the ingredients used to form nitroglycerin, a powerful explosive. Armand is importing soap, which he then manufactures into nitroglycerin and plans to distribute it to the southern states to use in an attack on Washington.

Yes. Nitroglycerin was first synthesized by an Italian chemist named Ascanio Sobrero in 1847, three years prior to the events in this movie.

Because it was the carrier pigeon she had been using to send messages to the Pinkertons. She now realized that her cover was blown.

Zorros plan to blow up the train carrying the nitroglycerin is thwarted when Armand abducts Joaquin, Elena, and Zorro, After forcing Zorro to unmask in front of Joaquin, Armand takes Elena and Joaquin with him on the train, leaving Alejandro to be killed by McGivens (Nick Chinlund). Suddenly Fr Felipe shows up (having survived a bullet to his heart, thanks to the crucifix around his neck), and he and Zorro take out Armand's henchmen. McGivens is trapped on a table, and a single drop of nitroglycerin falling on his forehead causes him to explode. Zorro and Toronado then race to catch up with the train, eventually leaping on top of it from a nearby mesa. Unfortunately, the train is about to pass through a tunnel, so Zorro and Toronado are forced to jump through the roof of a livestock car. Leaving Toronado in the car to munch on hay, Zorro seeks out Armand. As he and Armand clash swords in the sitting car, on the train roof, and on the locomotive, Elena and Joaquin run to the back of the train. Elena places Joaquin in the livestock car and detaches it from the train, giving Joaquin instructions to get away when the car stops. She runs back through the nitro car where she is confronted by Ferroq (Raúl Méndez). She finally defeats him by putting a bottle of nitro down his pants and pushing him off the train. He blows up, taking out Colonel Beauregard (Leo Burmester) and his soldiers, who were waiting along the tracks for the nitro delivery. Unfortunately, the explosion causes a track switch, and the train heads down the tracks where the governor is about to sign the bill making California a state. Meanwhile, Joaquin is surprised to see Toronado in the livestock car and, when it stops, he and Toronado break out and follow the train. When Joaquin sees that the train is headed right for the governor's platform, he has Toronado kick the track switch, diverting the train. Elena and Zorro leap off just before the train hits a large pile of rails, blowing up the train and Armand with it. As Zorro looks on approvingly, the governor signs the bill granting statehood to California. Alejandro later apologizes to Joaquim for not telling him that he was Zorro. In the final scene, Fr Felipe re-affirms Alejandro and Elena's marriage vows, during which the church bells sound the alert that Zorro is needed. As Elena and Joaquim watch approvingly, Zorro and Toronado ride off into the sunset. "It's who we are," Elena explains to Joaquim.

Apparently so. The cast lists Abraham Lincoln as being played by Pedro Mira. However, The Legend of Zorro takes place in 1850, but Abraham Lincoln was not elected as the 16th president of the United States until 1860.