How much do you know about Spain? What do you know about its people? We give you 10 questions, each divided into 3 parts. And we give you 6 answers. Make your choice and write down your answers. For every correct answer you get 1 point. If you answer correctly on all 3 parts of the same question you get 1 extrapoint, that is 4 points on that question.

All set? Good luck!

Question  1: In which city can you find those buildings?

A: Sagrada Familia		1: Barcelona
B: Alhambra		2: Salamanca
C: El Escorial		3: Valencia
		4: Madrid
		5: Granada
		6: Saragossa

Question  2: What is the Christian name of those famous persons?

A: Buñuel		1: José
B: Dalí		2: Placido
C: Domingo		3: Pablo
		4: Luis
		5: Julio
		6: Salvador

Question  3: In which region are the following cities situated?

A: Sevilla		1: Catalonia
B: Saragossa		2: Castilia
C: Caceres		3: Galicia
		4: Extremadura
		5: Aragonia
		6: Andalusia

Question 4: Which of the following occurences matches the given year?

A: 1492		1: The Spanish Armada is beaten by the English
B: 1520		2: Madrid becomes capital
C: 1588		3: The last Moors are driven away from Spain
		4: Spain occupies Portugal under the reign of Philipp II
		5: The King of the Aztecs, Montezuma, dies in a battle against Hernando Cortés
		6: Karl V of Hapsburg ascends to the Spanish throne

Question 5: Which of the following islands belong to the Canary Islands?

	1: Teneriffa
	2: Ibiza
	3: Lanzarote
	4: Fuerteventura
	5: Madeira
	6: Menorca

Question 6: In which region/city have the following dishes their origin?

A: Gazpacho		1: Valencia
B: Paella		2: Andalusia
C: Ropa Vieja		3: Barcelona
		4: Galicia
		5: Las Palmas
		6: Castilia

Question 7: Find the right author to the following books.

A: Historia como sistema (History as a system)		1: Javier Marías
B: Yerma		2: Miguel de Unamuno
C: Don Quijote		3: Federico García Lorca
		4: José Ortega y Gasset
		5: Miguel de Cervantes
		6: Pedro Calderón

Question 8: In which year did it happen?

A: Juan Carlos becomes King		1: 1936
B: Olympic Games in Barcelona		2: 1948
C: Start of the Civil War		3: 1961
		4: 1975
		5: 1984
		6: 1992

Question 9: What do the following words express?

A: gitano		1: castle
B: flamenco		2: oyster
C: castillo		3: bullfight
		4: dance
		5: warlock
		6: gipsy

Question 10: With which musical instrument do you connect the following persons?

A: Padre Antonio Soler		1: recorder
B: Pablo Casals		2: cello
C: Andres Segovia		3: harpsichord
		4: guitar
		5: oboe
		6: piano

© Bernhard Kauntz, 2003

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