Withington Pub Quiz League - ACQ - One in 4 - 18/11/12

Date of compilation	Title	Description	Links
18/11/2012	Viva Espana	30 multiple choice questions about Spain.	Format index

Choose your question from the 30 questions about Spain listed below by clicking the adjacent question number. Each question has 4 possible answers. Click the one you think is right. The answer will turn red if it's wrong and green if it's right.
1.	Aqueducts	2.	Madrid	3.	Languages	4.	Rivers	5.	Painters	6.	Dancing
7.	Manolete	8.	Football	9.	Local traditions	10.	Symbols	11.	Nicknames	12.	Monty Python
13.	Balearics	14.	Xabi Alonso	15.	Benidorm	16.	Saint Fermin	17.	Portuguese border	18.	Famous Spaniards
19.	Salvador Dali	20.	The Peninsular Wars	21.	Pablo Casals	22.	SEAT cars	23.	Tapas	24.	Bishop of Urgell
25.	Toledo	26.	King of England	27.	Llanito	28 .	Vigo	29 .	Largest cities	30.	Picasso

1.	Aqueducts
In which Spanish city is this Roman aqueduct?


2.	Madrid
In Madrid the Retiro is what?

A	Exercise facilities for OAPs	B	A large municipal park	C	The Metropolitan transport system	D	A large shopping mall
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3.	Languages
Which of these is NOT recognised as an official Spanish language?

A	Catalan	B	Basque	C	Aragonese	D	Galician
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4.	Rivers
Which of these is the longest river in Spain?

A	Ebro	B	Tagus	C	Guadalquivir	D	Douro
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5.	Painters
Of which Spanish painter is this a portrait?

A	Velasquez	B	El Greco	C	Murillo	D	Goya
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6.	Dancing
Flamenco is probably the best known Spanish style of dancing. From which region does it originate?

A	Aragon	B	Andalusia	C	Valencia	D	Asturias
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7.	Manolete
Manolete died in 1947 following which there were 3 days of official national mourning. What was Manolete?

A	Real Madrid centre forward	B	Franco's must trusted General	C	A leading bullfighter	D	A leading flamenco dancer
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8.	Football
Real Madrid and Athletico Madrid are both Madrid-based but which other La Liga club is based in Madrid?

A	Rayo Vallecano	B	Espanyol	C	Osasuna	D	Levante
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9.	Local traditions
On the last Wednesday of August in the Valencian town of Bunol what might you experience?

A	Being chased through the streets by a bull	B	Men racing with olives balanced on their noses	C	Sharing in a large communal paella	D	Tomatoes being thrown at you
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10.	Symbols
You can see this symbol in various parts of Spain. What does it symbolise?

A	Historic site of Roman antiquity	B	A Parador hotel	C	El Camino de Santiago	D	Catalan spoken here
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11.	Nicknames
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar was the proper name of which Spaniard?

A	Don Quixote	B	El Cid	C	El Greco	D	Torquemada
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12.	Monty Python
In the Monty Python Spanish Inquisition sketch which of these was NOT the name of one of the 3 cardinals played by Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam?

A	Ximenez	B	Biggles	C	Fang	D	Algy
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13.	Balearics
Which of the islands is shaded blue?

A	Majorca	B	Ibiza	C	Minorca	D	Formentera
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14.	Xabi Aonso
From which region of Spain does the footballer Xabi Alonso come?

A	Galicia	B	Andalusia	C	Basque country	D	Catalonia
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15.	Benidorm
The resort of Benidorm is situated on which piece of coastline?

A	Costa Bravo	B	Costa del Sol	C	Costa Eldorado	D	Costa Blanca
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16.	Saint Fermin
How is Saint Fermin of Navarre said to have met his death?

Head smashed in by falling statue of the Blessed Virgin

Dragged through the streets by bulls

(in Pamplona)

Drowned in a Holy Well

Tortured then burnt as part of the Spanish Inquisition

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17.	Portuguese border
Four Spanish regions border Portugal. Which of these is NOT one of them?

A	Asturias	B	Andalusia	C	Extemadura	D	Galicia
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18.	Famous Spaniards
Which famous Spaniard is pictured here?

A	King Juan Carlos	B	Alfredo di Stefano	C	Placido Domingo	D	Julio Iglesias
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19.	Salvador Dali
The famous Dali painting The Persistence of Memory features which of the following?

Loaves of bread

Watches

Lobsters

Crucifixes

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20.	The Peninsular Wars
In the Napoleonic Wars Britain, Spain and Portugal fought Napoleon’s troops across the Iberian peninsula. During this period the Portuguese court relocated to where?

A	Tangiers	B	The Azores	C	Cape Verde Islands	D	Rio de Janeiro
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21.	Pablo Casals
The musician Pablo Casals was renowned for playing which instrument?

A	Violin	B	Cello	C	Clarinet	D	Harp
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22.	SEAT cars
Which of the following Spanish places does NOT have a SEAT car named after it?

A	Toledo	B	Ibiza	C	Leon	D	Gerona
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23.	Tapas
If you ate albondigas as part of your tapas what would you be eating?

A	Meatballs	B	Baby squid	C	Cheese fried in breadcrumbs	D	Pieces of pork in salsa sauce
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24.	Bishop of Urgell
The Bishop of the Catalan diocese of Urgell enjoys a special status. What is it?

A	Honorary Life President of Barcelona FC	B	Rules the tiny Pyrenean state of Andorra	C	Starter of the Pamplona bull run each year	D	Anoints the Spanish monarch at the coronation
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25.	Toledo
Toledo has European Union Protected Geographical Indication for what foodstuff?

A	Manchego cheese	B	Toledo ham	C	Toledo marzipan	D	Bomba toledana tapas
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26.	King of England
Which King of Spain was married to Queen Mary I of England?

A	Phillip I	B	Phillip II	C	Phillip III	D	Phillip IV
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27.	Llanito
What is llanito?

A	Local patois language of Gibraltar	B	An inhabitant of the central Spanish plain	C	A small mollusc regarded as a delicacy by the Catalonians	D	A spicy sausage filled with goat's meat eaten in Extremadura
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28.

Vigo

On which coast of Spain does the port of Vigo lie?

A	North	B	South	C	East	D	West
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29.	Largest cities
After Madrid, Barcelona, Seville and Valencia which is the fifth most populous city in Spain?

A	Zaragoza	B	Bilbao	C	Malaga	D	Palma
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30.	Picasso
Which of these cubist paintings was NOT painted by Picasso?

George Braque

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