Spanish Quiz

How much do you know about Spain and the Spaniards???

What is ‘paella’?

• a dance

• a musical instrument

• a dish

Who was Dalí?

• a politician

• an actor

• a painter

What is ‘basque’?

• a sport

• a language

• a fruit

Where is ‘the Prado’?

• in Ibiza

• in Barcelona

• in Madrid

What is RENFE?

• a car maker

• a train company

• an airplane maker

What is the Ebro?

• a mountain

• a river

• a sea

Who was Franco?

• an actor

• a king

• a dictator

Who ISN’T a Spanish painter?

• Picasso

• Miró

• Van Gogh

When is the ‘Semana Santa’?

• at Christmas

• at Easter

• in the summer

What famous product is made in Rioja?

• olive

• olive oil• wine

What are the mountains near Granada called?

• la Sierra Nevada

• the Pyrenees

• the Alps

Who is Pedro Almodóvar?

• a film director

• an actor

• an athlete

Who sent ‘the Armada’ against England?

• Juan Carlos

• Carlos V

• Felipe II

Where is ‘the Sagrada Familia’?

• in Bilbao

• in Barcelona

• in Madrid

El ‘Corte inglés’ is:

• a restaurant

• a football team

• a department store

On New Year’s eve, the tradition is to eat 12:

• grapes

• chocolates

• plums

Marbella is in the:

• Costa Brava

• Costa del Sol

• Costa Blanca

Where does Flamenco come from?

• Andalucia

• Catalonia

• the Basque country

Who built the ‘Alhambra’ in Granada?

• the Arabs

• the French

• the English

What are Ceuta and Melilla?

• two Spanish autonomous cities

• Spanish islands

• models of cars

How many autonomous communities does Spain have?

• 18

• 17

• 20

Who wrote the famous ‘Don Quixote’?

• Miguel Cervantes

• García Marquez

• Isabel Allende

Which language is most similar to Castilian Spanish?

• Portuguese

• Italian

• Catalan

Which country isn’t Spanish-speaking?

• Equatorial Guinea

• Panama

• Brazil