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1
What is the currency of Spain and Portugal?
Peso
Euro
Dollar
Peseta and Escudo
2
Who was the famous Portuguese explorer that sailed around the Cape of Good Hope?
Henry the Navigator
Bartolomeu Dias
Vasco da Gama
Ferdinand Magellan
3
In what year did Portugal become a republic, ending its monarchy?
1822
1910
1808
1492
4
Portugal was once part of which ancient empire?
Byzantine
Ottoman
Persian
Roman
5
Which ancient civilization first colonized the Iberian Peninsula?
Visigoths
Romans
Phoenicians
Moors
6
What is the name of the traditional Portuguese music genre?
Flamenco
Tango
Mariachi
Fado
7
Which city is famous for its Alhambra palace?
Granada
Seville
Madrid
Valencia
8
Which region of Spain has the strongest movement for independence?
Andalusia
Galicia
Castilla y Leon
Catalonia
9
What is the capital of Portugal?
Porto
Lisbon
Faro
Braga
10
Which Spanish king financed Christopher Columbus' voyage?
Ferdinand II
Philip II
Charles V
Alfonso X
11
What is the national dish of Spain?
Gazpacho
Paella
Tapas
Churros
12
Which famous explorer, originally from Portugal, led the first circumnavigation of the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco de Gama
Christopher Columbus
Hernan Cortes?
13
What year did the Moors invade the Iberian Peninsula?
711 AD
1492 AD
476 AD
1212 AD
14
Which Spanish artists painted Guernica?
Joan Miro
Salvador Dali
Francisco Goya
Pablo Picasso
15
Spain shares a border with which small country in the Pyrenees?
Vatican City
Andorra
Monaco
Liechtenstein
16
What mountain range separates Spain from France?
Pyrenees
Cantabrian Mountains
Sierra Nevada
Alps
17
What is the longest river on the Iberian Peninsula?
Tagus
Guadiana
Ebro
Douro
18
What is the official language of Spain?
Basque
Portuguese
Spanish
Catalan
19
What is the name of the southernmost region of Spain?
Galicia
Basque Country
Andalusia
Catalonia
20
What two countries make up the Iberian Peninsula?
Spain and Portugal
Spain and France
Spain and Andorra
Portugal and Italy
21
Which festival in Spain involves running in front of bulls?
La tomatina
San Fermin
Feria de Abril
Semana Santa
22
What is the Capital of Spain?
Madrid
Seville
Valencia
Barcelona
23
Which major event occurred in Spain in 1492?
The signing of the Treaty of Tordesillas
The fall of Granada and Columbus' voyage to America
The start of the Reconquista
The Spanish Armada was defeated
24
Portugal is famous for producing which type of wine?
Port
Rioja
Sangria
Chianti
