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If you missed the quiz on Saturday. you can see it here without the answers
The answers to the Spanish quiz are
Geography
| On which Canary Island is Spain's highest mountain? | Mount Teide on Teneriffe |
| Which Spanish town has more hotel rooms than anywhere in Europe except London and Paris? | Benidorm |
| Which province of Spain recently banned bullfighting in 2010? | Catalonia |
| Which Andalusian town has a gorge which is said to have featured in For Whom the Bell Tolls when Nationalist supporters were thrown to their deaths? | Ronda |
| Which city houses the famous Mesquita, or mosque, which is now a Cathedral? | Cordoba |
| Which city includes Triana, historically the home of gypsies and flamenco dancers? | Seville |
| What is the name of the coastal area on the Mediterranean north of Barcelona? The Costa What? | Costa Brava |
| Whose statue is at the seaward end of Barcelona's famous Ramblas? | Christopher Columbus or the Colom (Catalan) or Colon (Spanish) |
| Where is Spain's oldest University? | University of Salamanca – founded in 1218, only Bologna, Oxford and Cambridge are older. |
Sport
| Which city is home to Spanish La Liga club Real Sociedad? | San Sebastian |
| Two Spaniards have captained the European Ryder Cup golf team. Seve Ballesteros and who? | José Maria Olazábal |
| Which Spanish city has a football club known as Deportivo | La Corruna in the NW in Galicia |
| Raphael Nadal has won 13 Grand Slam titles but has been particularly successful in one of the Grand Slams. Which one? Australian, French, Wimbledon or USA? | French title won eight times. He is 'the king of clay' |
| Does the Rugby League team Catalan Dragons play in Spanish or French Catalonia? | In France. They are based in Perpignan. |
| When the European Cup was first launched, it was dominated by Real Madrid who won it how many times in succession? | They won it a record number of five successive times from 1956 to 1960 |
| What is the annual cycling race around Spain called? | Vuelta a Espana (will accept Vuelta) |
| How many Spanish football clubs have won the European Cup (now known as the Champions League)? | Two. Real Madrid (10 times) and Barcelona (5 times winners). |
| In what year did Seve Ballesteros die? | 2011 (7th May) |
| How many Golf Majors has Segio Garcia won? | None. The nearest was in the Open in 2007 when he missed an 8ft putt that would have given him victory. |
History
| In what year did Christopher Columbus discover the New World? | 1492. |
| In the same year, which city was the last to be liberated from the Moslems in the final stage of the Reconquista? | Granada |
| The Spanish Civil war started in 1936. In which year did it end? | 1st April 1939 |
| Spain lost three major colonies in its war with the USA in 1898. Cuba, Puerto Rica and where else? | Phillipines |
| What was General Franco known as when he was the head of the Nationalist army in the Spanish Civil War? | Generalissimo |
| In which year did Barcelona host the Olympic Games? | 1992 |
| What was Spain called under the Romans? | Hispania |
| What was the name of the last sea battle between the Spanish fleet and the Royal Navy? | Trafalgar – the RN beat the combined French and Spanish fleets |
| What is the name of the Spanish King who succeeded after the death of General Franco and who still reigns today? | King Juan Carlos |
| In which year did the ill-fated Armada set sail for England? | 1588 |
Culture
| What was Don Quixote's squire, or servant, called? | Sancho Panza |
| Which part of Spain does Don Quixote come from? – it's in the title of the book. | La Mancha |
| What is a Spanish omelette made of eggs, onion and potato known as throughout Spain? | Tortilla |
| Which city is particularly famed for Paella? | Valencia, which is a major rice growing area |
| Which fish is traditionally served with green sauce in Basque cookery? | Hake |
| In which Andalusian city was Picasso born? | Picasso was born in Malaga |
| In which city was Picasso trained and enjoyed his early career before moving to Paris? | Barcelona where his father taught at the art school. |
| Three famous operas are set in Seville: Carmen, The Barber of Seville and which is the third? | Don Juan |
| Which famous artist was born in Figueras in Catalonia and which now houses his museum? | Salvador Dali |
| Which fruit is associated with Granada and even includes reference to the city in its name? | Pomegranate or Pomme-Grenade or Apple of Granada |
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