El Concurso de fin de semana

....or Weekend Spanish Quiz – the answers will be given (in English) on Monday...

Geography

• On which Canary Island is Spain's highest mountain?
• Which Spanish town has more hotel rooms than anywhere in Europe except London and Paris?
• Which province of Spain recently banned bullfighting in 2010?
• 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?
• Which city houses the famous Mesquita, or mosque, which is now a Cathedral?
• Which city includes Triana, historically the home of gypsies and flamenco dancers?
• What is the name of the coastal area on the Mediterranean north of Barcelona? The Costa What?
• Whose statue is at the seaward end of Barcelona's famous Ramblas?
• Where is Spain's oldest University?

Sport

• Which city is home to Spanish La Liga club Real Sociedad?
• Two Spaniards have captained the European Ryder Cup golf team. Seve Ballesteros and who?
• Which Spanish city has a football club known as Deportivo
• 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?
• Does the Rugby League team Catalan Dragons play in Spanish or French Catalonia?
• When the European Cup was first launched, it was dominated by Real Madrid who won it how many times in succession?
• What is the annual cycling race around Spain called?
• How many Spanish football clubs have won the European Cup (now known as the Champions League)?
• In what year did Seve Ballesteros die?
• How many Golf Majors has Segio Garcia won?

History

• In what year did Christopher Columbus discover the New World?
• In the same year, which city was the last to be liberated from the Moslems in the final stage of the Reconquista?
• The Spanish Civil war started in 1936. In which year did it end?
• Spain lost three major colonies in its war with the USA in 1898. Cuba, Puerto Rica and where else?
• What was General Franco known as when he was the head of the Nationalist army in the Spanish Civil War?
• In which year did Barcelona host the Olympic Games?
• 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?
• What is the name of the Spanish King who succeeded after the death of General Franco and who still reigns today?
• In which year did the ill-fated Armada set sail for England?

Culture

• What was Don Quixote's squire, or servant, called?
• Which part of Spain does Don Quixote come from? – it's in the title of the book.
• What is a Spanish omelette made of eggs, onion and potato known as throughout Spain?
• Which city is particularly famed for Paella?
• Which fish is traditionally served with green sauce in Basque cookery?
• In which Andalusian city was Picasso born?
• In which city was Picasso trained and enjoyed his early career before moving to Paris?
• Three famous operas are set in Seville: Carmen, The Barber of Seville and which is the third?
• Which famous artist was born in Figueras in Catalonia and which now houses his museum?
• Which fruit is associated with Granada and even includes reference to the city in its name?

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