Know your Southern Europe
Questions by Arne Adriaenssens
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Quiz Questions
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1. Which Southern-European capital does not count any stop signs?
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A.
Paris
B.
Rome
C.
Madrid
2.
2. Which Mexican director filmed his Oscar-winning masterpiece Pan’s Labyrinth in the woods surrounding Madrid?
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A.
Pedro Almodóvar
B.
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
C.
Guillermo del Toro
3.
3. Which pastry forms the base of the classic French dessert ‘croquembouche’?
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A.
Eclairs
B.
Profiterolles
C.
Muffins
4.
4. Which Italian city is known as ‘la grossa’ (the fat one), ‘la dotta’ (the educated one) and ‘la rossa’ (the pink one)?
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A.
Florence
B.
Bologna
C.
Turin
5.
5. Which river (the longest on the Iberian Peninsula) runs from the Spanish region of Aragon to the coast of Lisbon?
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A.
Tagus
B.
Bologna
C.
Turin
6.
6. Which coastal town in Gran Canaria – famous for its magnificent dunes and as a popular tourist destination – has a name that means ‘more pigeons’?
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A.
Maspájeros
B.
Maspalomas
C.
Maspollos
7.
7. What are the two main ingredients of Kir, a typical French cocktail?
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A.
Champagne and orange juice
B.
Rosé wine and vermouth
C.
White wine and blackcurrant syrup
8.
8. Costa Brava, Costa Dorada or Costa del Sol: which Spanish costa lies most northwards?
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A.
Costa Brava
B.
Costa Dorada
C.
Costa del Sol
9.
9. Which eccentric Louis ruled France for 72 years and crowned himself ‘the Sun King’?
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A.
Louis XIII
B.
Louis XIV
C.
Louis XV
Quiz Outcomes
1.
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2.
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