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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Quiz about Spain

Teachers Katre and Raigo have created a great 43-page long material about the history of Spain, Spanish food and culture. It was aimed to be given as a handbook for our 4 students attending the project meeting in Spain, but we decided to use it for our Comenius quiz which ends on 8th May. Here are the 15 questions students  can find answer from the material.

1) Which region of 17 districts is the most inhabited?
2) How is the St Catherine's Abbey in Tallinn related to Santo Domingo de Guzmán'il?
3) Name at least 5 countries which were Spain's colonies in 1800. 
4) Was Francisco Franco a good or bad leader in your opinion? What makes you think so? 
5) What happened to the Spanish king Juan Carlos I's brother in 1956?
6) How are years 1964 and 2008 connected with Spanish football?
7) What is an organisation ETA  fighting for? Which animal and item is on their emblem?
Poster: Marten Merila
8) What is the name of this Catalonian artist who painted " Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War) " in 1936?
9) What is there so special about the restaurant El Bulli that people make reservations sometimes a year in advance?
10) How are Euro coins and  the author of "Don Quijote" connected?
11) Which food igredients did Spanish start using after discovering America?
12) What are tapas?
13) The recipe for Paella contains lots of ingredients. Name the 4 most important. 
14) What is the Spanish for "omelet in Spanish style"?
15) What is Jamon Serrano?
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