Which Portuguese navigator was the first European to reach India by sea?
Cristovao Colombo
Fernão Magalhães
Pedro Alvares-Cabral
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama
Portugal is a
Constitutional monarchy
Dictatorship
People's republic
Republic
Republic
Codfish
OctopusSardine
TunaCodfish
A typical Portuguese name is composed of four names. The last name is
the mother's surname
the father's given name
the father's surname
the given name
The father's surname
On which European peninsula is Portugal located?
Balkan PeninsulaIberian Peninsula
Italian Peninsula
Jutland Peninsula
Iberian Peninsula
In which year did a Portuguese explorer find a sea route to India?
1398
1498
1598
1698
1498
Which party is currently leading the government?
Conservative
Communist
Liberal
Socialist
Socialist
Porto and Madeira are two famous
Football clubs
Ships
Types of fish
Types of wine
Types of wine
How to say friendship in Portuguese?
amarelo
amizade
amor
inimigo
amizade
What is the second largest city in Portugal?
Amadora
Braga
Coimbra
Porto
Porto
When did the first Portuguese land in Brazil?
1450
1500
1550
1600
1500
The Carnation Revolution, on 25 April 1974 ...
gave Brazil their independence
restored democracy in Portugal
was a flower festival
was the end of the Portuguese monarchy
restored democracy in Portugal
What is the national anthem of Portugal?
A Portuguesa
Portugal para sempre
Terra da Beleza
Terra-Mãe Sagrada
A Portuguesa
How many people speak Portuguese as their native language?
14 Million
64 Million
148 Million
223 Million
223 Million
What is the Caravela Portuguesa?
a hippocampus
a jellyfish
a marine hydrozona
a mollusk
a marine hydrozona
When was Portugal recognized as a kingdom?
978
1143
1250
1352
1143
When did Portugal join the EU?
1953
1967
1986
20011986
What is "fado"?
a music style
a traditional cloth
a traditional dish
a traditional sport
a music style
Which non-latin language had the largest influence on Portuguese?
Arabic
Chinese
English
Hindi
Arabic
Which fraction of the Portuguese population lives in the district of Lisbon?
5%
11%
16%
22%
22%
What happened in Lisboa in 1755?
A civil war raged
An earthquake and a tsunami destroyed the city
An epicemic killed the population
A tornado destroyed the city
An earthquake and a tsunami destroyed the city
Who is the president of Portugal?
António Costa
António de Oliveira Salazar
José Sócrates
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
What notable Portuguese writer was honored with the 1998 Nobel prize for literature?
Almeida Garrett
Fernando Pessoa
José Saramago
Luis de Camões
José Saramago
How many countries have Portuguese as a native language?
12
6
9
9
What is the highest mountain in Portugal?
Pico Ruivo
Pico
Serra da Estrela
Teide
Pico