Spain's languages
How Spaniards spell their country's name
What is E-S-P-A-Ñ-A?
Spain's top soccer league
What is La Liga?
In 1492 he sailed the ocean blue for the king of Aragon and queen of Castile
Who was Christopher Columbus?
The religion that predominated in southern Spain from 711 to 1492.
What is Islam?
He has won the 2nd most tennis Grand Slam men's titles in history
Who is Rafael Nadal?
The language spoken in Barcelona
What is Catalan?
This dance, associated with Seville and guitar music, came from gypsy culture
What is flamenco?
This Spanish conquistador captured the Inca Atahualpa in Peru in 1533
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
The Nasrid rulers' palace in Granada, Al-Andalus' capital from 1238 to 1492
What is the Alhambra?
Miguel Cervantes' fictitious hero who tilted at windmills in La Mancha.
Who is Don Quixote?
The language that we call Spanish is officially known in Spain as this
What is Castilian?
Iberdrola, one of Spain's biggest businesses, is the world's #2 producer of this renewable energy equipment
What is wind turbines?
The Spanish renamed this food when it was brought from Peru because they thought its Quechua name would insult the pope
What is the potato?
The capital of Al-Andalus under its Umayyad caliphs, from 756 to 1236
What is Córdoba?
This king restored democracy in 1975 after Franco's dictatorship
Who is Juan Carlos
8000 Spanish words, including for maybe, chess, carpet, pillow, sugar, olive, carrot, apricot, orange, guitar, and giraffe, come from this language
What is Arabic?
Amancio Ortega, Spain's richest man, founded this fast fashion clothing store.
What is Zara?
This Catholic order founded by Spanish saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1540 built South American missions soon after
Who are the Jesuits (Society of Jesus)?
Spain's Arabic-speaking rulers called this peninsula Jabal Tariq
What is Gibraltar?
Born in Málaga, this Spanish painter pioneered cubism in the early 1900s.
Who was Pablo Picasso?
This language in northern Spain is closely related to no other current language
What is Basque?
This art museum in Madrid, famed for Velazquez's Las Meninas, is Spain's largest
What is the Prado?
The Archive of the Indies, in this Spanish city, holds the records of Nueva España
What is Seville?
Who are the Jews?
Midfielder Andrés Iniesta's goal won Spain the World Cup in this year
What is 2010?