Spanish Box
Geography & History
Fame & Celebrity
Sport
5th Round 5
1
Spain has 17 autnomous communities, each whith its own flag.
What autonomous region is represented by this flag?
Cantabria
1
Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world, and the second tallest, K2, is also part of the Himalayas.
What is the name of Africa’s highest peak?
Bonus Pts (+2) if you can name the country it’s in.
Mount Kilimanjaro
Bonus +2: Tanzania
1
Felipe VI became the King of Spain on 19th June 2014 due to the abdication of the throne by his father, Juan Carlos I, following a corruption investigation.
How many brothers does Felip VI have?
None
He does, however, have 2 siblings but both are sisters and both older than him. However, since the Spanish throne follows male-preference primogeniture, he passed his older sisters in the line of succession upon his birth. #Muy'23
1
In June 2023, rumours came out that Kylian Mbappe would move to Real Madrid.
Which club does he currently play for?
Paris Saint Germain / PSG
1
Geography: Put these rivers in order from longest to shortest:
Amazon, Missouri, Nile, Volga, Yangtze
Nile (6,650km), Amazon (6,400km), Yangtze (6,300km), Missouri (3,767km), Volga (3,530km)
Marking/Scoring: 1 pt for each answer in the correct position
2
Following a bad defeat in local elections in May 2023, Spanish President Pedro Sanchez called a general election.
What date has been set for the 2023 General election?
23rd July 2023
2
South America, which is approximately 17.84 million km², is approximately 1.8 times bigger than the combined size of the 50 countries that make up Europe.
How many countries are there in South America?
Bonus Pts (+2) if you can name both the largest and smallest S.American country by area.
12 (Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela)
Bonus +2: Brazil & Suriname
2
Teens love clothes and spend about 22% of their money of clothing. Originally called Blue Ribbon Sports, this company is now the one of, if not the, most popular clothing company for teenagers.
What is the company now called?
2
The modern Olympics started in 1896 and have been held in a total of 23 different cities.
Name 2 cities that have hosted the summer games that are neither capital cities nor Spanish cities.
Any two from:
St Louis (USA, 1904), Antwerp (Belgium, 1920), LA (USA, 1932), Munich (1972), Montreal (1976), LA (1984), Atlanta (1996), Rio (2016)
-5 pts if you put a Spainish city (READ THE QUESTION!)
2
Sport: Put these F1 champions in age order, from youngest to oldest, of when they won their first world championship.
Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel
Vettel (2010): 23 years and 133 days, Hamilton (2008): 23 years and 300 days, Alonso (2005): 24 years and 57 days, Verstappen (2021) 24 years and 73 days, Michael Schumacher (1994): 25 years 10 months, 10 days
Marking/Scoring: 2 pts for each answer in the correct position
3
Following a civil war, Spain was ruled under a dictatorship by General Franco until his death, at which point it moved to becoming the democracy it is today.
In what year did the modern Spanish constitution come into effect?
Bonus Pts (+2): If you know the actual date
1978
Bonus +2: 29th December 1978
3
The United Kingdom, which left the European Union on 1st February 2020, is a collection of 17 different countries and territories. It is often incorrectly referred to as Great Britain.
What is the only recognised country to be part of The U.K. but not part of Great Britain?
Northern Ireland
3
Superviventes, was first aired on 10th September 2000. It has gone on to become a popular staple of Spanish TV. Now in it's 22nd season, Supervivientes 2023: Lost in Honduras, is drawing to a close and finishes on 22nd June.
Name three celebrities who still have the chance to win Superviventes 2023?
Any three from:
Adara Molinero, Artùr Dainese, Asraf Beno, Bosco Blach Martínez-Bordiú, Jonan Wiergo
3
The Copa del Rey started in 1903 and is SPain's oldest football competition. Barcelona have won it 31 times, the most of any club by far.
Which club has won it the second most number of times?
Bonus Pts (+5) if you can also say how many times the club has won it.
Athletic Bilbao
Bonus +5: 24 times
(Real Madrid 20, Athletico Madrid 10, Valencia 8)
3
History: Put these wars in order from the most recent to the longest ago:
Cuban Revolution, Irish Civil War, Spanish Civil War, Vietnam, Yugoslavian Civil War
Yugoslavia (1990), Vietnam (1955-1975), Cuban Revolution (1953-1959), Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), Irish Civil War (1922-23)
Marking/Scoring: 3 pts for each answer in the correct position
4
Spain famously went on a rampage to expel Muslims from the country, using the Spanish Inquisition to do so.
In what century did the Spanish crown order all Muslims in the country convert to Christianity?
Bonus Pts (+5) if you name the year the last Moors were expelled from Spain.
16th Century (1502)
Bonus +5: The last Moors still adhering to Islam were expelled from Spain in 1609
4
Phones are now ubiquitous, but how they were invented has been an issue of debate. In 2002, the U.S. Congress voted to recognised Antonio Meucci as the actual inventor.
Who filed the first successful patent and was originally credited as having inventing the phone?
Bonus Pts (+3) if you can name the nationality of the the person.
Graham Alexander-Bell
Bonus +3: Scottish (Born: Edinburgh, 1847)
4
Pablo Picasso, born in 1881, is regarded as the father of the Cubism genre of art, and perhaps Spain’s most famous artist of all time.
Where was he born?
Malaga
4
Spain have won 4 international football tournaments The European Championship (1964, 2008, and 2012), and the World Cup (2010).
How many different Spaniards have scored in the final of a major international tournament?
Bonus +1 pt for each player you can name.
7
1964: Spain 2-1 Soviet Union (Pereda, Marcelino),
2008: Germany 0-1 Spain (Torres)
2010: The Netherlands 0-1 Spain (Iniesta)
2012: Spain 4-0 Italy (Silva, Alba, Torres, Mata)
4
Current Affairs: Put these countries in order, from highest to lowest, with the most number of Ukrainian refugees:
Germany, Poland, Spain, Russia, The U.K.
Russia (2.8m), Poland (1.6m), Germany (1m), The U.K. (203k), Spain (176k)
Marking/Scoring: 4 pts for each answer in the correct position
Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312584/ukrainian-refugees-by-country/
5
In 2016 Fallas gained UNESCO status as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Italy is the country with the highest number of UNESCO World hertiage sites, 58 as of November 2022.
(+/-) How many UNESCO World Hertiage sites does Spain have?
49 = 10 Pts
47/48 or 50/51 = 5 Pts
44-47 or 52-54 = 2 Pts
5
It has been claimed that The Great Wall of China can be seen from space. However, according to Yang Liwei, China's first man in space, this is not true as it is a similar colour to the surrounding soil, despite being nearly 22,000km in length.
How many countries does it either cross or border?
1 (China)
The Great Wall of China is located within the nation of China. It does not form a border between nations. Its goal was to keep out foreign invaders from the north.
5
Pablo Motos is a famous Valencian who hosts El Hormiguero and is famously short.
(+/-) How tall is he?
164 cms
-1 pt for every centimetre you were out by. Example: Answer = 170 cm, Score = -6 Points
5
Valencia C.F. is one of the biggest football clubs in Spain, despite finishing a lowly 16th in the 2022-23 season and narrowly avoiding relegation.
(+/-) How many titiles have Valencia C.F. won in their history?
23 = 10 Pts
21/22 or 24/25 = 5 Pts
17-20 or 26-28 = 2 Pts
Spanish League Champions (6), Copa del Rey (8), Spanish Super Cup (1), Spanish 2nd Division (2), UEFA Cup (1), UEFA Supercup (2), Cup Winners Cup (1), Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (2)
Source: https://www.transfermarkt.com/fc-valencia/erfolge/verein/1049
5
Natural World: Put these Top 10 most endangered animals in order of the most to the least at risk of going extinct:
African Forest Elephant, Hawksbill turtle, Javan Rhino, Mountain Gorillas, Tapanuli Orangutan
Javan Rhino (1st) Mountain gorillas (4th), Tapanuli Orangutan (5th), African forest elephant (8th), Hawksbill Turtle (10th)
Marking/Scoring: 5 pts for each answer in the correct position
Source: https://www.wwf.org.uk/learn/wildlife/endangered-animals