Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
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A | Native American empire conquered by Cortés | Aztecs | 97%
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C | The parliament of this region declared independence in 2017 | Catalonia | 88%
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I | Her marriage to Ferdinand in 1469 would unite the crowns of Castille and Aragon | Isabella | 88%
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B | This modern-day country is the first place that Columbus landed in 1492 | Bahamas | 86%
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F | Generalísimo who ruled Spain from 1936 to 1975 | Francisco Franco | 86%
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P | In 1493, Pope Alexander VI divided the New World, giving half of it to Spain and the other half to this country | Portugal | 86%
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O | It has been estimated that between 100,000 - 250,000 Spaniards were kidnapped by North African pirates and sold as slaves in this empire | Ottoman Empire | 81%
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J | This group of people were expelled from Spain in 1492 | Jews | 79%
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Q | This don was invented by Miguel de Cervantes | Quixote | 78%
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M | Term for the Muslim inhabitants of Spain and North Africa during the Middle Ages | Moors | 71%
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U | Spain's war against this country was known as the Disaster of 1898 | United States | 65%
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N | Conqueror who invaded Spain and installed his brother as king | Napoleon | 64%
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G | Type of large ship used by Spain from the 16th to 18th centuries | Galleon | 61%
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K | In Spanish, they are called caballeros. In English, they are called ... | Knights | 54%
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S | This city on the island of Hispaniola was founded in 1496. It is the oldest continuously-inhabited European settlement in the Americas | Santo Domingo | 54%
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L | Spanish kingdom that joined with Castille in 1230 | León | 52%
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T | This city near Madrid was home to the court of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor | Toledo | 51%
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H | Roman name for the Iberian peninsula | Hispania | 47%
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E | Basque separatist group that killed hundreds of people in the second half of the 20th century | ETA | 46%
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R | Term for the period 722-1492 when Christian forces gradually took back the Iberian peninsula from the Muslims | Reconquista | 45%
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W | Name for the Spanish colonies in and around the Caribbean | Spanish {West} {Indies} | 45%
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Z | City originally founded around 20 BC with the name Caesaraugusta | Zaragoza | 45%
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V | Court painter of the 1600s whose masterpiece is "Las Meninas" | Diego Velázquez | 30%
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Y | This plant, used to make a caffeinated drink, was grown on Jesuit plantations in Paraguay | {Yerba} Mate | 27%
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X | Former spelling of the city famous for Sherry wine | Xerez | 23%
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D | Spanish coin also known as the piece of eight | Dollar | 14%
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