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Question	Answer	% Correct
What colony did Portugal return to China in 1999?	Macau	91%
What Portuguese explorer was the first European to sail to India?	Vasco da Gama	91%
What type of natural disaster devastated Lisbon in 1755?	Earthquake	87%
What Portuguese footballer has won five Ballon d'Or awards?	Cristiano Ronaldo	84%
Which Portuguese explorer started the first circumnavigation of the world?	Ferdinand Magellan	82%
What city in the New World was the capital of the Portuguese Empire during the Napoleonic invasion of Portugal?	Rio de Janeiro	79%
What old-fashioned term refers to the Muslim group who once ruled Portugal?	Moors	78%
What modern-day African country was formerly known as Portuguese East Africa?	Mozambique	78%
What colony did Portugal return to India in 1961?	Goa	77%
What Hawaiian string instrumental was developed by Portuguese immigrants in Hawaii?	Ukulele	72%
In what category did José Saramago win a Nobel Prize in 1998?	Literature	67%
What country was allied with Portugal since 1373 – not necessarily a sovereign state?	England	63%
What name was given to the areas around modern-day Portugal by the Romans? hint: Ocean liner sunk by a U-boat in 1915	Lusitania	60%
What was the currency of Portugal before it was replaced by the Euro?	Escudo	51%
What prince is given credit for kicking off the Age of Discovery in the early 1400s?	Henry the {Navigator}	48%
What C city served as the capital of Portugal from 1179–1255?	Coimbra	44%
What former Portuguese Prime Minister became the Secretary General of the United Nations in 2017?	António {Guterres}	40%
What Jesuit missionary led an extensive mission into Portuguese possessions in Asia?	Francis {Xavier}	27%
Which pope published the decree to divide the New World between Spain and Portugal?	{Alexander} VI	18%
What type of four-masted sailing ship, known as nau in Portuguese, was developed in the 14th to 15th centuries in Portugal?	Carrack	8%