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Basque Quiz

How much do you know about the Basque cultural region?
Part of the Spanish Regions series
Quiz by camus
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Last updated: April 18, 2021
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First submittedJune 19, 2020
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Largest city
Bilbao
Modern building in the largest city, designed by Frank Gehry
Guggenheim Museum
Beach town known for surfing, casinos, and rich and royal visitors
Biarritz
Basque name for its language
Euskara
Basque is related to how many European languages?
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City that hosts the Running of the bulls during the San Fermín festival
Pamplona
Town whose bombing in the Spanish Civil War was depicted by Picasso
Guernica
Bay named for a Basque city
Bay of Biscay
Separatist group that employed terrorism until 2010
ETA
Spanish city that was struck by train bombings in 2004. The government initially believed they were carried out by above mentioned group.
Madrid
This football club only uses players of Basque descent
Athletic Bilbao
Sport often played with rackets and fast flying balls
Pelota
Region of Southwestern France whose name derives from the same root as Basque
Gascony
Fictional native of that region who joins the three musketeers
d'Artagnan
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Level 78
Jun 19, 2020
Regarding the Madrid bombings, it occurred just three days before parliamentary elections. The Spanish people, already unhappy with Spain's involvement in the Iraq War, blamed al-Qaeda and voted its sitting government out of office. Ensuing investigations substantiated the al-Qaeda link.