| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| the city returned to China in 1999 | Macau | 86%
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| the largest Portuguese colony in America | Brazil | 77%
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| prince who became famous for organizing exploratory expeditions | Henry the Navigator | 55%
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| war between Christians and Muslims throughout the Middle Ages | reconquista | 55%
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| prime minister from 1932 to 1968 | Antonio de Oliveira Salazar | 50%
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| Secretary-General of the UN since 2017 | Antonio Guterres | 45%
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| first European to reach the Cape of Good Hope | Bartolomeu Dias | 45%
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| the capital of the above | Braga | 45%
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| dynasty founded in 1385 by John I | Aviz | 32%
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| dynasty that replaced the above | Braganza | 32%
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| parliament founded in the 13th century (with the same name as the Spanish) | cortes | 32%
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| ancient tribe that fought under Viriathus against the Romans | Lusitanians | 32%
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| first king, crowned in 1139 | Alfonso I | 27%
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| country that controlled southern Portugal from the 8th to the 11th centuries | Emirate/Caliphate of Cordoba | 27%
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| colloquial name of the 1974 coup | Carnation Revolution | 23%
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| Germanic tribe that settled in the early 5th century | Suebi | 23%
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| dynasty ruling from 1581 to 1640 | Habsburg | 14%
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| Indian city visited by Vasco da Gama in 1498 | Calicut | 5%
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| Basque explorer who commanded the expedition around the world after Magellan’s death | Juan Sebastian Elcano | 5%
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