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People
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Soldier, tax collector, and author of Don Quixote
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Miguel de Cervantes
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Formula One world champion and 24 Hours of Le Mans winner, jokingly called a rookie due to his age
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Fernando Alonso
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Conquistador of the Aztec Empire, who had a relationship with the emperor's daughter
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Hernán Cortés
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Film director whose works include 'Volver' and 'Talk to Her'
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Pedro Almodóvar
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Architect who designed the Sagrada Família and the Casa Milà
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Antoni Gaudí
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Current King of Spain and member of the House of Bourbon
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Felipe VI
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Spanish Golden Age artist who painted 'Las Meninas'
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Diego Velázquez
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Novelist whose 'Episodios Nacionales' retell the history of Spain in the 1800s
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Benito Pérez Galdós
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Football and former national team captain who played with Real Madrid for 16 years
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Sergio Ramos
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Female artist who is said to have "revived flamenco"
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Rosalía
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Holy Roman Emperor, 'King of all Spains', 'Duke of Burgundy', 'King of Jerusalem', 'King of the Indies', etc.
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Charles V
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The full name of this Cubist artist is around 20 words long
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Pablo Picasso
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Voice of Puss in Boots who starred in 'The Mask of Zorro'
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Antonio Banderas
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Conservative prime minister ousted by a vote of no confidence
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Mariano Rajoy
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'Good Emperor' whose territorial gains made the Roman Empire reach its maximum extent
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Trajan
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Medieval knight who fought for both the Christians and the Muslims
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El Cid
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World Rally Champion who won the 2024 Dakar Rally at 61 years old
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Carlos Sainz Sr.
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No. 1 tennis player for 209 weeks, nicknamed the 'King of Clay'
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Rafael Nadal
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Romantic painter whose works include 'The Third of May 1808' and 'Witches' Sabbath'
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Francisco Goya
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Explorer and along with Magellan, the first person to circumnavigate Earth
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Juan Sebastián Elcano
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'Father of modern neuroscience' who won a Nobel Prize in 1906
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Santiago Ramón y Cajal
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Football manager who won the World Cup, the Euros, and the Champions League
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Vicente del Bosque
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Racer who won the MotoGP championship six times, one of them in his rookie season
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Marc Márquez
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Controversial pope whose papal bull granted the Spanish kingdoms the vast majority of the Americas
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Alexander VI
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Two time Tour de France winner who is known for his ability to ride uphill
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Alberto Contador
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Hints
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Landmarks
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Palace and fortress with slightly red walls which was built by the Muslims
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Alhambra
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20th century former house, famous for its Modernisme architecture
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Casa Batlló
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Roman lighthouse on the Atlantic Ocean, that is still used nowadays
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Tower of Hercules
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Largest stadium by capacity in Europe, where Pope John Paul II gave a mass in 1982
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Camp Nou
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Bilbao art museum owned by a foundation with museums in New York City and Venice
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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
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First ever Spanish national park, located in the Cantabrian Mountains
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Picos de Europa National Park
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Present-day cathedral in Córdoba with Moorish architecture
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Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption
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Complex of buildings, including an opera house, an oceanarium and a science museum
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City of Arts and Sciences
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Beach on the border with France, where the Nazi, Léon Degrelle landed
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Beach of La Concha
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Palaeolithic cave with several paintings, such as bisons and horses
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Cave of Altamira
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Art museum that includes the works of Titian, El Greco and Rubens
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Museo del Prado
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Megalithic chamber tomb located in the Balearic Islands
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Naveta d'Es Tudons
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Islamic palace formerly used as the residence of the King of Aragon and now by the residential parliament
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Aljafería
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Gothic cathedral whose construction was ordered by Alfonso VI in 1080
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Burgos Cathedral
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Battles
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Siege of a small coastal town which sparked the Second Punic War
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Siege of Saguntum
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Nationalist takeover of a key fortification during the Spanish Civil War
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Siege of the Alcázar
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Major Muslim defeat in the Reconquista, regarded as a turning point in the war
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Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
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Beethoven wrote an orchestral work to celebrate this Coalition victory in the Peninsular War
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Battle of Vitoria
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Intense battle in the Civil War resulting in around 110,000 casualties in total
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Battle of Teruel
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Muslim victory which is also known as 'slippery ground' due to the many casualties making the terrain harsh
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Battle of Sagrajas
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British naval victory which prevented Napoleon's planned invasion of Great Britain
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Battle of Trafalgar
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French defeat in the Peninsular War which led to them abandoning southern Spain
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Battle of Salamanca
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Scipio Africanus' major victory over the Carthaginians, causing them to lost their territory in Iberia
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Battle of Ilipa
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Ambushing of Charlemagne and his army in a mountain pass
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Battle of Roncevaux Pass
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Sources/Credits
• YungBabass made a similar quiz, if you wish to try it, click here
• Huge thanks to Syrext and MarioOmaigod for translating this quiz into Spanish
• This map is a heavily changed version of an SVG from amCharts which I am able to use under this license
Have a wonderful day ;)
Thanks cathlete!