A Spain Question Tour

Buenos dias! Depending on time frame, though, perhaps "Buenos Tardes" would be more appropriate? Spain's history and culture are famous the world over, but how much do you actually know about it?

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Hint	Answer
Cities 1: Capital of Andalusia	Seville
Cities 2: Northern city known for its controversial Guggenheim.	Bilbao
Cities 3: Capital of Galicia and an important pilgrimage location	Santiago de Compostela
Cities 4: Capital of the Balearic islands	Palma de Mallorca
Artificial Landmarks 1: Moorish palace located in Granada. Its name comes from the Arabic for "Red One."	Alhambra
Artificial Landmarks 2: The largest Renaissance structure in the world, home to a monastery, library, royal palace, and more.	El Escorial
Artificial Landmarks 3: Massive basilica in Zaragoza dedicated to an aspect of the Virgin Mary that allegedly appeared to the Apostle James the Greater in 40 CE	Nuestra Senora del Pilar
Artificial Landmarks 4: Madrid's most prestigious art museum	Prado
Natural Landmarks 1: Volcano located on the island of Tenerife, the highest mountain in Spain.	Mount Teide
Natural Landmarks 2: Spain's oldest national park, located at the confluence of three mountain ranges.	Picos de Europa
Natural Landmarks 3: This national park's volcanic fields formed from 1730 to 1736, when over one hundred volcanoes erupted and turned the landscape Martian-red.	Timanfaya
Natural Landmarks 4: Spain's largest national park, named for the mountain range found inside it. It shares its name with a region of California.	Sierra Nevada
People 1: Moorish scientist and philosopher whose analyses of Aristotle rekindled European interest in Greek science and philosophy, helping to pave the way for the Renaissance.	Ibn Rushd
People 2: Her marriage to Ferdinand II of Aragon led to the unification of Spain and the end of the Reconquista	Isabella I
People 3: Catalonian architect who designed many of Barcelona's landmarks, including the famous Sagrada Familia	Antoni Gaudi
People 4: Fascist dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975	Francisco Franco

Hint	Answer
History 1: Caliphate that initially conquered Spain	Umayyad
History 2: 1582 naval battle that led to Portugal's annexation into the Spanish Empire.	Battle of Vila Franca do Campo
History 3: The death of Charles II without any heirs led to this conflict from 1701-1714	War of the Spanish Succession
History 4: Basque nationalist group who killed, among others, Luis Blanco, head of fascist Spain's nuclear program, in 1973.	Euskadi Ta Azkatasuna
Culture 1: Hero of Miguel de Cervantes' most famous work and foe of windmills everywhere.	Don Quixote
Culture 2: Epic poem based on the life of the real-life Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar	Cantar de Mio Cid
Culture 3: Bovine-featuring festival that takes place in Pamplona	Running of the Bulls
Culture 4: Developed by the Gitanos (Spain's Romani population), this Andalusian dance has become synonymous with Spain as a whole	Flamenco
Painters 1: "Las Meninas," "La rendicion de Breda"	Diego Velazquez
Painters 2: "The Third of May 1808," "Saturn Devouring His Son"	Francisco de Goya
Painters 3: "Guernica," "Massacre in Korea"	Pablo Picasso
Painters 4: "The Persistence of Memory," "The Ecumenical Council"	Salvador Dali
Cuisine 1: Cold vegetable soup from southern Spain and Portugal	Gazpacho
Cuisine 2: Valencia's iconic rice dish	Paella
Cuisine 3: Chickpea-based stew hailing from Madrid	Cocido Madrileno
Cuisine 4: Stew developed by Basque fishermen containing tuna, peppers, and potatoes	Marmitako