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History of Portugal - Statistics
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This quiz has been taken 1,536 times
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- The average score is 12 of 20
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| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What Portuguese explorer was the first European to sail to India? | Vasco da Gama | 92%
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| What colony did Portugal return to China in 1999? | Macau | 91%
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| What type of natural disaster devastated Lisbon in 1755? | Earthquake | 86%
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| What Portuguese footballer has won five Ballon d'Or awards? | Cristiano Ronaldo | 85%
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| Which Portuguese explorer started the first circumnavigation of the world? | Ferdinand Magellan | 82%
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| What colony did Portugal return to India in 1961? | Goa | 78%
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| What old-fashioned term refers to the Muslim group who once ruled Portugal? | Moors | 78%
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| What city in the New World was the capital of the Portuguese Empire during the Napoleonic invasion of Portugal? | Rio de Janeiro | 78%
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| What modern-day African country was formerly known as Portuguese East Africa? | Mozambique | 77%
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| What Hawaiian string instrumental was developed by Portuguese immigrants in Hawaii? | Ukulele | 71%
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| In what category did José Saramago win a Nobel Prize in 1998? | Literature | 65%
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| What country was allied with Portugal since 1373 – not necessarily a sovereign state? | England | 62%
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| 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 | 59%
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| What was the currency of Portugal before it was replaced by the Euro? | Escudo | 51%
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| What prince is given credit for kicking off the Age of Discovery in the early 1400s? | Henry the {Navigator} | 48%
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| What C city served as the capital of Portugal from 1179–1255? | Coimbra | 43%
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| What former Portuguese Prime Minister became the Secretary General of the United Nations in 2017? | António {Guterres} | 42%
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| What Jesuit missionary led an extensive mission into Portuguese possessions in Asia? | Francis {Xavier} | 26%
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| Which pope published the decree to divide the New World between Spain and Portugal? | {Alexander} VI | 18%
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| What type of four-masted sailing ship, known as nau in Portuguese, was developed in the 14th to 15th centuries in Portugal? | Carrack | 10%
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