| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Nicknamed CR7, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players in history | Cristiano Ronaldo | 91%
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| Explorer who was the first European to reach India by sea | Vasco de Gama | 84%
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| Sailor and adventurer who led the first expedition to make a successful circumnavigation of the globe | Ferdinand Magellan | 78%
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| Footballer who played as a midfielder for Sporting, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Inter | Luis Figo | 73%
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| Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932-1968 who kept Portugal neutral during WWII | Antonio de Oliveira Salazar | 69%
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| Nicknamed the Black Panther, considered as one of the greatest footballers of all time | Eusebio | 62%
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| Football manager who has achieved success with Porto, Inter, Real Madrid and Chelsea | Jose Mourinho | 58%
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| Politician serving as the 9th secretary-general of the UN | Antonio Guterres | 56%
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| Singer who was born in Canada to Portuguese parents and whose famous songs is I'm Like a Bird | Nelly Furtado | 49%
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| King of Portugal from 1385 to 1433 who has a role in Portugal's victory in a succession war with Castile | John I | 47%
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| Writer and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature | Jose Saramago | 47%
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| Navigator and explorer regarded as the European discoverer of Brazil | Pedro Alvares Cabral | 44%
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| Canadian born singer whose father is from Portugal and who dated Camila Cabello | Shawn Mendes | 44%
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| Portugal’s greatest poet whose best known work is the epic The Lusiads | Luis de Camoes | 40%
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| Singer who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 | Salvador Sobral | 40%
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| Singer who popularized the fado genre of music and become its most noted exponent | Amalia Rodrigues | 38%
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| Explorer who was the first European to sail around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488 | Bartolomeu Dias | 38%
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| Actress who played NCIS Special Agent Kensi Blye in NCIS: Los Angeles | Daniela Ruah | 36%
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| Olympic, World and European triple jump champion | Nelson Evora | 36%
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| Best Futsal Player of the World in 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 | Ricardinho | 36%
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| First Portuguese king who created an independent nation from the Kingdom of Galicia | Afonso I | 33%
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| Fado singer born as Marisa dos Reis Nunes in Mozambique | Mariza | 33%
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| Marathon runner who was the first sportswoman from Portugal to win Olympic gold | Rosa Mota | 33%
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| Writer who was sceptical of democracy and socialism but became a critic of fascism | Fernando Pessoa | 27%
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| Prince who is regarded as the main initiator of what would be known as the Age of Discovery | Henry the Navigator | 27%
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| Basketball player who was NBA Champion with Boston Celtics in 2024 | Neemias Queta | 22%
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| Model and actress who was a Victoria's Secret Angel and Giorgio Armani beauty ambassador | Sara Sampaio | 22%
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| Leader of the Portuguese Communist Party from 1961 to 1992 who was very supportive of the USSR | Alvaro Cunhal | 20%
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| Actress who played Fabienne in Pulp Fiction, the girlfriend of Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis) | Maria De Medeiros | 9%
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| Female basketball player regarded as one of the best point guards of all time | Ticha Penicheiro | 9%
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