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Answer
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What is the capital of Portugal?
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Lisbon
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What is the name of the second most populous city in Portugal?
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Porto
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What river starts in the Spain and empties near the city above?
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Douro
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On what major peninsula is Portugal situated, together with Spain?
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Iberia
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What group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean were first discovered by the Portuguese in 1427?
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Azores
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What mountain in the above is the tallest in Portugal?
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Mount Pico
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What is the name of the southernmost region of continental Portugal?
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Algarve
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What city is considered to be the administrative center of that region?
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Faro
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What Portuguese island is the closest point of Portugal to Africa?
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Madeira
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What is the main city of the above?
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Funchal
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What cape in Portugal contains the westernmost point of Europe?
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Cabo da Roca
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What bridge in Portugal is the longest one in the entire Europe? (hint: shares its name with a Portuguese explorer)
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Vasco da Gama
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What city used to be the capital of Portugal between 1179-1255?
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Coimbra
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What river, that empties near the Portuguese capital, is the longest on that peninsula?
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Tagus
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What type of natural disaster devastated the Portuguese capital in 1755?
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Earthquake
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With what Brazilian city, starting with the letter B, does the most famous landmark in the capital share its name?
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Belém Tower
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What language, mainly spoken in northwestern Spain, is the closest relative of Portuguese?
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Galician
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What is the second-most populated city in the metropolitan area of the capital?
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Amadora
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What is the Portuguese word for lake?
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Lago
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What is the name of the highest mountain range in continental Portugal?
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Serra da Estrela
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