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What Portuguese explorer was the first European to sail to India?
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Vasco da Gama
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What old-fashioned term refers to the Muslim group who once ruled Portugal?
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Moors
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What colony did Portugal return to India in 1961?
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Goa
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What colony did Portugal return to China in 1999?
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Macau
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Which Portuguese explorer started the first circumnavigation of the world?
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Ferdinand Magellan
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What prince is given credit for kicking off the Age of Discovery in the early 1400s?
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Henry the Navigator
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What city in the New World was the capital of the Portuguese Empire during the Napoleonic invasion of Portugal?
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Rio de Janeiro
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What Portuguese footballer has won five Ballon d'Or awards?
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Cristiano Ronaldo
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What was the currency of Portugal before it was replaced by the Euro?
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Escudo
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What Hawaiian string instrumental was developed by Portuguese immigrants in Hawaii?
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Ukulele
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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?
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Carrack
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Which pope published the decree to divide the New World between Spain and Portugal?
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Alexander VI
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What Jesuit missionary led an extensive mission into Portuguese possessions in Asia?
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Francis Xavier
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What country was allied with Portugal since 1373 – not necessarily a sovereign state?
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England
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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
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Lusitania
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What type of natural disaster devastated Lisbon in 1755?
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Earthquake
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What modern-day African country was formerly known as Portuguese East Africa?
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Mozambique
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In what category did José Saramago win a Nobel Prize in 1998?
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Literature
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What C city served as the capital of Portugal from 1179–1255?
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Coimbra
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What former Portuguese Prime Minister became the Secretary General of the United Nations in 2017?
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António Guterres
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