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Country Quiz on a Map - Spain

Hola! Let's test your knowledge on Spain! In this unique quiz, all the answers to geographical, historical, and cultural questions will be somewhere on the map. Buena suerte!
Population by city proper, not urban area (from citypopulation.de)
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Quiz by YungBabass
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Last updated: August 28, 2024
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First submittedJuly 4, 2021
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Average score46.7%
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Bordering Countries
Andorra
France
Morocco
Portugal
United Kingdom
 
Bordering Seas and Oceans
Alboran Sea
Balearic Sea
Bay of Biscay
Mediterranean Sea
North Atlantic Ocean
 
Rivers
Tagus
Ebro
Douro
 
Mountain Ranges
Baetic Mountains
Cantabrian Mountains
Pyrenees
 
Mounts
Mulhacén
Aneto
 
Volcano
Teide
Largest Cities by Population
3,340,176
Madrid
1,655,956
Barcelona
804,121
Valencia
684,164
Seville
683,949
Zaragoza
 
 
Other Cities
Along with Melilla, one of the Spanish autonomous cities in Africa
Ceuta
Former capital of the Umayyad Caliphate with the same name
Cordoba
Island city known for vibrant nightlife
Ibiza
Coastal Basque city, also locally referred to as Donostia
San Sebastian
One of the most significant Catholic pilgrimage destinations
Santiago de Compostela
Regions
Region with recent independence referendum
Catalonia
Region with a distinctive culural heritage and a Celtic influence
Galicia
Region well known for its wines
La Rioja
 
 
Monuments
Museum of modern and contemporary art in Bilbao
Guggenheim Museum
Ancien Arab Palace that literally means 'The Red One'
Alhambra
Basilica with a construction history spanning over a century
Sagrada Familia
 
 
Natural Wonders
Navarrese badlands featuring eroded clay, chalk, and sandstone formations
Bardenas Reales
Enchanting geological site adorned with distinctive rock formations, evoking images of animals, objects, and mushrooms
Ciudad Encantada
Famous People
Valladolid: This bishop defended the Amerindians during a famous debate in this city
Bartolomé de las Casas
Figueres: This city is home to a museum dedicated to this renowned surrealist artist
Salvador Dalí
Manacor: This tennis player, winner of 22 Grand Slam men's singles titles, was born in this city
Rafael Nadal
 
 
Pieces of Art
La Mancha:The hidalgo from this Cervantes' masterpiece roams the plains of this region
Don Quixote
Madrid: This Francisco Goya's painting portays the Napoleonic repression of this city's resistance
El tres de mayo en Madrid
Belchite: This Guillermo del Toro's fantasy movie, set during the Francoist period, was partially filmed in this ghost town
Pan's Labyrinth
 
 
Battles
1492: Battle that ended the Reconquista
Battle of Granada
1805: Naval engagement during the Napoleonic Wars
Battle of Trafalgar
32 Comments
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Level 52
Jul 4, 2021
Hey, let's make an other quiz of the 'Country Quiz on a Map' serie, that you can check here :

https://www.jetpunk.com/series/324705/countriy-quiz-on-a-map

These are my first quizzes, do not hesitate to give constructive criticisms if you want to help me :)

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Level 47
Feb 20, 2025
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Level 80
Jul 6, 2021
This is a great quiz. A good mixture of the straightforward and the challenging. One correction: "Douro" is the Portuguese name for the river. The Spanish name is "Duero" as in the town "Aranda de Duero"
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Level 78
May 17, 2023
Douro is also the commonly used name in English (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douro), so it's the one that should be used in an test written in English.
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Level 78
Jul 10, 2021
Another nice map!

Although you seemed to have forgotten the Anglo-Spanish border at Gibraltar

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Level 56
May 10, 2023
Good quiz!

But:

- "Don Quijote" (Spanish spelling) should be a type-in for "Don Quixote"

- "Duero" (Spanish name for the river) should be a type-in for "Douro" (this one, which is often used in English, is the Portuguese name)

- "Gernika" should be also accepted for "Guernica", since it's the name of a town in the Basque Country, and the first is the basque name while the second is the Spanish name

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Level 52
Jun 4, 2023
Thanks, I will add the three of them
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Level 60
Mar 20, 2024
I really like these "Countries on a Map"-quizes. Nominated them all.
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Level 76
Apr 17, 2024
You should consider translating this quiz into Spanish! It would be a great addition to the Spanish section of JetPunk and would likely be featured.

If you need any help translating, just let me know.

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Level 86
Apr 20, 2024
Ancient* Arab Palace
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Level 75
Apr 21, 2024
The answer column says "montain ranges" instead of "mountain ranges"
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Level 85
Aug 28, 2024
Any chance of accepting "Grenada" for "Battle of Grenada"? The wording of the question (i.e.: with "Battle" already in the question) implies to me that just the short form would acceptably answer the question.

When "Grenada" wasn't accepted (and after I tried it at least 3 or more times) I was honestly stumped and all I could do was stare dumbly at the page, thinking that either you or I had made a mistake somewhere.

(Typing out "battle of" literally didn't occur to me, again because of the question wording.)

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Level 52
Aug 28, 2024
That's because it's actually Granada, not Grenada! You can drop the "Battle of".
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Level 3
Jan 22, 2025
this is a very good quiz, could you please make one for portugal? thank you :)
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Level 83
Feb 10, 2025
Great quiz. Is Gibraltar meant to be one of the answers? I see it fills in on at the map (No. 2) when the quiz finishes but if I type it it's not accepted. It's also not listed in the table.
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Level 98
Feb 10, 2025
Gibraltar is an overseas British territory, so it is listed under United Kingdom here. Although, I do agree Gibraltar should be an accepted type-in
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Level 85
Feb 10, 2025
Gibraltar should be the answer, rather than UK. Gibraltar isn't part of the UK.
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Level 93
Feb 11, 2025
Gibraltar is indeed the answer, but to claim that Gib isn’t part of the UK is being overly technical. The UK is indisputably sovereign in this territory, so claiming otherwise is disingenuous. The situation with overseas territories arises from a desire by nefarious actors to maintain the benefits of association with the British crown without any of the annoying legal consequences and obligations that go with it. Tax evasion being the primary purpose of the whole exercise.
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Level 85
Feb 10, 2025
Great quiz. Just a little note about grammar - in English we'd say "this Guillermo del Toro fantasy movie" or "this fantasy movie by Guillermo del Toro", but never "this Guillermo del Toro's fantasy movie". Same thing for the Goya question. Don't ask me why, possessives in English are weird.
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Level 83
Feb 19, 2025
I'd agree, the grammar in the two statements isn't correct.
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Level 76
Feb 10, 2025
Spelling (in Art panel): portrays
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Level 93
Feb 11, 2025
Ibiza in the English speaking world almost invariably refers to the entire island of Ibiza, rather than just the small town of the same name
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Level 94
Feb 12, 2025
The 't' is still missing from 'Ancient Arab Palace'
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Level 72
Feb 20, 2025
Love the quiz. What about accepting Sierra Nevada for the Baetic mountains?
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Level 79
Apr 14, 2025
Yeah I kept trying Sierra Nevada in various forms and presumed that must not be the proper name. It seems they're only a part of a larger range. Although it seems the larger system is made of multiple ranges.
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Level 68
Feb 20, 2025
These quizzes are some of my favourites on the website, but the map design is unfortunately really bad. It could do with a lot of decluttering, like using simpler symbols (e.g. just a triangle for a mountain), a more standardised font, and the classic Jetpunk green for any correctly guessed map items. It's also unclear what is asked of you before you scroll down to the answer list – the first time I took one of these quizzes, I didn't even realise I was supposed to fill in all the neighbouring countries.
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Level 44
Feb 20, 2025
Nice, lots of grammar and spelling mistakes though (see above).
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Level 65
Feb 20, 2025
I know that the "cantabrian" and "baetic" mountains are the more general term, but i think it would be valid for people to answer "picos de europa" for the cantabrian mountains, and "sierra nevada" for the baetic mountains. These are the main and highest parts of these mountain ranges anyways.
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Level 55
Feb 20, 2025
Hardly got 7-8 answers. But ngl this was quite an interesting quiz.
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Level 61
May 4, 2025
Could you add more type ins for "labyrinth"? I would've gotten it
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Level 48
May 16, 2025
I´m spanish and have never heard of the BALEARIC or the ALBORAN sea its just so you know its not something known or used in Spain. You could add the type in of fusilamientos del tres de mayo because it is how is widely known .As a piece of advice you could add geographical features like cabo de palos(Where colombus started it´s journey to America) or punta tarifa, there´s also some other things that sound too overcomplicated, otherwise, great quiz.
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Level 63
May 26, 2025
I love these quizzes! I use them for learning about countries I don't know much about. It might be considered 'cheating' but I'll take a quiz untimed and research. Hours later I've gone down the google/youtube rabbit hole and eventually get the quiz taken - and inevitably have added cities/regions to my bucket list. Could you please do some on South America? Or maybe I could figure out how to do a quiz but the format looks pretty formidable 😮