1. What was the capital city of Portugal between the years 1808 and 1821?
2. Before the Indonesian annexation, of which country was East Timor a colony?
3. Which card game has the same name as a Portuguese resort?
4. In which 7 countries is Portuguese the official language? (not one of the official languages)
5. The Portuguese capital, Lisbon, lies near the mouth of which river?
6. In which European capital city did an estimated 60,000 people die due to an earthquake on the 1st of November, 1755?
7. In gastronomy, the name of which popular dish stems from the Portuguese words for 'wine and garlic'?
8. The UK left using Article 50 of which treaty?
9. The name of which famous prison is also the Portuguese word for 'pelican'?
10. Apart from the UK, which 3 other countries in Europe keep Greenwich mean time?
11. Citizens on which country voted to reject the Treaty of Lisbon, in the only referendum to be held by a European Union member state on the treaty?
12. The colonial name of to-days Mozambique?
13. Which capital city lies on the river Tagus?
14. Portuguese athlete Rosa Mota won which British annual sporting event in 1991?
15. Which cape is on the Southwest tip of Portugal?
16. Ceylon was a colony of which three countries?
17. The name of which mega city with an estimated 21 million inhabitants is the Portuguese word for "lakes"?
18. Which European language is an official language in Angola?
19. Which two countries joined together in 1986?
20. What type of creature is a Portuguese man-of-war?
ANSWERS
1. Rio de Janeiro
2. Portugal
3. Faro
4. Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde and Sao Tome and Principe.
5. T agus
6. Lisbon
7. Vindaloo
8. The Treaty on European Union (as amended by the Treaty of Lisbon)
9. Alcatraz
10. Ireland, Portugal, Iceland
11. Ireland
12. Portuguese East Africa.
13. Lisbon, Portugal
14. London Marathon
15. Cape St. Vincent
16. Great Britain, Holland/Netherlands and Portugal
17. Lagos
18. Portuguese
19. Spain and Portugal
20. Jellyfish
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