Spanish History trivia questions and answers
The Quickfire pack has 50 Spanish History questions, all written in English and Spanish. Here are 15 of them. Hosts get the full set, ready to put on a TV with players answering on their phones.
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In what year did the Spanish Civil War end?Very easy
Answer: 1939
What was the name of Christopher Columbus's flagship on his first voyage in 1492?Very easy
Answer: The Santa María
In what year did Spaniards approve by referendum the Constitution that established the country's parliamentary monarchy?Very easy
Answer: 1978
Which city was the capital of the Nasrid kingdom, the Muslim state that survived in the Iberian Peninsula until 1492?Easy
Answer: Granada
In what year did Spain join the European Economic Community?Easy
Answer: 1986
Which treaty of 1494 divided the lands outside Europe between Spain and Portugal along a meridian in the Atlantic?Easy
Answer: The Treaty of Tordesillas (Tordesillas)
Which treaty of 1713 ended the War of the Spanish Succession and ceded Gibraltar to Great Britain?Intermediate
Answer: The Treaty of Utrecht (Utrecht)
Which Prime Minister, appointed by King Juan Carlos in 1976, won Spain's first democratic elections in 1977?Intermediate
Answer: Adolfo Suárez (Suárez)
What was the real name of the Castilian knight known as El Cid?Intermediate
Answer: Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar
Which battle of 1212 was a decisive Christian victory over the Almohads during the Reconquista?Hard
Answer: Las Navas de Tolosa
Which general governed Spain as dictator from 1923 to 1930 with the consent of King Alfonso XIII?Hard
Answer: Miguel Primo de Rivera (Primo de Rivera)
Which Nasrid king surrendered Granada to the Catholic Monarchs in January 1492?Hard
Answer: Boabdil (Muhammad XII)
Which Muslim commander led the army that defeated the Visigothic king Roderic at the Battle of Guadalete in 711?Very hard
Answer: Tariq ibn Ziyad (Tariq)
Which Celtiberian city resisted a Roman siege until 133 BC and became a symbol of resistance in Spanish history?Very hard
Answer: Numantia (Numancia)
Which nobleman served as chief minister (valido) of King Philip IV of Spain from 1621 to 1643?Very hard
Answer: The Count-Duke of Olivares (Gaspar de Guzmán)
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