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What is the capital of Spain?
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What is the capital of Spain?
Madrid.
2
Who is Spain's head of state?
The King, Felipe VI, who has reigned since 2014.
3
What is the title of Spain's head of government?
President of the Government.
4
Which two chambers make up the Cortes Generales?
The Congress of Deputies and the Senate.
5
In which year was the current Constitution approved?
1978.
6
In which year did Spain join the European Economic Community?
1986.
7
When is Spain's national day?
12 October.
8
Which colours and layout does the Spanish flag have?
Red, yellow and red horizontal stripes, with the yellow stripe twice as wide.
9
Which monarchs sponsored Columbus's voyage of 1492?
Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon.
10
What did the Romans call the Iberian Peninsula?
Hispania.
11
How many autonomous communities does Spain have?
Seventeen, plus the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla.
12
What is the highest mountain in Spain?
Teide, a volcano on Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
13
What is the highest mountain on the Spanish mainland?
Mulhacén, in the Sierra Nevada.
14
Which mountains lie between Spain and France?
The Pyrenees.
15
Which river flows through Zaragoza?
The Ebro.
16
Which river flows through Seville?
The Guadalquivir.
17
What is the largest Balearic island?
Mallorca.
18
Who painted Guernica?
Pablo Picasso.
19
Who painted Las Meninas?
Diego Velázquez.
20
Who designed the Sagrada Família?
Antoni Gaudí.
21
Who wrote Don Quixote?
Miguel de Cervantes.
22
Which palace complex in Granada was built by the Nasrid dynasty?
The Alhambra.
23
Which Spanish scientist won the 1906 Nobel Prize for work on the nervous system?
Santiago Ramón y Cajal.
24
Which festival in Pamplona is known for the running of the bulls?
San Fermín.
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Which year did Spain win the men's FIFA World Cup?
2010.

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