A Curious History of Portugal

10 question trivia quiz, authored by atari_riot

Portugal has a very rich and interesting story, so let's try to get these funny questions right and learn something at the same time.

Average score for this quiz is 7 / 10. Difficulty: Average. Played 561 times. As of Apr 03 19.

1. Which family member did the first Portuguese king and founder of the nation, D. Afonso Henriques fight in his struggle for independence at the battle of S. Mamede?

His son

His brother

His mother

His father

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2. Brites de Almeida, a simple yet brave woman, became famous in the Battle of Aljubarrota, after helping to demoralize the Spanish soldiers that were surrounding the Portuguese forces. Due to her profession, she acquired a nickname. Which of these was it?

Schoolmistress of Aljubarrota

Baker of Aljubarrota

Nun of Aljubarrota

Seamstress of Aljubarrota

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3. Queen Saint Isabel of Portugal, wife of D. Dinis, performed a miracle when she turned bread into what, while trying to hide from her husband the fact that she was helping a poor peasant?

Candles

Air

Stones

Roses

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4. Luis de Cam�es wrote the classic Portuguese book "The Lusiadas", celebrating in poetry the heroic history of Portugal. He himself was a part of it, when he lost what in Ceuta?

A leg

An eye

His family

An arm

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5. Which king, having disappeared in Africa in the XVIth century, is expected to return on a day of fog to save the Portuguese people?

D. Pedro

D. Sebasti�o

D. Duarte

D. Afonso III

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6. After the supposed death of D. Sebasti�o, Portugal lost independence to Spain for 60 long years. What name did the three Spanish/Portuguese kings share?

Pedro

Carlos

Afonso

Filipe

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7. Following the terrible earthquake of 1755, a Portuguese ruler emerged after rebuilding Lisbon and slaughtering an entire family of rivals that he accused of conspiring against the king Jose I. Who was it?

Baron of Oeiras

Marquis of Pombal

Duke of Algarve

Viceroy of the Indies