Portugal Trivia Quiz

Answer: Western Europe

Portugal is situated on the Iberian Peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean and Spain. It has one of the most ancient cultures and thanks to Portuguese navigators such as Vasco da Gama, it played a leading role in the discovery of sea routes to other continents.

Answer: Lisbon

Lisbon is situated by the Tejo river. Porto is also a Portuguese city and widely considered the second city of the country. On the other hand, Madrid and Barcelona are Spanish cities, Madrid being the capital.

Answer: Escudo

The escudo used to be the Portuguese currency. The peseta was the Spanish currency before the Euro, the lira was the Italian currency, and the pound is still the currency of Great Britain.

Answer: The Portuguese

The Portuguese national anthem is called 'The Portuguese' or in Portuguese, 'A Portuguesa'. The poetry was written by Henrique Lopes de Mendonça and the music was composed by Alfredo Keil.

Answer: Olá

'Hello' is 'Olá' in Portuguese! You can also say 'oi', which is even more informal and corresponds to English 'hi'!

Answer: True

That's right, the EURO 2004 took place in Portugal. Ten stadiums were built for this great event, and the games took place at different venues all over the country. Since the Portuguese people are very enthusiastic about football a new ball was designed for this event and a symbol with the shape of a heart was specially created for the event.

Answer: Costa Rica

Portuguese navigators discovered Brazil, as well as Angola and Mozambique, but Costa Rica was colonized by Spain.

Answer: Lisbon

Portela airport is situated right in the heart of Lisbon and it's the most important one. Porto and Faro also have airports. Porto's airport is named 'Sá Carneiro' (Sá Carneiro was once a Portuguese prime minister) and Faro's airport is named called 'Faro'. Although Coimbra doesn't have an airport it is one of the most important cities in Portugal, well known for its university.

Answer: green and red

The Portuguese flag tells its people's story and the main colours are green and red, other colours as yellow and blue also feature in the flag. The five blue shields represent the five Morisco kings Don Afonso Henriques (the father of the Portuguese kingdom) defeated in the Battle of Ourique.
The white shield with the five small blue shields inside is the Armor of Don Afonso Henriques. The legend has it that in the Battle of Ourique the crucified Christ appeared before Don Afonso Henriques and said: "With this sign [the white shield], you will conquer!".
The dots inside each of the blue shield represents the five wounds of Christ. Counting the number of dots in the shields, doubling the ones in the center shield, yields a total of thirty dots representing the thirty silver pieces Judas received for having betrayed Jesus Christ.
The seven castles around the white shield represent the fortified locations that Don Afonso Henriques conquered from the Moors.
The yellow sphere represents the world that Portuguese navigators discovered in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries as well as the people with whom they exchanged ideas and traded with.
The green color represents hope and the red the courage and the blood of the Portuguese fallen in combat.
The creators of the flag are: Columbano, João Chagas and Abel Botelho.

Answer: Fado

Fado is known all over the world thanks to Amalia Rodrigues. It's typical Portuguese music, you can't come to Portugal and miss the Fado restaurants where you can enjoy a typical Portuguese meal while you can hear great musicians entertaining you with beautiful Fado.