Discover France & Spain | Quiz
QUIZ
Know your Southern Europe TEXT: ARNE ADRIAENSSENS
1
2
3
4
6
1. Which Italian city is known as ‘la grossa’ (the fat one), ‘la dotta’ (the educated one) and ‘la rossa’ (the pink one)?
2. Costa Brava, Costa Dorada or Costa del Sol: which Spanish costa lies most northwards?
3. What are the two main ingredients of Kir, a typical French cocktail?
5
7
4. Which eccentric Louis ruled France for 72 years and crowned himself ‘the Sun King’?
7. Which Southern-European capital does not count any stop signs?
5. Which river (the longest on the Iberian Peninsula) runs from the Spanish region of Aragon to the coast of Lisbon?
8. Which pastry forms the base of the classic French dessert ‘croquembouche’?
6. Which coastal town in Gran Canaria – famous for its magnificent dunes and as a popular tourist destination – has a name that means ‘more pigeons’?
9. Which Mexican director filmed his Oscar-winning masterpiece Pan’s Labyrinth in the woods surrounding Madrid?
1. Bologna — 2. Costa Brava — 3.White wine and blackcurrant liquor (crème de cassis)— 4. Louis XIV — 5. Tagus (Tajo or Tejo in Spanish and Portuguese) 6. Maspalomas — 7. Paris — 8. Profiteroles (or, puff pastries) — 9. Guillermo del Torro
66 | Issue 13 | March 2020
