100+ Spain Trivia Questions and Answers

Spain, the birthplace of bullfighting and flamenco dancing, is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe. The country offers culture, history and nightlife to suit every taste. Yet for all its charms Spain can be a difficult place for visitors who don’t speak Spanish or understand its customs. To help you avoid travel blunders that might spoil your vacation here are some fun facts about Spain.

A 2010 study by dating Web site Badoo.com found which of these nation’s women to be most flirtatious online?

SPAIN

A crowd of people are running away from a bull on the cover of the 2008 Fodor’s guide to what country?

SPAIN

A lively Spanish dance in triple time performed with castanets or tambourines.

Fandango

A mythical creature blamed for killing livestock in Mexico, El Chupacabra means what in Spanish?

GOAT SUCKER

A nudist is Spain fined £65 – £60 for being nude and £5 for what

Having no ID papers

A sign with the Spanish word “salida” on it indicates what?

EXIT

A Spanish dance in ¾ time or 3/8 time with castanets.

Cachucha

A Spanish speaker in the U.S. who is celebrating “El Dia de Accion de Gracias” is celebrating what holiday?

THANKSGIVING

A Spanish-speaking person refers to what national holiday as “Dia de Trabajo”?

LABOR DAY

A well-known aphrodisiac, the Spanish fly is not a fly, but rather a species of what insect?

BEETLE

Appropriately,the Spanish word for heaven,”cielo,” is also the word for what?

SKY

Balsa wood gets its name from Spanish what’s literal meaning

Raft

Boob Day in Spain is what day in Britain (practical jokes played)

April Fools Day 1st April

Britain France and who fought the battle of Trafalgar

Spain

Dolores Ibarruri was better known under what name during the Spanish Civil War

La passionaria

Domingo is Spanish for what

Sunday

During which war did the term “Fifth Column” originate

Spanish civil war

Ferdinand and Isabella were joint rulers in which country

Spain

For centuries, Spain’s _________________ has been and still is one of the world’s largest.

Fishing fleet

France Chevalier Germany Ritter Spain Caballero what English

Knight

Fundador is a potent brandy made in what country

Spain

If You Drove In A Straight Line From Moscow To Madrid How Many Countries Would You Drive In All Together

Eight (Russia, Belarus, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland, France & Spain

In Spain what are Paradors

State owned tourist hotels

In which country do they eat 12 grapes as the clock strikes midnight (one each time the clock chimes) on New Year’s Eve?

Spain

In Which Country Were The 1992 Olympics Held?

Spain

La Celestina was the first one in Spain the first what

Theatre play

Marbella is a resort on which Spainsh coast

Costa del sol

Mount Teide is the highest mountain in which country

Spain it’s on Tenerife

Opus Dei, the controversial Roman Catholic organization, was founded in 1928 in what country?

SPAIN

Spain’s equivalent to the dollar is the ______?

Peseta

Spanish dictator Franco nominated whom as his successor

Prince juan carlos

Spanish restaurant if you ask for La Quenta what do you get

The Bill

Spanish: how do yoU.S.ay “fifty”

Cincuenta

Spanish: how do yoU.S.ay “four”

Cuatro

Spanish: How do yoU.S.ay “sixteen”

Diez y seis

Springsteen What country’s explorers discovered the site of Pensacola, Florida

Spain

Tartuffo in Spain Kartoffel in Germany and Russia what is

Potato

The Marino sheep originated in what country

Spain

The surrealist painter Salvador Dali was a native of which country?

Spain

This popular card game’s name is spanish for “one.”

Uno

What Central American country was named by Columbus after the Spanish word for “depths”?

HONDURAS

What Central American country was named by Columbus after the Spanish word for “depths”?

HONDURAS

What country boasts the southernmost point in continental europe

Spain

What country did poinsettias originally come from? (Mexico,Us, Spain ,Brazil)

Mexico

What country in distance is furthest from New Zealand

Spain

What country is directly west of Spain?

Portugal

What country’s entire population was condemned to death by the Spanish Inquisition

The Netherlands

What do spanish dancers hold in their hands

Castanets

What does the word “enojado” in Spanish mean?

MAD

What ernest hemingway novel depicts the lives of rebels during the spanish civil war

For whom the bell tolls

What fish was the subject of dispute Spain Canada in 1995

Turbot

What is spain’s biggest source of income

Tourism

What is the capital of Spain

Madrid

What is the capital of the Spanish region of Aragon

Zaragoza

What is the capital of the Spanish region of Aragon

Zaragoza

What is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago ?

Port-of-Spain

What is the Capital of: Spain

Madrid

What is the Capital of: Trinidad and Tobago

Port-of-spain

What Is The English Equivalent Of OVNI In Both France And Spain

UFO

What is the English equivalent of the Spanish boob day

April fool’s day

What is the literal meaning of the Spanish word tapas (snacks)

Cover or covers

What Is The Main Ingredient Of The Spanish Dish Paella?

Aniseed

What is the officialLanguage of Mexico

Spanish

What is the Southernmost country in continental Europe?

Spain

What is the Spanish word for ‘festival’?

Fiesta

What is the Spanish word for 15?

QUINCE

What is the Spanish word for mouth?

BOCA

What islands got their name from the Spanish ‘baja mar’, meaning ‘shallow water’

Bahamas

What links Augsburger – La Stampa – El Pais and Duma

Newspapers Germany Italy Spain Bulgaria

What links Catalonia, Andalusia, Cantabria, Galicia

Regions of Spain

What links Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Bizet’s Carmen location

Set in Seville in Spain

What Mojave Desert city has a name meaning “the meadows” in spanish

Las vegas

What name was given to the 8th century Muslim invaders of Spain

Moors

What seaport’s name is spanish for ‘white house’

Casablanca

What seaport’s name is spanish for ‘white house’?

Casablanca

What treaty, signed in 1713, ended the War of the Spanish Succession?

Treaty of Utrecht

What was unusual about Tyrell’s car in the 1976 Spanish G Prix

Six Wheels

Whats the third most commonLanguage in the world

Spanish

Where were the 1992 Olympics held ?

Barcelona, Spain

Where would you find the Spanish steps

Rome

Which 2 Countries Have Coastlines On The Bay Of Biscay

France & Spain

Which 2 Countries Have Coastlines On The Bay Of Biscay

France & Spain

Which American Indians modern name in Spanish means village

Pueblo

Which American state’s name is Spanish for “flowered” or “flowery land”?

Florida

Which animal is known as ‘zorro’ in Spanish and ‘volpe’ in Italian

Fox

Which country hosted the 1982 World Cup of soccer?

Spain

Which country suffered bomb attacks by ETA

Spain

Which creatures name translates as the lizard in Spanish

Alligator

Which famous U.S. crooner died on a golf course in Spain

Bing crosby

Which Mountain Range Lies In The North Of Spain , West Of The Pyrenees

The Cantabrian Mountains

Which Polish-Ukranian region shares its name with a Spanish region?

Galicia

Which region of Spain has Barcelona as its capital

Catalonia

Which Rock Is On The South Coast Of Spain?

Gibraltar

Which Spanish explorer first travelled to Jamaica?

Christopher Columbus

Which Spanish King Sent An Armada Against England In 1588?

Philip II

Which Spanish painter has first exhibition at 16 – also 4 year blue

Pablo Picasso

Which territory of North Africa, situated on the southern side of the Strait of Gibraltar, belongs to Spain

Ceuta

Which us state is named from the spanish for “snow clad”

Nevada

Who Paid For Christopher Columbus ‘s First Voyage Across The Atlantic

Ferdinand & Isabella Of Spain

Who Was Head Of State Of Spain Before King Juan Carlos?

General Franco