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Test your travel smarts: SPAIN

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As Condé Nast Traveler's Clive Irving explained in "The Fame in Spain" in the January 2008 issue, there's something about Spain that instills innovation. Get a little inspiration yourself by taking our Spain quiz.

Questions

1. The word paella comes from the Latin word for:
a. Spoon
b. Saffron
c. Snails
d. Pan
2. Antoni Gaudí, one of Spain's most influential architects, saw his last secular building—Casa Mila—completed in 1910. What historical event of this time influenced the building's design?
a. The invention of the automobile
b. The height of German Expressionism.
c. Spain sold its remaining Pacific islands to Germany.
d. The rise of anarchist and fascist movements.
3. Andalusia is rich in Moorish heritage, especially architectural influences. The Moors installed courtyards in Sevillan houses for what purpose?
a. Housing rain water-collecting pools for ritual baths
b. Cooling the buildings
c. Allowing the natural vegetation to flourish by building around it rather than uprooting it.
d. Letting sunlight in
4. The Alhambra, a Moorish palace, is located in:
a. Seville
b. Toledo
c. Granada
d. Caceres
5. Flamenco refers to a genre of Spanish folk music and style of dance characterized by strong rhythms and its improvisational nature. What is one reason so little is known about its origins?
a. No one wants to study it.
b. It became prominent only recently so it's too early for historians to think about "origins."
c. The Medieval Flamenco School where the art originated was destroyed in the Spanish Inquisition so very little material remains to study.
d. It originated amongst poor Gypsies.
6. Spain is the world's largest producer and second largest consumer of what product?
a. Olive Oil
b. Ham
c. Espadrilles
d. Guitars
7. Spanish Horchata is a drink made from sugar and…
a. Rice
b. Chufas
c. Jicaro seeds
d. Almond milk
8. In the summer of 2006 forest fires in the northern region of Galicia were so bad reams of black smoke stretched for hundreds of kilometers over the Atlantic. What was the believed cause?
a. A drought
b. Gypsies starting fires in the woods to cook food
c. Farmers hoping to turn the land into grazing pastures
d. Kids who were careless with fireworks at festival time
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