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Sí Spain by Thayer Soule - (Traveloguers Series) 104 Answers

The title appears with dancers of the Aragonese dance called the jota. Then we switch to Madrid and the narrator says "Madrid, señoritas, castles....the past."

1. Spain is full of castles. In the Middle Ages (approx. 500-1200) each castle was a

a) king's palace b) ruling center for a small area c) prison d) school

2. To understand Spain one must first look at

a) the castles b) Madrid c) the past d) the señoritas

3. We see Queen Isabel's castle in a) Madrid b) Toledo c) Segovia d) Granada

4. Spain has lots of castles; the country was formerly a collection of

a) towns b) provinces c) families d) small feudal states

5. The place with ruined castles and windmills is called

a) Manchego b) La Mancha c) Castile d) Cataluña

6. The person who fought the windmills of La Mancha was

a) Queen Isabel b) The Cid c) Don Quixote d) Sancho Panza

7. The mountains in the north are called

a) Andes b) Pennines c) Pyrenees d) Rockies

8. They are up to a height of a) 5,000 ft. b) 11,000 ft. c) 9,000 ft. d) 15,000 ft.

9. Spain is cut off in the north by water but was accessible by sea, and some people who came and colonized it were the a) Germans b) Italians c) English d) Romans

10. The aqueduct in Segovia was built how long ago?

a) 500 years b) 2,000 years c) 1,000 years d) 1,500 years

11. Merida in the west has two things built by the Romans:

a) the arena b) a palace c) an open air theatre d) a and c

12. The Roman empire had disintegrated by

a) 100 AD b) 300 AD c) 500 AD d) 400 AD

13. Most Roman influence had disappeared by

a) 500 AD b) 600 AD c) 700 AD d) 800 AD

14. But by the 8th century, who had arrived and colonized the Peninsula?

a) Huns b) Franks c) Arabs (Moors) d) Greeks

16. The Arabs built remarkable a) doors b) walls c) ceilings d) roofs

17. The greatest glory of the Arabs is the castle in Granada called the

a) Alcázar b) Alhambra c) Tivoli d) Eliseo

18. The Christians fled to the north and then began to try to take back the lands owned by the Arabs. This is called the "re-conquest." The patron saint of the reconquest is a) St. John b) St. James c) St. Paul d) St. Mark e) St. George

19. The patron saint is supposedly buried in the town in the west called

a) Coruña b) Vigo c) Bilbao d) Santiago de Compostela e) Guernica

20. During the late middle ages, pilgrims came from all over Europe and the journey sometimes took them up to a) 3 months b) 6 months c) a year d) two years

21. Hotal de los Reyes, built by the king and queen as as a hospital for the pilgrims is now the town's most elegant a) hospital b) palace c) hotel d) theatre

22. The reconquest bogged down for centuries and finally ended when Isabel of Castile married her cousin, who was a) Ramon of Barcelona b) Pedro of Galicia

c) Ferdinand of Aragón and León d) Sebastian of Portugal

23. On January 1, 1492, Granada fell to the united Christian kingdoms, and on Jan. 10, who approached Ferdinand and Isabel to ask them to finance his trip? a) Magellan

b) Columbus c) Vasco da Gama d) Cabot e) Amerigo Vespucci

24. Ferdinand and Isabel did not see the colonizing of the Americas, because by 1516 they were both a) in Spain b) in exile c) dead d) ill e) blind

25. Ferdinand and Isabel are buried in

a) Madrid b) Toledo c) Santiago d) Granada

26. The conquest of Mexico around 1520 was led by

a) Alvarado b) Cortés c) Carbajal d) Lope de Aguirre e) Balboa

27. The conquest of Peru around 1530 was led by

a) Balboa b) Valdivia c) Orellana d) Pizarro e) Aguirre

28. The conquistadors all came from the very arid, poor area of Spain between Madrid and Portugal that is called a) Andalusia b) Extremadura c) Aragón d) Galicia

30. The ships that went to America sailed and returned to

a) Coruña b) Barcelona c) Cádiz d) Seville e) Madrid

31. Now the access to the sea from Seville is

a) a canal b) silted up c) much used d) very popular

32. The ships brought the money to Seville to what is known as

a) the bank b) the treasury c) the Golden Tower d) the station

33. The riches came from gold and silver mines in

a) Mexico b) Peru c) Bolivia d) All of the above

34. The kings who reigned in the 1500s, the grandson and great-grandson of Ferdinand and Isabel were a) Peter the Great b) Charles I c) Philip II d) Otto the Hairy

35. King Philip II built the palace called Escorial and it cost

a) $10 million b) $30 million c) $90 million d) a billion dollars

36. The largest fleet in history (until then), the Spanish Armada, set sail against Holland and England in what year? a) 1560 b) 1588 c) 1578 d) 1597

37. Philip died

a) five years later b) ten years later c) the next year d) next century

38. The Armada was destroyed, and how many ships returned to Spain?

a) 10% b) 20% c) 50% d) 80%

39. After 1588 Spain starts to go

a) to the dogs b) downhill c) broke d) all of the above

40. The Northwest corner of Spain looks very much like

a) Arizona b) Texas c) Washington State d) New England

41. It is called Galicia and it was the birthplace of a) Charles de Gaulle

b) Francisco Franco c) Juan Carlos de Borbón d) Fabiola

42. General Franco, the fascist leader, was the victor in the Civil War and ruled until his death in a) 1960 b) 1970 c) 1975 d) 1985

43. The Valley of the Fallen near Madrid is a monument to the people who died in the civil war of 1936-7, a total of over a) 20,000 b) 50,000 c) 100,000 d) a million

44. Central Spain is still arid with very small farms because the area lacks water. The farms are run in the old fashioned way, but the land is richer in the N. central high-lands called the a) Guadalajara b) Guadalquivir c) Guadarrama d) Guadalcanal

45. The mountains in the south are called the

a) Sierra Madre b) Sierra Morena c) Sierra Nevada d) Sierra Andina

46. In the little town of Guadix in the Sierra Nevada, up to 30 years ago people lived in a) bungalows b) apartments c) caves d) trailers e) tents

47. The Pyrenees in the north are snow capped with beautiful green valleys containing little towns. This area is near a) Italy b) France c) Portugal d) Sicily

48. This is a very green alpine looking area and there is an attractive national park called

a) La Peri b) La Pita c) La Piedra d) La Papa

49. During the past 30 years or so irrigation projects have completely changed Spain and made places agriculturally rich for the first time in history. In Europe it is the equivalent now of, and even looks like

a) the Middle West b) California c) The South d) Washington State

50. There are a lot of olive groves in Spain, but the land they occupied is being taken over to a large extent for

a) wheat b) oranges c) corn d) construction development

51. Although there are a lot of tall modern buildings in Spain, some cities are protected by the government as historical monuments and retain their old buildings; two of these towns are a) Segovia b) Madrid c) Toledo d) a and c

52. The state owned hotels, which are quite posh and expensive, are called

a) paraderos b) paradores c) paradas d) partidarios

53. Segovia is a famous town with its 2,000-year-old Roman aqueduct and its Alcázar (Queen Isabel's palace); it also has an important

a) government building b) cathedral c) racetrack d) theater

54. There is a pretty palace, a copy of Versailles, not far from Segovia; it was built in the 1700s by the Bourbon king a) Philip II b) Philip III c) Philip IV d) Philip V

55. Avila is a totally walled city, one of the very few in Europe where all the city walls are intact; the walls were built in what century? a) X b) XI c) XII d) a and b

56. Who was born there in 1515?

a) Joan of Arc b) Mother Theresa c) St. Theresa d) St. Cecilia

57. On the rooftops in Castile one can often see

a) chimneys b) tiles c) storks d) oxen e) fiddlers

58. Toledo is two hours from Avila; it is a town that has been

a) Roman b) Visigothic c) Moorish d) Spanish e) All of the above

59. Avila is on the river a) Nile b) Thames c) Tagus d) Ebro e) Delaware

60. In Toledo we can see the studio and famous works by a painter who lived there for 36 years; he was a) Goya b) Velasquez c) Murillo d) El Greco e) Picasso

61. He was not Spanish but a) French b) Italian c) Greek d) German e) Flemish

62. Toledo has been famous since the middle ages for its

a) cooking b) pottery c) weapons (swords) d) textiles e) wine

63. "Toledo ware" was originally made by

a) gypsies b) the Arabs c) the French d) the Romans e) the Phoenicians

64. Madrid is an hour from Toledo; it is the highest capital in Europe at 3,000 feet and is very a) dirty b) cold c) livable d) boring

65. In front of the post office is the fountain called

a) Neptune b) Cibeles c) Pluto d) Persephone e) Venus de Milo

66. The population when this film was made was

a) 1 million b) 2 million c) 3 million d) 4 million e) 10 million

67. There is no traffic allowed now in the Plaza Mayor; it is where people formerly were

a) shot b) chased c) burnt at the stake d) married e) sworn in as mayor

68. The main subway stop is called a) Puerta de Granada b) Puerta del Sol

c) Puerta de la Luna d) Puerta de las Estrellas e) Puerta del Cielo

69. Department stores are open all day, but small shops usually close for lunch from

a) 12-2 b) 1-3 c) 12-4 d) 12-1 e) 11-1

70. Shops are usually open until a) 6 pm b) 7 pm c) 8-9 pm d) 10 pm

71. The downtown historic area of Madrid is a) very spread out b) very big

c) very compact and small d) very messy e) laid out in square blocks

72. The royal palace is open for tours and used for ceremonies but nobody has lived there since a) 1910 b) 1922 c) 1936 d) 1975

73. The Plaza de España has a monument to Cervantes and it shows

a) Don Quixote b) Sancho Panza c) Rinconete and Cortadillo d) a and b

74. The streets and boulevards of Madrid are delightful and the main museum is called El Prado; it is one of the greatest in the world. At its entrance is a statue to

a) The King b) El Cid c) Cervantes d) Velasquez e) Gen. Franco

75. The Velasquez collection is extensive; we see some pictures from it in this film, but not the best known (Las Meninas). The narrator points out

a) Don Baltasar Carlos, son of Philip IV b) The Seige of Breda

c) The Burial of Count Orgaz d) a and b

a) big heads b) long faces c) blue eyes d) red hair e) missing an ear

77. Goya painted around 1800, and we see the Duchess of Alba, who was painted as

a) a gypsy b) a fairy c) a girl of the town (naked and dressed) d) a cat

78. Goya also painted May 3, 1808, a scene of the horrors of

a) prison b) war c) dreaming d) ghosts e) picnicking in the rain

79. Tapestries are still woven from Goya's designs; the same family has been making them for a) 100 years b) 200 years c) 80 years d) forever

80. The narrator tells us to be sure to see a bullfight in summer, and the flamenco dancing, guitar playing, and singing at a place called

a) Corral de Mudejar b) Corral de la Morería c) Corral de Morenos

81. Flamenco dancers are supposed to be

a) from Madrid b) Gypsies from Andalusia c) peasants from Castile

82. We next see Barcelona and first look at the unfinished church of the Holy Family designed by the architect Gaudi and started in a) 1900 b) 1888 c) 1910 d) 1890

83. The main drag in Barcelona are called the

a) avenues b) boulevards c) ramblas d) plazas

84. Now we visit the Balearic Islands; they are Mallorca, Menorca, and Ibiza, but we only visit Mallorca and its capital Palma. Mallorca is a tourist mecca now.

We see a bullfight with novillos, they are bulls that are how old?

a) 5 years b) 2 years c) 1 year d) six months

85. In Mallorca there is a place (Cort de Mal?) where one can see

a) horsemanship b) medieval jousting c) wrestling d) a and b

86. In Mallorca there are lots of olive groves that are hundreds of years old, and irrigation windmills, steep mountains, and beautiful bays.

We visit the town where the missionary of California was born; his name is

a) Fray Bartoloméo de las Casas b) Fray Junípero Serra c) Fray Luis de León

d) Sepúlveda e) San Diego

87. Chopin and George Sand spent the winter in Mallorca in 1838 in the little town of

a) Soller b) Palma c) Piedra d) Valldemosa e) Capistrano

a) 10 miles b) 100 miles c) 200 miles d) 500 miles

89. Torremolinos and some towns are full of condos owned by northern Europeans and some Americans, but there is a rather classier town called Marbella, and a delightful little one called a) Mocos b) Majas c) Migas d) Mixtos e) Milagros

90. 200 miles to the east the town of Mojácar has been restored by British residents and it looks very a) Mediterranean b) French c) Arabic d) Greek

91. Gibraltar has been a British colony since the 1700s; it has a huge rock which is the place where the only ones in Europe live (outside zoos):

a) lions b) tigers c) apes d) snakes e) antelopes f) llamas

92. Ronda, a little inland, is a beautiful town that was Roman and Moorish. It has beautiful old town houses of nobles. The new bridge is how old?

a) 20 years b) 50 years c) 100 years d) 200 years

93. Cádiz is 40 miles from where the battle of Trafalgar was fought in 1805; at it who was defeated? a) Caesar b) the Moors c) Napoleon d) Hitler e) Piccadilly

94. Cádiz is a shipbuilding town; Spain is the third shipbuilding country in the world now, after a) Japan b) Sweden c) Greece d) the U.S. e) a and b

95. Jérez is where sherry comes from. The Domecq business is the biggest, but more than sherry, they make a) rum b) brandy (coñac) c) burgundy d) gin

96. Don José Ignacio Domecq is known as a) The chin b) The nose c) The ears

97. May in Andalusia is the month of the horse fairs and displays; the Arabs introduced their horses to Andalusia and the Hapsburgs took them to Austria. They are very famous. We also see the fair in Seville; it is held around

a) Christmas b) Easter c) Fall d) Summer e) Columbus day

98. Seville has a famous

a) cathedral b) moorish palace c) mosque tower d) all of the above

99. The tobacco factory has a sign; where can you find signs like it in the U.S.?

Who worked at the tobacco factory in a famous story? a) the Duchess of Alba

b) Esmeralda c) Manon Lescaut d) Carmen e) Micaela f) Jane Eyre

100. Granada is famous for the Alhambra on the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Granada is a big town with a whole new part. Among the things inherited from the Moors that we see in the film is a) shipbuilding b) inlay work c) weaving d) pottery

101. Gypsies still live in caves in Granada and they

a) sell brassware b) dance c) sing for tourists d) all the above

102. The Alhambra was the palace that Ferdinand and Isabel took in 1492; it was popularized by a 19th century American author who was the ambassador to Spain; his name is

a) Mark Twain b) Washington Irving c) Ernest Hemingway d) Henry James

103. The most famous courtyard in the Alhambra is called the court of lions; the lions are found a) at the door b) on the ceiling c) around a fountain d) there aren't any

104. The beautiful gardens in Granada were first planted by the Moors and are called the

a) Tivoli b) Vauxhall c) Generalife d) Fontainebleau