7/23/2019 Trivia About Spain

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Sim Nowell Paolo Q. Sim 3LM2

Trivia about Spain:

1. Spain is the third most visited country in the world according to the World ourism ran!ings "2#13$ that arecompiled %y the &nited Nations World ourism 'rgani(ation. Spain claims this place with a whopping )#.*

million international tourists and are only surpassed %y &S+ and ,rance.

2. here is a pretty controversial law that shop signs in -atalonia must %e written in %oth -atalan and inSpanish. he law also reuires radio and television stations to %roadcast a minimum uota o/ their shows in

-atalan.

3. he 0ing o/ Spain nominates a candidate /or presidency.

. ull /ighting is a traditional event in Spain and are in Spanish called called a corrida de toros which

literally means running o/ %ulls. he ull/ighting season starts in March and continues through the end o/ 

'cto%er and the minimum weight o/ a %ull/ighting %ull is )# !g "1#1# l%s$.

4. Spain includes a num%er o/ islands including Mallorca5 eneri/e5 6%i(a and 7ran -anaria. Many can %e

/ound in the -anary 6slands5 an archipelago o// the northwest coast o/ +/rica.

). he Spanish tourism industry is one o/ the largest in the world5 %ringing in %illions o/ 8uros into the

Spanish economy.

*. Spain produces a large amount o/ renewa%le energy5 including wind power  and solar power .

9. Spain has a variety o/ /oods and uniue dishes such as paella "a type o/ rice dish$ and tapas "a range o/

small snac!s or appeti(ers$.

:. ,oot%all "soccer$ is the most popular sport in Spain.

1#. he 1::2 Summer 'lympic 7ames were held in arcelona.

11. ,or more in/ormation5 chec! out maps o/ Spain or ta!e a closer loo! at the Spanish /lag.

12. he population o/ Spain in 2#12 was around * million.

13. he currency used in Spain is the 8uro.

1. 6n Spain they drive on the right;hand side o/ the road.

14. 6t is %elieved that modern humans /irst arrived in Spain around 32### years ago.

1). Mount eide is the highest mountain in Spain "3*19 m5 121:9 /t$ and an active volcano.

1*. he Pyrenees is a mountain range that divides Spain and ,rance.

19. Many di//erent groups o/ people have settled in Spain throughout history5 including 6%erians5 Phoenicians5

7ree!s5 <omans5 =isigoths5 -elts5 asues5 and the Moors "Muslims who came /rom North +/rica$.

1:. he most enduring contri%ution o/ Spain to the world is its language5 which was imported to the +mericas

with the e>pansion o/ the Spanish 8mpire in the 1)th century. Now5 more than ## million people spea!

Spanish in 22 countries5 including 34 million who spea! it in the &nited States.

20. ,amous Spaniards include Seneca5 ?adrian5 +ntonio anderas5 Penelope -ru(5 Salvador @alA5 8l

7reco5 Pa%lo Picasso5 ,rancisco de 7oya5 Bose -arreras5 and PlCcido @omingo.