Q 01/05

Scientists study Andalusia's highly acidic Rio Tinto as a stand-in for ancient waters on which planet?

A) Venus

B) Mercury

C) Mars

D) Jupiter

Answer · why

C) Mars

Mars rocks at Meridiani Planum formed in water whose chemistry scientists have compared directly with the Rio Tinto, which runs deep red with dissolve...

Q 02/05

Which Italian director shot his Dollars Trilogy westerns in the Tabernas Desert of Andalusia's Almería province?

A) Sergio Leone

B) Luchino Visconti

C) Dario Argento

D) Bernardo Bertolucci

Answer · why

A) Sergio Leone

Sergio Leone made the desert stand in for the American West, and more than 300 films have been shot there since the late 1950s.

Q 03/05

What covers the land around El Ejido in Almería, Andalusia, forming a 'sea of plastic' visible from space?

A) Solar panels

B) Salt pans

C) Fishing nets

D) Greenhouses

Answer · why

D) Greenhouses

Greenhouses blanket the plain so densely that they show up clearly from orbit, and the area is also nicknamed the Garden of Europe.

Q 04/05

Bitter oranges picked from the trees of Seville, Andalusia, are shipped to Britain mainly to make what?

A) Jaffa Cakes

B) Marmalade

C) Orange squash

D) Earl Grey tea

Answer · why

B) Marmalade

Marmalade makers prize the Seville orange because it holds more pectin than sweet oranges, which gives a firmer set.

Q 05/05

Whose remains were moved from Havana to a grand tomb in Seville Cathedral, Andalusia, after Cuba's independence?

A) Hernán Cortés

B) Juan Sebastián Elcano

C) Christopher Columbus

D) Amerigo Vespucci

Answer · why

C) Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus's bones in Seville were DNA-tested in 2003 and matched his brother's, though Santo Domingo has never allowed tests on the remains...