Q 01/05

Which saint, born in Lisbon and honoured there with a June festival, is named for an Italian city?

A) Francis of Assisi

B) Anthony of Padua

C) Catherine of Siena

D) Rita of Cascia

Answer · why

B) Anthony of Padua

Anthony of Padua was baptised Fernando in Lisbon and took the name Anthony only when he became a Franciscan friar; Padua is where he died and is burie...

Q 02/05

Lisbon's Museu Nacional do Azulejo celebrates which art form seen on façades across the city?

A) Wrought-iron balconies

B) Carved stone doorways

C) Painted ceramic tiles

D) Painted wooden shutters

Answer · why

C) Painted ceramic tiles

Painted ceramic tiles. The museum fills a convent founded by Queen Leonor in 1509, and one long tile panorama there shows Lisbon as it stood before th...

Q 03/05

According to a persistent legend repeated by classical authors, Lisbon was founded by which mythical hero?

A) Hercules

B) Aeneas

C) Ulysses

D) Jason

Answer · why

C) Ulysses

Ulysses. Roman writers respelled the town's old name, Olisipo, as Ulyssippo to fit the tale, though where the name really comes from is unknown.

Q 04/05

Which sour-cherry liqueur is a Lisbon speciality, sold by the shot at its own dedicated bars?

A) Licor Beirão

B) Amarguinha

C) Poncha

D) Ginjinha

Answer · why

D) Ginjinha

Ginjinha. Regulars order it com elas or sem elas, with or without the soaked cherries in the glass, at tiny bars like the one a Galician named Espinhe...

Q 05/05

Which king took Lisbon from the Moors in 1147 with the help of crusader knights?

A) Denis the Farmer

B) Sancho the Populator

C) Afonso Henriques

D) John of Aviz

Answer · why

C) Afonso Henriques

Afonso Henriques won the city after a siege of about four months, helped by crusaders bound for the Holy Land; one of them, Gilbert of Hastings, staye...