Q 01/05

Seville's Plaza de España doubled as a royal city on the planet Naboo in which film series?

A) Star Trek

B) Star Wars

C) Flash Gordon

D) Avatar

Answer · why

B) Star Wars

Star Wars used the plaza in Attack of the Clones for exterior shots of Theed, the capital of Naboo. The half-circle of tiled buildings had been built ...

Q 02/05

Seville's Alcázar palace and gardens stood in for the land of Dorne in which fantasy television series?

A) Game of Thrones

B) The Witcher

C) Outlander

D) The Wheel of Time

Answer · why

A) Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones filmed part of its fifth season there, in a palace complex that began life as an Islamic citadel in the 10th century.

Q 03/05

Which explorer's tomb has stood in Seville Cathedral since 1899, after earlier burials in Santo Domingo and Havana?

A) Hernán Cortés

B) Francisco Pizarro

C) Christopher Columbus

D) Vasco Núñez de Balboa

Answer · why

C) Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus died in Valladolid in 1506, and his remains crossed the sea twice before researchers used DNA to tie the Seville bones to him.

Q 04/05

Seville's bitter oranges are shipped once a year to which country, where they are made into marmalade?

A) France

B) Germany

C) Italy

D) Britain

Answer · why

D) Britain

Britain's marmalade makers prize Seville oranges because they hold more pectin than sweet ones, so the preserve sets better and goes further.

Q 05/05

Which hero of Greek and Roman myth is said to have founded Seville after sailing through the Strait of Gibraltar?

A) Hercules

B) Achilles

C) Odysseus

D) Agamemnon

Answer · why

A) Hercules

Hercules tops a Roman column in Seville's Alameda promenade beside one of Julius Caesar, who is honoured as the city's restorer.