Q 01/05

The Spanish Civil War ended two weeks after Germany occupied which country?

A) Austria

B) Czechoslovakia

C) The Netherlands

D) Luxembourg

Answer · why

B) Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia fell in mid-March 1939 and Madrid at the month's end; five months later Germany, which had tested its tank and air tactics in Spain, be...

Q 02/05

Which phrase came out of the 1936 Nationalist advance on Madrid?

A) Trojan horse

B) Fifth column

C) Sleeper cell

D) Cloak and dagger

Answer · why

B) Fifth column

Fifth column: a Nationalist general is credited with boasting that four columns were marching on Madrid while a fifth, his hidden supporters, waited i...

Q 03/05

Which king succeeded Franco as Spain's head of state in 1975?

A) Alfonso XIII

B) Felipe VI

C) Amadeo I

D) Juan Carlos I

Answer · why

D) Juan Carlos I

Juan Carlos I had been chosen by Franco himself and had sworn loyalty to his movement, but once on the throne he steered Spain back to democracy.

Q 04/05

Which two countries openly armed and backed the Spanish Republic throughout the war?

A) France and Britain

B) Portugal and Italy

C) Mexico and the USSR

D) Poland and Czechoslovakia

Answer · why

C) Mexico and the USSR

Mexico and the USSR: Mexico refused to join the non-intervention pact and shipped rifles to the Republic, then took in thousands of its refugees when ...

Q 05/05

Which Basque town was bombed by German aircraft on 26 April 1937?

A) Bilbao

B) Durango

C) Gijón

D) Guernica

Answer · why

D) Guernica

Guernica was the Basques' ancient meeting place, where their assemblies gathered under an oak tree; the raid wrecked most of the town, yet the oak and...