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many non-residents do not know. If you're coming to Spain, this is your chance to learn
some new things. The answers to some of these questions are in the rest of the
website. Others can be answered by logic or educated guesses, though there are some quirky
things that may make you scratch your head! You can see the
answers question by question or wait til the end. Want
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| 1) Take
a wild guess. What is going on here?
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see answer |
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| 2)
What was unusual about Spain's weather in November
2008? |
see the answer |
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| 3)
Not too long ago Madrid region woman governor .... |
see
the answer |
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| 4)
Which part of Spain is a major cork-producing region? |
see the answer |
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| 5)
What is Spain's fastest-growing immigrant group in recent years? |
see the answer |
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| 6) What
color is the "niscalo", a wild mushroom that grows in pine forests? |
see the answer |
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7) Galician architect Antonio Palacios did a lot of
emblematic buildings in Madrid. The best-known is the central Post
Office in Cibeles. What is another? |
see the answer |
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| 8) The
towns of Almagro in south-central Spain and Cambados in northwest Spain
are both known for: |
see the answer |
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| 9)
What is the significance of January 17? |
see the answer |
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| 10) What is the meaning of this
sentence? No por mucho madrugar amanece más temprano (Getting up very early
doesn't make the sun come up earlier) |
see the answer |
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