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Question 1: Lisbon is situated at the mouth of which great river?
(A) The Rio Jamor
(B) The Douro River
(C) The Foz Do Rio
(D) The Tagus
Question 2: What year was the University of Lisbon founded?
(A) 1285
(B) 1288
(C) 1289
(D) 1287
Question 3: In what year was the terrible earthquake which almost destroyed Lisbon?
(A) 1750
(B) 1753
(C) 1755
(D) 1757
Question 4: What building was put up in 1498 to honour the 15th century navigators who found the sea route to India?
(A) Monastery of Jeronimos
(B) Belem Tower
(C) Maat
(D) Carmo Convent
Question 5: The southernmost entry into Lisbon is through …what
(A) Convento do Carmo
(B) Sao Jorge Castle
(C) The Arco Triunfal
(D) Baixa Pombalina
Question 6: Which stands on what street?
(A) Avenida da Liberdade
(B) Rua Augusta
(C) Rua Cor de Rosa
(D) Rua da Bica
Question 7: It is believed that Lisbon was founded by ___whom?
(A) The Brithishians
(B) The Portugals
(C) The Phoenicians
(D) None of above
Question 8: Lisbon was invaded and occupied in the 2nd Century BC, by ___?
(A) The Romans
(B) The Portugals
(C) The Phoenicians
(D) The Brithishians
Question 9: Lisbon occupied in the 5th Century AD by ___?
(A) The Brithishians
(B) The Visigoths
(C) The Romans
(D) The Phoenicians
Question 10: Lisbon occupied from 716 to 1147 AD by ___?
(A) The Romans
(B) The Visigoths
(C) The Phoenicians
(D) The Moors
Question 11: Lisbon is home to a major international philanthropic foundation set up by a Turkish-born British financier What is it called?
(A) The Alexander Foundation
(B) The Gulbenkian Foundation
(C) The Portugal Foundation
(D) None of above
Question 12: What was the name of the 1st King of Portugal who liberated Lisbon from the Moors in 1147?
(A) Alfonso 1st
(B) Sancho 2nd
(C) Denis 1st
(D) Peter 1st
Question 13: What is the name of the city opposite Lisbon, on the other side of the Tagus?
(A) Porto
(B) Braga
(C) Barreiro
(D) Evora
Question 14: What is the name of the suspension bridge over the Tagus? (Originally called the Salazas Bridge).
(A) Avre Footbridge
(B) Ponte de 25 Apri
(C) Galas Aqueduct
(D) Kavala Aqueduct
Question 15: What is the name of the Lisbon-born politician who succeeded Mario Soares to become President in 1996?
(A) Luis Moura
(B) Augusto Silva
(C) Manuel Almeida
(D) Jorge Sampaie
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