In which Portuguese city can you find a bridge built by Eiffel?
Porto
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Lisbon was recently the venue for the 'World Expo', in what year?
1998
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Leading from Edward VII Park down to the Rossio Plaza, this treelined street is one of Portugal's widest. What is it called?
Avenida da Liberdade
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A large earthquake, followed by a tsunami and a devastating fire in 1755, destroyed large parts of Lisbon. Who was the person credited with rebuilding the city?
Marques de Pombal?
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Which is the longest river found totally within Portugal's borders?
The Mondego
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Portugal is the world’s largest producer of what environmentally-friendly product?
Cork
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What drinking habit did a Portuguese queen introduce to England in the 17th century?
Tea....Not Port wine
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Lisbon is home to which world’s oldest business?
Book Shop. (Livraria Bertrand store in Rua Garrett.)
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Lagos is famous (or infamous) for holding the first of what type of market in Europe?
Slave Market 1443
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. In 1761 Portugal became the first colonial power to do what?
Abolished the slave trade
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In 2008, Portugal led the world by opening the first what near Povoa de Varzim?
This was the opening of the world’s first commercial project to generate electricity from wave power
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Porto holds the record for the world’s largest parade of what – all 14,963 of them?
This was a parade of 'Santas' in December 2010, when the city broke the previous record – also held by Porto.
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What bird features on Lisbon’s coat of arms?
A raven
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Portugal and the UK jointly hold what?
The two countries have the oldest unbroken international alliance since 1386 – signed by Edward III of England and Queen Eleanor of Portugal.
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Name the famous explorer who some claim was a Portuguese spy and named a Caribbean island after his Alentejo hometown?
Christopher Columbus or Cristovão Colon!
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What two villages are connected by the shortest international bridge crossing in the world?
