Know your Southern Europe

QUIZ

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1. Which Italian city is known as ‘la grossa’ (the fat one), ‘la dotta’ (the educated one) and ‘la rossa’ (the pink one)?

2. Costa Brava, Costa Dorada or Costa del Sol: which Spanish costa lies most northwards?

3. What are the two main ingredients of Kir, a typical French cocktail? 4. Which eccentric Louis ruled France for 72 years and crowned himself ‘the Sun King’? 7. Which Southern-European capital does not count any stop signs?

5. Which river (the longest on the Iberian Peninsula) runs from the Spanish region of Aragon to the coast of Lisbon?

6. Which coastal town in Gran Canaria – famous for its magnificent dunes and as a popular tourist destination – has a name that means ‘more pigeons’? 8. Which pastry forms the base of the classic French dessert ‘croquembouche’?

9. Which Mexican director filmed his Oscar-winning masterpiece Pan’s Labyrinth in the woods surrounding Madrid?