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Barcelona

3.7
(9 votes)
10 questions
English
1

Where is Barcelona?

71% got this right

2

Barcelona is the capital of Spain. True or False?

False

True

79% got this right

Madrid is the capital of Spain, Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia.
3

Barcelona has a museum dedicated to what famous artist? This museum houses an extensive collection of his work.

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Piccaso

Pablo Piccasse

Picasso

Piccaso

Piccasso

72% got this right

Picasso himself suggested his museum be in Barcelona, which is where he spent his formative years and considers home.
4

The architect Antoni Gaudí began construction in 1882 of the La Sagrada Familia, where is this building located?

46% got this right

This was first built as a simple Roman Catholic church, then it was designated as a cathedral, then finally, a basilica.
5

When Gaudí died in 1926, only a quarter of the basilica was completed. When did construction of La Sagrada Familia end?

It is still under construction.

2002

2008

2018

57% got this right

Now believed to have entered its final stage of construction, 2026 is the estimated completion date for this basilica.
6

Where is one of the most popular attractions in Barcelona, the Park Güell?

Hard  34% got this right

In addition to La Sagrada Familia, this park was designed by one of Spain’s most famous architects, Antoni Gaudí.
7

From the start of the Park Güell, Gaudí’s plan was to create a park away from the smog and chaos of the city down below.

False

True

Hard  28% got this right

Actually, it wasn’t originally planned to be a park at all. Rather, Gaudí’s plan was to create a modern housing estate.
8

What was the Park Güell's design inspired by?

Nature

International style modernism

Picasso's art

Roman classical styles

Hard  23% got this right

Everything from the patterns Gaudí used to the way he constructed his designs is inspired by nature, no straight lines.
9

Camp Nou, FC Barcelona club’s home stadium, is the largest football stadium in Europe. True or False?

True

False

58% got this right

The largest in Europe as well as the second largest in the world, just after Rungrado May Day Stadium in North Korea.
10

A bid for the design of which famous landmark was offered to Barcelona for the World Exposition of Barcelona in 1888?

The Eiffel Tower

The Statue of Liberty

The Tower Bridge

The Washington Monument

35% got this right

The Eiffel Tower would be in Spain if it wasn't rejected, Spain worried it would be an eyesore on the city's skyline.