City Quiz

Free weekly pub quiz - week 46, 2026

9 Nov - 15 Nov 2026. Four rounds of ten questions (European cities, World cities & landmarks, History & dates, Music & culture), plus a bonus Lisbon week round of 10, a team answer sheet, a host sheet with answers and a source for every question, and a tiebreaker. Print it, read it out, done in about an hour.

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You need: the question sheet for the host, one team answer sheet per team, pens, a phone timer and a small prize.

TimeWhat happens
0:00 (5 min)Welcome. Teams of up to 5, one sheet per team, no phones for answers. 1 point per correct answer, 50 points in total.
0:05 (10 min)Round 1. Read each question and its four options twice, leave about 30 seconds, teams tick one letter. After question 10 read the answers while teams swap sheets and mark them.
0:15 (10 min)Round 2, same rhythm.
0:25 (5 min)Break. Note each team's score on the scoreboard on the host sheet; this is when the bar sells drinks.
0:30 (10 min)Round 3.
0:40 (10 min)Round 4. The hardest questions are at the end of each round.
0:50 (10 min)Round 5, the Lisbon week bonus round (optional, adds 10 points). Then the final tally.
1:00 (5 min)Final tally while music plays. If teams are level for a prize place, read tiebreaker T1: closest year wins; T2 if still level.
1:05 (5 min)Results from last place to first, prize, and a word about next week.

Question sheet - week 46

9 Nov - 15 Nov 2026

Round 1 - European cities

  1. 1. Estádio do Dragão has been the home ground of which club since 2003?

    • A. Boavista
    • B. S.L. Benfica
    • C. FC Porto
    • D. Sporting CP

  2. 2. Swedish meatballs (köttbullar) are traditionally served with which jam?

    • A. Strawberry jam
    • B. Cloudberry jam
    • C. Apricot jam
    • D. Lingonberry jam

  3. 3. The Kölner Haie are a club in which sport?

    • A. Handball
    • B. Basketball
    • C. Ice hockey
    • D. Volleyball

  4. 4. Around which year was Milan first settled by a Celtic tribe of the Insubres?

    • A. 390 BC
    • B. 1090 BC
    • C. 590 BC
    • D. 90 BC

  5. 5. Valencia's late-Gothic Llotja (Lonja) functioned as an exchange for trading what?

    • A. Silk
    • B. Rice
    • C. Oranges
    • D. Wool

  6. 6. Into how many arrondissements is Paris divided?

    • A. 12
    • B. 16
    • C. 20
    • D. 24

  7. 7. The famous fragrance brand '4711' takes its name from what?

    • A. A house number on Glockengasse
    • B. The year of its invention
    • C. A tram line
    • D. A soldier's ID number

  8. 8. What type of bridge is the UNESCO-listed Vizcaya Bridge near Bilbao?

    • A. A drawbridge
    • B. A covered bridge
    • C. A pontoon bridge
    • D. A transporter bridge

  9. 9. The Las Ventas bullring in Madrid was built in which architectural style?

    • A. Art Deco
    • B. Plateresque
    • C. Brutalist
    • D. Neo-Mudéjar

  10. 10. Which Italian architect designed Porto's Clérigos Church?

    • A. Gian Lorenzo Bernini
    • B. Francesco Borromini
    • C. Andrea Palladio
    • D. Nicolau Nasoni

Round 2 - World cities & landmarks

  1. 11. Toronto lies on the northwestern shore of which Great Lake?

    • A. Lake Ontario
    • B. Lake Erie
    • C. Lake Huron
    • D. Lake Superior

  2. 12. Manhattan's Theater District, home of Broadway, includes which famous square?

    • A. Union Square
    • B. Washington Square
    • C. Madison Square
    • D. Times Square

  3. 13. Which major film festival, founded in 1976, takes place in Toronto every September?

    • A. Sundance Film Festival
    • B. Telluride Film Festival
    • C. Tribeca Festival
    • D. Toronto International Film Festival

  4. 14. Which steel cantilever bridge links Fortitude Valley with Kangaroo Point?

    • A. Victoria Bridge
    • B. Goodwill Bridge
    • C. Story Bridge
    • D. William Jolly Bridge

  5. 15. Who designed the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal at the Royal Ontario Museum?

    • A. Renzo Piano
    • B. Daniel Libeskind
    • C. Norman Foster
    • D. Frank Gehry

  6. 16. What is the official name of the stadium known as 'the Gabba'?

    • A. Lang Park
    • B. Brisbane Cricket Ground
    • C. Ballymore Stadium
    • D. Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre

  7. 17. Which river flows through Taipei and empties into the Taiwan Strait?

    • A. Zhuoshui River
    • B. Tamsui River
    • C. Gaoping River
    • D. Lanyang River

  8. 18. When SkyDome (now Rogers Centre) opened in 1989, it was the first stadium in the world with what?

    • A. A floating field
    • B. A fully retractable roof
    • C. Seats for 100,000 fans
    • D. A solar-panel roof

  9. 19. What are Brisbane's high-speed catamaran river ferries called?

    • A. CityCat
    • B. RiverRunner
    • C. BayHopper
    • D. Q-Ferry

  10. 20. What transformed the Toronto peninsula into the Toronto Islands in 1858?

    • A. A landslide
    • B. An earthquake
    • C. A storm
    • D. A volcanic eruption

Round 3 - History & dates

  1. 21. In which Madrid park does the 19th-century Palacio de Cristal conservatory stand?

    • A. Casa de Campo
    • B. Buen Retiro Park
    • C. Madrid Río
    • D. Parque del Oeste

  2. 22. Which emperor commissioned the Arc de Triomphe in 1806, after the victory at Austerlitz?

    • A. Napoleon I
    • B. Louis XIV
    • C. Louis XVI
    • D. Charles X

  3. 23. Schönbrunn Palace was the main summer residence of which ruling dynasty?

    • A. The Bourbons
    • B. The Hohenzollerns
    • C. The Wittelsbachs
    • D. The Habsburgs

  4. 24. Which medieval fortification stands in the centre of Milan?

    • A. Castel Sant'Angelo
    • B. Castello Estense
    • C. Sforza Castle
    • D. Castelvecchio

  5. 25. Which amusement park on Djurgården, founded in 1883, is the oldest in Sweden?

    • A. Gröna Lund
    • B. Skansen
    • C. Tivoli
    • D. Liseberg

  6. 26. The sea fortress Suomenlinna (originally Sveaborg) was begun in 1748 by which crown?

    • A. Russia
    • B. Denmark
    • C. Sweden
    • D. Prussia

  7. 27. Lyon's 19th-century 'canuts' were workers in which trade?

    • A. Coal mining
    • B. Glass blowing
    • C. Printing
    • D. Silk weaving

  8. 28. Tiergarten Schönbrunn in Vienna, founded in 1752, claims to be the world's oldest what?

    • A. Botanical garden
    • B. Aquarium
    • C. Circus
    • D. Zoo

  9. 29. In which architectural style was Lisbon Cathedral first built in the 12th century?

    • A. Gothic
    • B. Baroque
    • C. Late Romanesque
    • D. Manueline

  10. 30. The Aljafería palace was built mainly in which century?

    • A. 9th century
    • B. 11th century
    • C. 14th century
    • D. 16th century

Round 4 - Music & culture

  1. 31. Madrid's Plaza de España features a monument to which author of Don Quixote?

    • A. Lope de Vega
    • B. Federico García Lorca
    • C. Miguel de Cervantes
    • D. Francisco de Quevedo

  2. 32. What does the Vasa Museum in Stockholm display?

    • A. A Viking longship
    • B. The warship Vasa
    • C. A royal yacht
    • D. A Cold War submarine

  3. 33. During Porto's São João festival, people playfully hit each other with soft plastic what?

    • A. Swords
    • B. Spoons
    • C. Balloons
    • D. Hammers

  4. 34. The Capitoline Museums are located on which hill of Rome?

    • A. The Palatine Hill
    • B. The Aventine Hill
    • C. The Capitoline Hill
    • D. The Esquiline Hill

  5. 35. Rembrandt's group portrait The Night Watch is the best-known painting in which Amsterdam museum?

    • A. Van Gogh Museum
    • B. Stedelijk Museum
    • C. Rijksmuseum
    • D. NEMO Science Museum

  6. 36. Which architect designed the NEMO Science Museum on the IJ, shaped like a ship's hull?

    • A. Norman Foster
    • B. Zaha Hadid
    • C. Rem Koolhaas
    • D. Renzo Piano

  7. 37. At what moment is the Cologne Carnival season traditionally declared open?

    • A. 11:11 on 11 November
    • B. Midnight on 1 January
    • C. Noon on 6 January
    • D. 9:00 on 1 March

  8. 38. In which Viennese museum does Klimt's 'The Kiss' hang?

    • A. The Albertina
    • B. The Leopold Museum
    • C. The Belvedere
    • D. The Kunsthistorisches Museum

  9. 39. Which novel by Gaston Leroux has the Palais Garnier opera house as its setting?

    • A. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
    • B. The Count of Monte Cristo
    • C. Les Misérables
    • D. The Phantom of the Opera

  10. 40. Which orchestra performs in the Royal Concertgebouw concert hall in Amsterdam?

    • A. The Berlin Philharmonic
    • B. The Vienna Philharmonic
    • C. The London Symphony Orchestra
    • D. The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Round 5 - Bonus: Lisbon week

  1. 41. Lisbon lies at the mouth of which river?

    • A. Tagus
    • B. Douro
    • C. Guadiana
    • D. Mondego

  2. 42. Which hillside district between the castle and the river is Lisbon's oldest neighbourhood?

    • A. Chiado
    • B. Alfama
    • C. Bairro Alto
    • D. Parque das Nações

  3. 43. From which century does Lisbon's Belém Tower date?

    • A. The 16th century
    • B. The 12th century
    • C. The 14th century
    • D. The 18th century

  4. 44. The original pastel de nata recipe was created by monks of which Lisbon monastery?

    • A. São Vicente de Fora
    • B. Carmo Convent
    • C. Madre de Deus Convent
    • D. Jerónimos Monastery

  5. 45. Which music genre, linked with Lisbon's Alfama, joined UNESCO's intangible heritage lists in 2011?

    • A. Morna
    • B. Flamenco
    • C. Fado
    • D. Rebetiko

  6. 46. The Santa Justa Lift connects the Baixa with which higher square?

    • A. Praça do Comércio
    • B. Praça da Figueira
    • C. Largo do Carmo
    • D. Largo das Portas do Sol

  7. 47. Whose figure leads the Monument to the Discoveries on the Tagus waterfront in Belém?

    • A. Pedro the Cruel
    • B. John the Perfect
    • C. Afonso the Conqueror
    • D. Henry the Navigator

  8. 48. Lisbon's pedestrian streets are famous for a traditional pavement of small stones, called what?

    • A. Calçada portuguesa
    • B. Azulejo
    • C. Talha dourada
    • D. Pombalino

  9. 49. Which prime minister organised the relief and rebuilding of Lisbon after the 1755 earthquake?

    • A. The Duke of Wellington
    • B. António de Oliveira Salazar
    • C. Vasco da Gama
    • D. The Marquis of Pombal

  10. 50. In which year did the Carnation Revolution overthrow Portugal's Estado Novo regime?

    • A. 1974
    • B. 1961
    • C. 1968
    • D. 1986

Tiebreaker (host reads it only if teams are level)

T1. Chicago's Fort Dearborn was originally built in which year?

Write a year. The team closest to the correct year wins.

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Team answer sheet - week 46

9 Nov - 15 Nov 2026

Team name Table

Round 1 - European cities

  1. 1ABCD
  2. 2ABCD
  3. 3ABCD
  4. 4ABCD
  5. 5ABCD
  6. 6ABCD
  7. 7ABCD
  8. 8ABCD
  9. 9ABCD
  10. 10ABCD

Round score: ____ / 10

Round 2 - World cities & landmarks

  1. 11ABCD
  2. 12ABCD
  3. 13ABCD
  4. 14ABCD
  5. 15ABCD
  6. 16ABCD
  7. 17ABCD
  8. 18ABCD
  9. 19ABCD
  10. 20ABCD

Round score: ____ / 10

Round 3 - History & dates

  1. 21ABCD
  2. 22ABCD
  3. 23ABCD
  4. 24ABCD
  5. 25ABCD
  6. 26ABCD
  7. 27ABCD
  8. 28ABCD
  9. 29ABCD
  10. 30ABCD

Round score: ____ / 10

Round 4 - Music & culture

  1. 31ABCD
  2. 32ABCD
  3. 33ABCD
  4. 34ABCD
  5. 35ABCD
  6. 36ABCD
  7. 37ABCD
  8. 38ABCD
  9. 39ABCD
  10. 40ABCD

Round score: ____ / 10

Round 5 - Bonus: Lisbon week

  1. 41ABCD
  2. 42ABCD
  3. 43ABCD
  4. 44ABCD
  5. 45ABCD
  6. 46ABCD
  7. 47ABCD
  8. 48ABCD
  9. 49ABCD
  10. 50ABCD

Round score: ____ / 10

Tiebreaker and total

Tiebreaker answer (a year): ________

Total score: ____ / 50

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Host sheet with answers - week 46

9 Nov - 15 Nov 2026

Round 1 - European cities

  1. 1. Estádio do Dragão has been the home ground of which club since 2003?

    • A. Boavista
    • B. S.L. Benfica
    • C. FC Porto ✓
    • D. Sporting CP

    Answer: C - FC Porto (Porto, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Estádio do Dragão

  2. 2. Swedish meatballs (köttbullar) are traditionally served with which jam?

    • A. Strawberry jam
    • B. Cloudberry jam
    • C. Apricot jam
    • D. Lingonberry jam ✓

    Answer: D - Lingonberry jam (Stockholm, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Köttbullar

  3. 3. The Kölner Haie are a club in which sport?

    • A. Handball
    • B. Basketball
    • C. Ice hockey ✓
    • D. Volleyball

    Answer: C - Ice hockey (Cologne, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Kölner Haie

  4. 4. Around which year was Milan first settled by a Celtic tribe of the Insubres?

    • A. 390 BC
    • B. 1090 BC
    • C. 590 BC ✓
    • D. 90 BC

    Answer: C - 590 BC (Milan, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Milan

  5. 5. Valencia's late-Gothic Llotja (Lonja) functioned as an exchange for trading what?

    • A. Silk ✓
    • B. Rice
    • C. Oranges
    • D. Wool

    Answer: A - Silk (Valencia, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Llotja de la Seda

  6. 6. Into how many arrondissements is Paris divided?

    • A. 12
    • B. 16
    • C. 20 ✓
    • D. 24

    Answer: C - 20 (Paris, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Paris

  7. 7. The famous fragrance brand '4711' takes its name from what?

    • A. A house number on Glockengasse ✓
    • B. The year of its invention
    • C. A tram line
    • D. A soldier's ID number

    Answer: A - A house number on Glockengasse (Cologne, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Eau de Cologne

  8. 8. What type of bridge is the UNESCO-listed Vizcaya Bridge near Bilbao?

    • A. A drawbridge
    • B. A covered bridge
    • C. A pontoon bridge
    • D. A transporter bridge ✓

    Answer: D - A transporter bridge (Bilbao, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Vizcaya Bridge

  9. 9. The Las Ventas bullring in Madrid was built in which architectural style?

    • A. Art Deco
    • B. Plateresque
    • C. Brutalist
    • D. Neo-Mudéjar ✓

    Answer: D - Neo-Mudéjar (Madrid, level 3/3) Wikipedia: Las Ventas

  10. 10. Which Italian architect designed Porto's Clérigos Church?

    • A. Gian Lorenzo Bernini
    • B. Francesco Borromini
    • C. Andrea Palladio
    • D. Nicolau Nasoni ✓

    Answer: D - Nicolau Nasoni (Porto, level 3/3) Wikipedia: Clérigos Church

Round 2 - World cities & landmarks

  1. 11. Toronto lies on the northwestern shore of which Great Lake?

    • A. Lake Ontario ✓
    • B. Lake Erie
    • C. Lake Huron
    • D. Lake Superior

    Answer: A - Lake Ontario (Toronto, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Toronto

  2. 12. Manhattan's Theater District, home of Broadway, includes which famous square?

    • A. Union Square
    • B. Washington Square
    • C. Madison Square
    • D. Times Square ✓

    Answer: D - Times Square (New York, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Theater District, Manhattan

  3. 13. Which major film festival, founded in 1976, takes place in Toronto every September?

    • A. Sundance Film Festival
    • B. Telluride Film Festival
    • C. Tribeca Festival
    • D. Toronto International Film Festival ✓

    Answer: D - Toronto International Film Festival (Toronto, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Toronto International Film Festival

  4. 14. Which steel cantilever bridge links Fortitude Valley with Kangaroo Point?

    • A. Victoria Bridge
    • B. Goodwill Bridge
    • C. Story Bridge ✓
    • D. William Jolly Bridge

    Answer: C - Story Bridge (Brisbane, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Story Bridge

  5. 15. Who designed the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal at the Royal Ontario Museum?

    • A. Renzo Piano
    • B. Daniel Libeskind ✓
    • C. Norman Foster
    • D. Frank Gehry

    Answer: B - Daniel Libeskind (Toronto, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Royal Ontario Museum

  6. 16. What is the official name of the stadium known as 'the Gabba'?

    • A. Lang Park
    • B. Brisbane Cricket Ground ✓
    • C. Ballymore Stadium
    • D. Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre

    Answer: B - Brisbane Cricket Ground (Brisbane, level 2/3) Wikipedia: The Gabba

  7. 17. Which river flows through Taipei and empties into the Taiwan Strait?

    • A. Zhuoshui River
    • B. Tamsui River ✓
    • C. Gaoping River
    • D. Lanyang River

    Answer: B - Tamsui River (Taipei, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Tamsui River

  8. 18. When SkyDome (now Rogers Centre) opened in 1989, it was the first stadium in the world with what?

    • A. A floating field
    • B. A fully retractable roof ✓
    • C. Seats for 100,000 fans
    • D. A solar-panel roof

    Answer: B - A fully retractable roof (Toronto, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Rogers Centre

  9. 19. What are Brisbane's high-speed catamaran river ferries called?

    • A. CityCat ✓
    • B. RiverRunner
    • C. BayHopper
    • D. Q-Ferry

    Answer: A - CityCat (Brisbane, level 2/3) Wikipedia: CityCat

  10. 20. What transformed the Toronto peninsula into the Toronto Islands in 1858?

    • A. A landslide
    • B. An earthquake
    • C. A storm ✓
    • D. A volcanic eruption

    Answer: C - A storm (Toronto, level 3/3) Wikipedia: Toronto Islands

Round 3 - History & dates

  1. 21. In which Madrid park does the 19th-century Palacio de Cristal conservatory stand?

    • A. Casa de Campo
    • B. Buen Retiro Park ✓
    • C. Madrid Río
    • D. Parque del Oeste

    Answer: B - Buen Retiro Park (Madrid, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Palacio de Cristal

  2. 22. Which emperor commissioned the Arc de Triomphe in 1806, after the victory at Austerlitz?

    • A. Napoleon I ✓
    • B. Louis XIV
    • C. Louis XVI
    • D. Charles X

    Answer: A - Napoleon I (Paris, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Arc de Triomphe

  3. 23. Schönbrunn Palace was the main summer residence of which ruling dynasty?

    • A. The Bourbons
    • B. The Hohenzollerns
    • C. The Wittelsbachs
    • D. The Habsburgs ✓

    Answer: D - The Habsburgs (Vienna, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Schönbrunn Palace

  4. 24. Which medieval fortification stands in the centre of Milan?

    • A. Castel Sant'Angelo
    • B. Castello Estense
    • C. Sforza Castle ✓
    • D. Castelvecchio

    Answer: C - Sforza Castle (Milan, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Sforza Castle

  5. 25. Which amusement park on Djurgården, founded in 1883, is the oldest in Sweden?

    • A. Gröna Lund ✓
    • B. Skansen
    • C. Tivoli
    • D. Liseberg

    Answer: A - Gröna Lund (Stockholm, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Gröna Lund

  6. 26. The sea fortress Suomenlinna (originally Sveaborg) was begun in 1748 by which crown?

    • A. Russia
    • B. Denmark
    • C. Sweden ✓
    • D. Prussia

    Answer: C - Sweden (Helsinki, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Suomenlinna

  7. 27. Lyon's 19th-century 'canuts' were workers in which trade?

    • A. Coal mining
    • B. Glass blowing
    • C. Printing
    • D. Silk weaving ✓

    Answer: D - Silk weaving (Lyon, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Canut

  8. 28. Tiergarten Schönbrunn in Vienna, founded in 1752, claims to be the world's oldest what?

    • A. Botanical garden
    • B. Aquarium
    • C. Circus
    • D. Zoo ✓

    Answer: D - Zoo (Vienna, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Tiergarten Schönbrunn

  9. 29. In which architectural style was Lisbon Cathedral first built in the 12th century?

    • A. Gothic
    • B. Baroque
    • C. Late Romanesque ✓
    • D. Manueline

    Answer: C - Late Romanesque (Lisbon, level 3/3) Wikipedia: Lisbon Cathedral

  10. 30. The Aljafería palace was built mainly in which century?

    • A. 9th century
    • B. 11th century ✓
    • C. 14th century
    • D. 16th century

    Answer: B - 11th century (Zaragoza, level 3/3) Wikipedia: Aljafería

Round 4 - Music & culture

  1. 31. Madrid's Plaza de España features a monument to which author of Don Quixote?

    • A. Lope de Vega
    • B. Federico García Lorca
    • C. Miguel de Cervantes ✓
    • D. Francisco de Quevedo

    Answer: C - Miguel de Cervantes (Madrid, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Plaza de España, Madrid

  2. 32. What does the Vasa Museum in Stockholm display?

    • A. A Viking longship
    • B. The warship Vasa ✓
    • C. A royal yacht
    • D. A Cold War submarine

    Answer: B - The warship Vasa (Stockholm, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Vasa Museum

  3. 33. During Porto's São João festival, people playfully hit each other with soft plastic what?

    • A. Swords
    • B. Spoons
    • C. Balloons
    • D. Hammers ✓

    Answer: D - Hammers (Porto, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Festa de São João do Porto

  4. 34. The Capitoline Museums are located on which hill of Rome?

    • A. The Palatine Hill
    • B. The Aventine Hill
    • C. The Capitoline Hill ✓
    • D. The Esquiline Hill

    Answer: C - The Capitoline Hill (Rome, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Capitoline Museums

  5. 35. Rembrandt's group portrait The Night Watch is the best-known painting in which Amsterdam museum?

    • A. Van Gogh Museum
    • B. Stedelijk Museum
    • C. Rijksmuseum ✓
    • D. NEMO Science Museum

    Answer: C - Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Rijksmuseum

  6. 36. Which architect designed the NEMO Science Museum on the IJ, shaped like a ship's hull?

    • A. Norman Foster
    • B. Zaha Hadid
    • C. Rem Koolhaas
    • D. Renzo Piano ✓

    Answer: D - Renzo Piano (Amsterdam, level 2/3) Wikipedia: NEMO (museum)

  7. 37. At what moment is the Cologne Carnival season traditionally declared open?

    • A. 11:11 on 11 November ✓
    • B. Midnight on 1 January
    • C. Noon on 6 January
    • D. 9:00 on 1 March

    Answer: A - 11:11 on 11 November (Cologne, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Cologne Carnival

  8. 38. In which Viennese museum does Klimt's 'The Kiss' hang?

    • A. The Albertina
    • B. The Leopold Museum
    • C. The Belvedere ✓
    • D. The Kunsthistorisches Museum

    Answer: C - The Belvedere (Vienna, level 2/3) Wikipedia: The Kiss (Klimt)

  9. 39. Which novel by Gaston Leroux has the Palais Garnier opera house as its setting?

    • A. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
    • B. The Count of Monte Cristo
    • C. Les Misérables
    • D. The Phantom of the Opera ✓

    Answer: D - The Phantom of the Opera (Paris, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Palais Garnier

  10. 40. Which orchestra performs in the Royal Concertgebouw concert hall in Amsterdam?

    • A. The Berlin Philharmonic
    • B. The Vienna Philharmonic
    • C. The London Symphony Orchestra
    • D. The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ✓

    Answer: D - The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Amsterdam, level 3/3) Wikipedia: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

Round 5 - Bonus: Lisbon week

  1. 41. Lisbon lies at the mouth of which river?

    • A. Tagus ✓
    • B. Douro
    • C. Guadiana
    • D. Mondego

    Answer: A - Tagus (Lisbon week) Lisbon lies on the north bank of the Tagus estuary, close to where the river meets the Atlantic. Wikipedia: Lisbon

  2. 42. Which hillside district between the castle and the river is Lisbon's oldest neighbourhood?

    • A. Chiado
    • B. Alfama ✓
    • C. Bairro Alto
    • D. Parque das Nações

    Answer: B - Alfama (Lisbon week) Alfama is the oldest neighbourhood of Lisbon, on the slope between São Jorge Castle and the Tagus. Wikipedia: Alfama

  3. 43. From which century does Lisbon's Belém Tower date?

    • A. The 16th century ✓
    • B. The 12th century
    • C. The 14th century
    • D. The 18th century

    Answer: A - The 16th century (Lisbon week) Belém Tower is a 16th-century fortification, built c. 1514-1519. Wikipedia: Belém Tower

  4. 44. The original pastel de nata recipe was created by monks of which Lisbon monastery?

    • A. São Vicente de Fora
    • B. Carmo Convent
    • C. Madre de Deus Convent
    • D. Jerónimos Monastery ✓

    Answer: D - Jerónimos Monastery (Lisbon week) The pastel de nata derives from pastéis de Belém, created by monks at the Jerónimos Monastery in Belém. Wikipedia: Pastel de nata

  5. 45. Which music genre, linked with Lisbon's Alfama, joined UNESCO's intangible heritage lists in 2011?

    • A. Morna
    • B. Flamenco
    • C. Fado ✓
    • D. Rebetiko

    Answer: C - Fado (Lisbon week) Fado was added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists on 27 November 2011. Wikipedia: Fado

  6. 46. The Santa Justa Lift connects the Baixa with which higher square?

    • A. Praça do Comércio
    • B. Praça da Figueira
    • C. Largo do Carmo ✓
    • D. Largo das Portas do Sol

    Answer: C - Largo do Carmo (Lisbon week) The Santa Justa Lift connects the lower streets of the Baixa with the higher Largo do Carmo. Wikipedia: Santa Justa Lift

  7. 47. Whose figure leads the Monument to the Discoveries on the Tagus waterfront in Belém?

    • A. Pedro the Cruel
    • B. John the Perfect
    • C. Afonso the Conqueror
    • D. Henry the Navigator ✓

    Answer: D - Henry the Navigator (Lisbon week) The figure of Henry the Navigator stands at the front edge of the monument, leading 33 figures from the Age of Discovery. Wikipedia: Monument of the Discoveries

  8. 48. Lisbon's pedestrian streets are famous for a traditional pavement of small stones, called what?

    • A. Calçada portuguesa ✓
    • B. Azulejo
    • C. Talha dourada
    • D. Pombalino

    Answer: A - Calçada portuguesa (Lisbon week) Calçada portuguesa is the traditional pavement of small limestone and basalt stones used in many pedestrian areas. Wikipedia: Portuguese pavement

  9. 49. Which prime minister organised the relief and rebuilding of Lisbon after the 1755 earthquake?

    • A. The Duke of Wellington
    • B. António de Oliveira Salazar
    • C. Vasco da Gama
    • D. The Marquis of Pombal ✓

    Answer: D - The Marquis of Pombal (Lisbon week) The Marquis of Pombal, prime minister in 1755, organised relief and rebuilding after the earthquake. Wikipedia: 1755 Lisbon earthquake

  10. 50. In which year did the Carnation Revolution overthrow Portugal's Estado Novo regime?

    • A. 1974 ✓
    • B. 1961
    • C. 1968
    • D. 1986

    Answer: A - 1974 (Lisbon week) The Carnation Revolution of 25 April 1974 ended the Estado Novo regime in Portugal. Wikipedia: Carnation Revolution

Tiebreakers

  1. T1. Chicago's Fort Dearborn was originally built in which year?

    Answer: 1803 (Chicago) Wikipedia: Fort Dearborn

  2. T2 (only if still level). In which year did the Milan Metro begin operation?

    Answer: 1964 (Milan) Wikipedia: Milan Metro

Teams write a year; closest wins. Equal distance: use T2.

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