Portugal lies on the west side of the Iberian Peninsula, facing the Atlantic Ocean.
This quiz asks 20 questions about Portuguese food, symbols, places, history and famous Portuguese.
One run asks 20 questions from a bank of 40, so two runs do not ask the same set.
How to play
- Each round shows one question and four answers. Tap the answer you think is right.
- You have three lives. Each wrong answer costs one life.
- After each answer, the game shows a short explanation of the right answer.
- The quiz saves your best score and best time.
What counts in this quiz
- The bank holds 40 questions about Portugal: food, drink, symbols, music, geography, history, people, science, business, culture, sport, language, society, money.
- Every question has exactly one right answer among the four options.
What's not included, and why
- Facts that change with the news are not in the bank. The quiz asks no questions about sitting politicians or the rankings of today.
- Questions that need a map, such as naming every region of Portugal, live in the map quizzes.
Good to know
- Portugal and England signed the Treaty of Windsor in 1386. The alliance is one of the oldest in the world.
- Livraria Bertrand in Lisbon opened in 1732. Guinness lists it as the oldest bookshop still in business.
- The Vasco da Gama Bridge near Lisbon is more than 12 kilometers long.
- Portuguese is an official language in nine countries, from Brazil to East Timor.