Quiz - Nov 4th - All Welcome

yola · 04-11-2009, 10:17 PM

Freddo is cold, but confusingly, caldo is hot (if my memory serves me well)!!!

dandysmom · 04-11-2009, 10:18 PM

So am I.......

yola · 04-11-2009, 10:19 PM

I'm sticking too. We visited CC's tomb in Dominican Republic some 20 years ago and as that was a Spanish colony I'm kind of thinking it might be Spain.

Wasn't Magelen Portuguese and Galileo Italian?

calismum · 04-11-2009, 10:21 PM

Nationality - Born in Italy. Lived in Portugal and in Spain. Patrons - King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain.

He is claimed by the Italians born in Genoa, his nationality is disputed and Spain & Portugul also claim a stake.

So 3 points DM 1 each for angieh and yola

yola · 04-11-2009, 10:22 PM

Stubborn lot aren't we??

calismum · 04-11-2009, 10:23 PM

Q9 - What is the 2nd largest city in Portugul, famous for its export of port wines?

angieh · 04-11-2009, 10:23 PM

There's a huge statue in Lisbon ........... they obviously adopted him as one of theirs!

yola · 04-11-2009, 10:23 PM

Oporto . . . .

dandysmom · 04-11-2009, 10:24 PM

I really had an unfair advantage there, as we had very large numbers of Italian immigrants in the cities around the turn of the century, and Columbus Day was always a huge event; it's actually a legal holiday here.

yola · 04-11-2009, 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by angieh

There's a huge statue in Lisbon ........... they obviously adopted him as one of theirs!

And modern research now thinks he might be Catalan

. I guess nobody will really know for sure; one of those folklore things

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