2. Who are the people in this picture?
3. What is Flamenco?
4. What is the largest city?
5. What is the most popular food?
6. How do you say "good-bye" in Spain?
7. What is the most popular sport?
8. True or False: You should never take off your shoes when you go to someone's house (piso).
9. When would you eat pancakes?
10. Who is the king? (Yes, there is a king.)
Let's see how you did.
1. Dinner (maybe lunch, but not breakfast and they'd most likely contain Spanish sausage, mushrooms, or potatoes)
2. Recent Oscar winner, Javier Bardem and his mother, Pilar Bardem. Pilar, also an actress, lives on my street. :)
3. Flamenco is a type of singing, guitar playing, and dancing that originated in Southern Spain by the gypsies. Still popular, it is an art form and has also been mixed with other pop styles in music. One of my favorite Flamenco Fusion groups is Estopa.
4. MADRID, the capital where I live! You better have gotten that one right!
5. Hmm...I'd have to say JAMÓN (pronounced ha-MOAN...but try to clear your throat on the "ha")!!! That's ham, but remember, it ain't no Honeybaked. It's the leg o' pig that has been dried and sits in a "jamonera" on the counter of every bar. Also, a popular flavor for Ruffles chips is "jamón jamón". Of course, "una jamona" is a very rude way of referring to a curvy woman.
6. Hasta luego. This means "see you later", but people almost never say "adiós" here. Since they say "see you later" for "good-bye", they have to say "hasta ahora" (see you now) for "see you later".
7. No, it's not soccer. It's FÚTBOL. After fútbol it'd be basketball and Formula One. Bullfighting still has its following, but that's more of an art form.
8. True. Shoes always on. They don't have carpeted homes here.
9. For dessert at VIPS, a restaurant with American type food. They'd be served with chocolate syrup and whipped cream.
10. Rey Juan Carlos. He recently made news for his "Why don't you shut up?" comment to Hugo Chávez.
How many did you get right? Scroll down to enter the number of your correct answers.
7 comments:
Hey I just happened upon your journal. Very interesting. I studied aboard in Spain for only three months. I would love to have stayed longer. Actually I lived in Santander, on the northern coast of Spain. Compared to Madrid it's a tiny place. Although I quite liked the time I spent there. So I just had to ask, because I am extremely curious, how do you get to stay so long. Are you doing all of your college there?
Hasta Luego,
espero que tengas un buen dia.
I got 7 right. Not too bad seeing as it's been 10 years, huh?
5 right baby! I'm a Spainish culture wizard over here in snowy G.R. :)
Why is Bambi leaving you comments? And is he/she a stripper?
Anonymous, I am working for a Spanish public school. If you are a native English speaker, you can do it, too! Check it out at http://www.mec.es/educa/jsp/plantilla.jsp?id=140&area=internacional
Becky, MUY BIEN. :)
Laurie, you crack me up! I think Bambi is a computer, not a stripper.
I am obviously Spanish.
And bambi is obviously a porn star.
¡Hola Amanda! Salí bien en tu examencito...sólo no conocía Javier...Jeff salió bastante bien con 5 respuestas correctas...él todavía tiene que apender más. :)
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