Trivial Pursuit Topic :Portuguese Age of Discoveries

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Trivial Pursuit Topic :Portuguese Age of Discoveries

“Trivial Pursuit” – Topic :Portuguese Age of Discoveries

  1. Who was the main driving force behind the Portuguese Age of Discoveries?

a)King João I

b)King João II

c)King Manuel I

d)Prince Henrique

  1. What year did Christopher Columbusarrive to the American continent?

a)1492

b)1485

c)1495

d)1490

  1. What year did the Portuguese Armada led by Vasco da Gama first sail the maritime route to Índia?

a)1495

b)1500

c)1497

d)1506

  1. What is the name of the Portuguese navigator who first got to Brazil in 1500?

a)Fernão de Magalhães

b)Cristóvão Colombo

c)Vasco da Gama

d)Pedro Álvares Cabral

  1. What is the name of the famous Portuguese navigator who conceived and prepared the first circum-navigation travel of the planet?

a)Fernão de Magalhães

b)Gil Eanes

c)Bartolomeu Dias

d)Pedro Álvares Cabral

  1. What is the name of the Portuguese navigator who sailed past the “Cape of Storms” (later renamed “Cape of Good Hope”), in 1488?

a)Gil Eanes

b)Bartolomeu Dias

c)Pedro Álvares Cabral

d)Fernão de Magalhães

  1. Whatisthenameofthe Portuguese navigatorwhosailedpastthe Cape Bojador, in 1434?

a)Gil Eanes

b)Nuno Tristão

c)João Gonçalves Zarco

d)Vasco da Gama

  1. What is the name of the Portuguese navigator who discovered the islands of Porto Santo and Madeira, in the company of TristãoVaz Teixeira?

a)Francisco Pizarro

b)Gil Eanes

c)Vasco da Gama

d)João Gonçalves Zarco

  1. Who wrote the epic poem “OsLusíadas”?

a)Garcia de Resende

b)Gil Vicente

c)Sá de Miranda

d)Luis de Camões

  1. In “Lusíadas”, Cape ofStormsappears as a mythologicalgiant: whatisitsname?

a)Pegasus

b)Minotaurus

c)Adamastor

d)Centaurus

  1. Who was the “Illustrious Generation”?

a)The children of King John I andFilipaof Lancaster

b)The children of King Manuel

c)The children of King Afonso IV

d)The children of King John II

  1. What epithet was given to KingAfonso V?

a)TheChapelain

b)TheAfrican

c)TheJust

d)TheConqueror

  1. What epithet was given to King John II?

a)TheConqueror

b)TheFat

c)TheAfrican

d)ThePerfect Prince

  1. What name was given to the boats used by the Portuguese in the Age of Discoveries?

a)Ships

b)Galleons

c)Caravels

d)Kayaks

  1. What is the name of the treaty which divided the world between the Portuguese and the Spanish, in 1494?

a)TreatyoftheVines

b)Treatyof RedWine

c)Treatyof de Leiria

d)TreatyofTordesillas

  1. What Potuguese archipelagos were discovered in the 15th century?

a)AzoresandMallorca

b)Madeira andMarbella

c)Azoresand Madeira

d)Calheta Island andTróia

  1. Whodiscoveredthe Seychelles?

a)Portugal

b)Spain

c)Italy

d)France

  1. Whatwasthe capital ofthe Portuguese Empire?

a)Porto

b)Coimbra

c)Faro

d)Lisbon

  1. WhatwasPortugal’sbiggestenemy in the 15th century?

a)Spain

b)Morocco

c)France

d)England

  1. What happened at the Battle of Aljubarrota?

a)The King of Portugal waskilled

b)TheSouthofSpainwasconquered

c)Leiria wastakenfromtheMoors

d)Lisbonwasconquered

  1. What sailing navigation device was invented by the Portuguese in the 15th century?

a)Compass

b)Periscope

c)Oar

d)Astrolabe

  1. Whatwasthefirst major Portuguese conquerduringthe Age ofDiscoveries?

a)Mozambique

b)Angola

c)Ceuta

d)Gibraltar

  1. Who does “Monument do the Discoveries“ in Lisbon honor?

a)Gonçalo Zarco

b)D. Álvares Pereira

c)Prince Henrique

d)Durão Barroso

  1. What happened in Portugal in 1640?

a)TheInvasionofNormandy

b)TheRestaurationof Independence

c)The Loss of Independency

d)FootballWorld Cup

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