Sunday, 24 January 2010

Quiz solutions (Part III)

11. Portugal is one of the newest Member States of the European Union
b) False

Portugal has been a Member State of the European Union since 1986.



12. One of the most important men in the European Institutions is Portuguese.
a. True
The President of the European Commission, one of the Institutions of the European Union, is José Manuel Barroso, a Portuguese man.

13. The leaving age for compulsory education was raised to...
b) Eighteen

14. The typical Portuguese music is...
c) Fado


15. Portugal is the leading producer of two of the following products. Which?
a) Cork
It’s a material obtained from the Cork Oak and it is mainly used to make bottle stoppers, especially for wine bottles. But it is also used to insulate things, to make clothes, for flooring, in rockets etc.




c) Oporto wine
It is a generous fine wine, from the Portuguese Douro Region and this is the only place in the world where this wine can be produced.

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