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April 18, 2001 By: Betty Ramsey, LEOASC Recap - Passport - Madrid, Spain Packing Round 1. The Prado is home to many of Spain's finest PAINTINGS & SCULPTURES 2. Domenicos Theotokopoulos is better known as EL GRECO 3. Madrid has an abundance of sunshine described as VELAZQUENOS 4. What are the Cortes? NATIONAL LEGISLATURE 5. Madrid is located on the MANZANARES river. 6. All of these are Spanish painters except FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA Departure Round 1. Traditional appetizers in restaurants are TAPAS 2. The current Prime Minister is JOSE MARIA AZNAR 3. A legendary performer born in Madrid is PLACIDO DOMINGO 4. The capital and largest city, it is located THE MESETA 5. What sport uses the Cesta and Pelata? JAI ALAI General Knowledge Round 1. Most of the population came from CASTILIAN 2. Don Quixote was written by MIGUEL de CERVANTES 3. Prior to Madrid, TOLEDO was the capital. 4. This political leader overthrew the government in 1936 FRANCISCO FRANCO 5. Dominguin, Cordobes (and two others) were MATADORS 6. Madrid is the HIGHEST IN ALTITUDE of any European capital. (2200 ft. about the same as Las Vegas.) 7. The Zarzuela is Spanish LIGHT OPERA 8. "The Fifth Column" about the Spanish Civil War was written by HEMINGWAY 9. Madrid, in Arabic Mageit (?) means WOOD 10. Las Meninas or Maids of Honor is a painting by DIEGO VELAZQUES 11. A fiesta held the third week in May is in honor of SAN ISIDRO LABRADOR Bonus Questions 1. Cibele's Chariot Fountain shows the Goddess of NATURE 2. Where? Area 3 on the map. Slide Show 1. A ceremonial gateway to Madrid is called PUERTA DE ALCALA 2. The Royal Palace was consecrated (?) for CARLOS III 28 years after it was finished. (I didn't get the whole question.) 3. The Clothed Maja in the Prado is the work of FRANCISCO GOYA 4. A monument, the city's boating lake is called RETIRO PARK We ended in 18th place. Congratulations to CLEATS B&G Colorado Springs for a great game! As for Six, if we could have gotten the matching round better, we kept missing one each time, we would have done even better than our 9th place, Pacific time zone of course. If you throw in the East Coast, we ended up in the top 50. Paul & I had to leave Ellie by herself to play the Children's Lit game, which I'm sure she aced by herself. Hope you all have a great weekend! Betty LEOASC |