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Junior Cycle Spanish: Famous Hispanic people

How often Famous Hispanic people comes up on the Spanish papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Famous Hispanic people, Common Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Famous Hispanic people.

(a)Rafael Nadal, who won the French Open 14 times, comes from which Spanish island?
  1. Tenerife
  2. Mallorca
  3. Ibiza
(b)Footballer Lionel Messi was born in Rosario. Which country is Rosario in?
  1. Venezuela
  2. Colombia
  3. Argentina
(c)Which famous painter was born in Málaga and painted 'Guernica'?
  1. Pablo Picasso
  2. Joan Miró
  3. Salvador Dalí
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(a) Mallorca

(b) Argentina

(c) Pablo Picasso

Your turn: Common Level questions on Famous Hispanic people.

Common Level

Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q14
2025Q13
2024Q12
2023Q13
2022Q12

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Famous Hispanic people questions

Famous Hispanic people, 2 marks

Frida Kahlo, famous for her colourful self-portraits, came from which country?

  1. Peru
  2. Spain
  3. Mexico
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Mexico

Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) was a Mexican painter. Her Blue House (la Casa Azul) in Mexico City is now a museum about her life and work.

Famous Hispanic people, 2 marks

The singer Shakira was born in Barranquilla. Which country is she from?

  1. Chile
  2. Colombia
  3. Mexico
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Colombia

Shakira is Colombian (colombiana). Barranquilla is a port city on Colombia's Caribbean coast. She sings in both Spanish and English.

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