Passing through Zürich on my way To Hannover I devised the questionnaire below to point out the historical connections between Spain & Switzerland.
A)Name five Swiss cities: B (2)... L(2)...G (1)
B)Name four languages spoken in Switzerland. The different names of the country in these languages can give you some clues:
SCHWEIZ
SUISSE
SUIZZERA
SUIZRA
SUIZA
C) How many cantons are there in Switzerland? Name ten of them.
D) What does HSBC (the bank) stand for?
E) Why do you think Switzerland is and has long been a "neutral" country?
F) Name some famous peaks in the Swiss Alps.
G)Spelling practice: L_I_E_C_H_T_E_N_S_T_E_I_N
What is its capital city?
H) Name some Swiss companies which manufacture chocolate or watches.
I) What is a Swiss knife?
J) What is the international registration code for Swiss cars when they travel abroad? (A clue : The Latin name for Switzerland will give you the idea)
K) Name some famous people who died in Switzerland, for instance Charles Chaplin, Erasmus, Graham Greene, Vladimir Nabokov, Thomas Mann, James Joyce, Audrey Hepburn, Herman Hesse, Richard Burton, Rainer Mª Rilke, etc..
L) Why is the Vatican Guard Swiss?
M) What is Swiss Colony?
N) If a Swiss Watch is a SWATCH, give examples of more blends in present-day English, as in FANTABULOUS, ALCOHOLIDAY,..
Ñ) Translate into Spanish Swiss Chard.......................
O) A legendary figure from Switzerland is the folk hero William Tell. What can you Tell us about him?
P) HISPANO-SUIZA was a car-manufacturing company of the early XXth century. Which car models did they produce?
Q) Which international organizations have or had their Head offices in Swiss cities?
R) What is the Swiss family Robinson? Tell us a summary of the story.
S) The Swiss flag has a white cross in the centre. Which other famous crosses can you draw? Ex: Malta, Christian,Devil´s , Lorraine, Svastika,...
T) The Spanish Royal Family " the Bourbons"have long enjoyed life in
Switzerland. What was the Lausane Manifesto about?
U) Nowadays, the king´s sister, Cristina, lives in Switzerland with her large family and her "infamous" husband, Mr. Urdangarín. Where have they taken up residence?
V) Give the name for a breed of Swiss milking cow and a typical Swiss cheese. What is a petit suisse? Why is it called like that?
W) After the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath in the Second World War thousands of Spaniards migrated to different countries worldwide. Switzerland was just one of them. Which other countries received Spanish immigrants? NAME AT LEAST TEN countries both from Europe and America.
X) Name two famous LAKES in Switzerland
Y) What is the unit of currency in Switzerland? Do they accept Euros?
Z) Name and shame. Who are those Spanish "patriots" who keep their money safe in Swiss banks, who still show off their true patriotic feelings and yet they avoid paying the Spanish Taxes, thanks to the "Hervé Falciani" list? There are over a thousand of them...including F.Alonso and the Botín family.. Who are the remaining "Hispanophiles"(true lovers of Spain-)?
