The BIG Spanish Quiz 2021 (KS3 version)

This quiz includes 7 different rounds with a total of 35 questions, plus 5 bonus tie-breaker questions. Designed to be something fun for the end of the year, it nonetheless has educational value, teaching about Spanish-speaking cultures and current affairs, and even sneaks in a bit of vocabulary and grammar (without ever mentioning the g word itself). One of the rounds includes links to YouTube videos, with the videos integrated into the Powerpoint. If you don’t have a version of Powerpoint that supports integrated online videos, the link for each one is given in the slide notes.

The quiz is provided in two flavours: English language (questions and most answers in English) and Target Language (all questions and answers in Spanish), so you can pick the version that best fits your class. There is also a KS4 version available separately or as part of a bundle with this one.

The rounds are split off into sections, making it is easy to move them around or skip to a particular part if you don’t think you’ll have time to do the whole thing. The answers are given at the end of each round, so you can quickly wrap up if you find yourselves short on time.

IMPORTANT: For the videos to work, you must click Enable Content when powerpoint starts.

All the images in this Powerpoint have either been created by me or carefully sourced from copyright-free or Creative Commons sources. Some slides are interactive and, as well as including videos and animation, have different images that will appear depending on which answer you select, to provide the pupils a clue.

Please check the notes section for each slide as useful information is provided there for you.

Sample questions (in English) for each round (all are multiple choice):

Round 1: Un imagen vale mil palabras
Choose the best description for the image. (See preview images)

Round 2: Cultura y Sociedad
What is a tortilla de patatas?

Round 3: Los Deportes
La Copa América is an international football tournament. Where did it take place this year?

Round 4: La Palabra Adecuada
Who is the hermano de tu padre?

Round 5: La Música
What’s the name of the song that Blas Cantó sang to represent Spain in Eurovision this year?

Round 6: La Traducción
Translate: I have curly brown hair.

Round 7: ¿Estáis eterados?
¿Quién es el rey de España?
(by the way, there are NO questions about coronavirus or the pandemic because I think we’ve all heard enough about that)

Plus 5 more questions in the tie-breaker round! For full disclosure, these are the same as the 2019/2020 quiz.

I think this will be the last completely new quiz I create. Coming up with new questions in certain sections is quite difficult. However, if I get the time, I will update this one next year (so if you have purchased it, you will be able to download a refreshed one). Not promising anything though!

If you bought the old question of the quiz and wrote a review, please get in touch!