A level Spanish speaking facts Complete
Questions with Correct Answers GRADED A+
Latest 2025/2026
1. Current dictators of Hispanic countries: Daniel Ortega, president of
Nicaragua
since 2007
2. Dinghies in 2018 from 2017: 335% increase
3. Hispanic celebrities who have done good for society: Ricky
Martin con los derechos LGBT+ y Shakira con la fundación Pies
Descalzos
4. Longest-serving Spanish speaking incumbent dictator: Teodoro
Obiang, dic- tator of Equatorial Guinea since 1979
5. How were large families encouraged under Franco?: With medals
and finan- cial rewards
6. What % of families are nuclear in Spain?: 63% in 2020
7. What is the average number of children to have in Spain?: 1.33 in
2020
8. How much more household work do women do in Spain?: Triple
the work men do
9. Biggest gender pay gap in Hispanic countries?: Nicaragua, 43%
in 2021 according to WEF
,10. Smallest gender pay gap in Hispanic countries?: Costa Rica, with
11.8% in 2021 according to WEF
11. What were the jobs available to women under Franco?: Infermera o
maestra (nurses or primary school teachers)
12. How long is paid maternity leave in Spain?: 16 weeks
13. How long is paid paternity leave in Spain?: 16 weeks, the same as
maternity leave
14. When was the Pill introduced in Spain?: In the 1960s
15. How has immigration changed the Spanish family?: Has increased
the birth rate, and normalised mixed raced families
16. Since when can gay parents adopt in Spain?: Since 2005
17. When was abortion legalised in Spain?: 1981 under three
conditions (supuestos) then 2010 freely allowed up to 14 weeks and
22 with risk to woman or fetus
18. How many marriages were celebrated in a church in 2012 in
Spain?: A third
19. What percentage of Spanish children are born of at least one
foreigner?: 1 in 4
20. Average age for children to be emancipated from the family
home in Spain?: 30
21. Female unemployment rate in Spain?: 20% in 2021, versus 16% for
men
22. Lowest Hispanic female labour force participation rate?: Puerto
Rico, 32%
23. Labour force participation rate for women in Peru: 74%, higher than
, in Spain
24. Percentage of grandparents who regularly take care of their
grandchildren-
: 49%
, 25. Domestic violence under Franco: Almost always ignored or allowed
by police
and women were afraid to come forward
26. When was gay marriage legalised in Spain?: 2005
27. When was homosexuality decriminalised in Spain?: In 1979
28. What happened to gay people under Franco?: Gays faced
persecution, im- prisonment, torture even, and promotion of
homosexuality was also a crime
29. Percentages of marriages in Spain that end in divorce?: Around
half
30. When was divorce legalised in Spain?: 1981
31. Percentage of blended families in Spain: Estimated to have
increased in recent years
32. Rate of divorce in Mexico: Around half, like Spain
33. Best Hispanic country to be a homosexual: Uruguay, Argentina
34. Worst Hispanic countries to be a homosexual: Guatemala, Paraguay
35. Percentage of Spanish who identify as Catholic - change: 72%
in 2020 compared to 82% in 2001
36. What generation in Spain is most Catholic: 65-year-olds and over -
90% are catholics
37. What generation in Spain is least Catholic: 18-24 year olds - 50%
compared to 82% in 1992
38. What parts of Spanish society are least Catholic (not age)?: Big
cities (53% vs. 80% in countryside); better education (50% in higher
education)
Questions with Correct Answers GRADED A+
Latest 2025/2026
1. Current dictators of Hispanic countries: Daniel Ortega, president of
Nicaragua
since 2007
2. Dinghies in 2018 from 2017: 335% increase
3. Hispanic celebrities who have done good for society: Ricky
Martin con los derechos LGBT+ y Shakira con la fundación Pies
Descalzos
4. Longest-serving Spanish speaking incumbent dictator: Teodoro
Obiang, dic- tator of Equatorial Guinea since 1979
5. How were large families encouraged under Franco?: With medals
and finan- cial rewards
6. What % of families are nuclear in Spain?: 63% in 2020
7. What is the average number of children to have in Spain?: 1.33 in
2020
8. How much more household work do women do in Spain?: Triple
the work men do
9. Biggest gender pay gap in Hispanic countries?: Nicaragua, 43%
in 2021 according to WEF
,10. Smallest gender pay gap in Hispanic countries?: Costa Rica, with
11.8% in 2021 according to WEF
11. What were the jobs available to women under Franco?: Infermera o
maestra (nurses or primary school teachers)
12. How long is paid maternity leave in Spain?: 16 weeks
13. How long is paid paternity leave in Spain?: 16 weeks, the same as
maternity leave
14. When was the Pill introduced in Spain?: In the 1960s
15. How has immigration changed the Spanish family?: Has increased
the birth rate, and normalised mixed raced families
16. Since when can gay parents adopt in Spain?: Since 2005
17. When was abortion legalised in Spain?: 1981 under three
conditions (supuestos) then 2010 freely allowed up to 14 weeks and
22 with risk to woman or fetus
18. How many marriages were celebrated in a church in 2012 in
Spain?: A third
19. What percentage of Spanish children are born of at least one
foreigner?: 1 in 4
20. Average age for children to be emancipated from the family
home in Spain?: 30
21. Female unemployment rate in Spain?: 20% in 2021, versus 16% for
men
22. Lowest Hispanic female labour force participation rate?: Puerto
Rico, 32%
23. Labour force participation rate for women in Peru: 74%, higher than
, in Spain
24. Percentage of grandparents who regularly take care of their
grandchildren-
: 49%
, 25. Domestic violence under Franco: Almost always ignored or allowed
by police
and women were afraid to come forward
26. When was gay marriage legalised in Spain?: 2005
27. When was homosexuality decriminalised in Spain?: In 1979
28. What happened to gay people under Franco?: Gays faced
persecution, im- prisonment, torture even, and promotion of
homosexuality was also a crime
29. Percentages of marriages in Spain that end in divorce?: Around
half
30. When was divorce legalised in Spain?: 1981
31. Percentage of blended families in Spain: Estimated to have
increased in recent years
32. Rate of divorce in Mexico: Around half, like Spain
33. Best Hispanic country to be a homosexual: Uruguay, Argentina
34. Worst Hispanic countries to be a homosexual: Guatemala, Paraguay
35. Percentage of Spanish who identify as Catholic - change: 72%
in 2020 compared to 82% in 2001
36. What generation in Spain is most Catholic: 65-year-olds and over -
90% are catholics
37. What generation in Spain is least Catholic: 18-24 year olds - 50%
compared to 82% in 1992
38. What parts of Spanish society are least Catholic (not age)?: Big
cities (53% vs. 80% in countryside); better education (50% in higher
education)
