Question: By what entities was the Portuguese economy bailed out?
Answer: European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund

Question: In what year was the economic bailout agreed to?
Answer: 2011

Question: How much money was agreed to in the financial bailout?
Answer: €78 billion

Question: When did Portugal exit the bailout?
Answer: May 2014

Question: By the time Portugal exited the bailout, to what percentage had the unemployment rate fallen?
Answer: 15.3 percent

Question: Upon what is Portuguese agriculture based?
Answer: small to medium-sized family-owned dispersed units

Question: What types of companies back more large scale, export-oriented agrobusinesses in Portugal?
Answer: Grupo RAR's Vitacress, Sovena, Lactogal, Vale da Rosa, Companhia das Lezírias and Valouro

Question: What types of crops does Portugal produce?
Answer: tomatoes, citrus, green vegetables, rice, corn, barley, olives, oilseeds, nuts, cherries, bilberry, table grapes, edible mushrooms

Question: What types of livestock products does Portugal produce?
Answer: dairy products, poultry and beef

Question: Which company is the world's oldest canned fish producer?
Answer: Ramirez

Question: What are the names of various companies that produce and export fish products?
Answer: Bom Petisco, Nero, Combate, Comur, General, Líder, Manná, Murtosa, Pescador, Pitéu, Tenório, Torreira and Vasco da Gama

Question: What food does Portugal have one of the highest rates of consumption of?
Answer: fish

Question: What mineral is Portugal ranked as a leading European producer of?
Answer: copper

Question: What are three types of minerals Portugal is a notable producer of?
Answer: tin, tungsten and uranium

Question: What type of exploration does Portugal lack the potential for?
Answer: hydrocarbon

Question: In which region does Portugal have vast reserves of iron and coal?
Answer: north

Question: What event triggered a decrease in the extraction of Portugal's natural resources?
Answer: 1974 revolution and the consequent economic globalization

Question: What automotive brands exist in Portugal?
Answer: Volkswagen Autoeuropa and Peugeot Citroen

Question: What aerospace companies exist in Portugal?
Answer: Embraer and OGMA

Question: Where is Volkswagen Group's AutoEuropa assembly plant located?
Answer: Palmela

Question: What are the main centers for the Portuguese aerospace industries?
Answer: Alverca, Covilhã, Évora, and Ponte de Sor

Question: Where are the main centers of the biotech and IT industries located?
Answer: Lisbon, Porto, Braga, Coimbra and Aveiro

Question: Portuguese tourist numbers are expected to do what in the future?
Answer: increase

Question: With what area does Portugal compete with for tourists?
Answer: Eastern European destinations

Question: How does Portugal compete with other areas for tourists?
Answer: focus upon its niche attractions

Question: What attractions does Portugal have to offer tourists?
Answer: health, nature and rural tourism

Question: What magazine described Portugal as "a new sick man of Europe?"
Answer: The Economist

Question: Between 2002 and 2007, by what percentage did the rate of unemployment change?
Answer: 65%

Question: What percentage did the unemployment rate reach in December, 2009?
Answer: 10.2%

Question: In 2009, what rating did Standard & Poor's assign to Portugal's long-term credit assessment?
Answer: negative

Question: In which year did Moody's downgrade Portugal's long-term credit assessment?
Answer: 2011

Question: What did Prime Minister Jose Socrates announce on April 6, 2011?
Answer: that the country would request financial assistance from the IMF and the European Financial Stability Facility

Question: How many times has Portugal requested external financial support?
Answer: third

Question: What provoked the first request from Portugal for financial support?
Answer: Carnation's Revolution

Question: For what reason did Moody's Investor Services downgrade nine Portuguese banks in 2011?
Answer: financial weakness

Question: In 2005, how many public employees did Portugal have for every thousand inhabitants?
Answer: 70.8

Question: What was the average number of public employees per every thousand inhabitants for the European Union in 2005?
Answer: 62.4

Question: In comparison to EU and USA standards, how was Portugal's justice system regarded?
Answer: slow and inefficient

Question: Which country had the slowest criminal justice system in Western Europe in 2005?
Answer: Italy

Question: How many judges and prosecutors does Portugal have per 100,000 inhabitants?
Answer: over 30

Question: Who was the Portugal Prime Minister in 2013?
Answer: Passos Coelho

Question: What did the Prime Minister announce during the first week of May in 2013?
Answer: significant government plan for the public sector, whereby 30,000 jobs will be cut and the number of weekly working hours will be increased from 35 to 40 hours

Question: For what reason did Prime Minister Passos Coelho justify cutting 30000 jobs?
Answer: austerity measures are necessary if Portugal seeks to avoid another monetary bailout grant

Question: From which entities did Portugal seek a monetary bailout from?
Answer: European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund

Question: To what age did Passos Coelho increase the retirement age?
Answer: 66

Question: To what did Passos Coelho announce cuts to?
Answer: pensions, unemployment benefits, health, education and science expenses

Question: Which obligatory class was abolished from Basic Education?
Answer: English

Question: What did the instituting of these policies lead to?
Answer: social unrest and to confrontations between several institutions

Question: Since when has the Portugal unemployment rate been in a falling trend?
Answer: third quarter of 2014

Question: To what percentage did the unemployment rate peak at?
Answer: 17.7%

Question: In the second quarter of 2008, what was the Portuguese unemployment rate?
Answer: 7.3%

Question: By when did the Portuguese unemployment rate pass the 10% mark?
Answer: December 2009

Question: What are the tourist hotspots in Portugal?
Answer: Lisbon, Algarve, Madeira, Porto and the city of Coimbra

Question: Where do 4-5 million religious pilgrims visit in Portugal every year?
Answer: Fátima

Question: What apparitions reportedly took place in 1917?
Answer: Blessed Virgin Mary to three shepherd children

Question: What tourist destinations are the Portuguese government continuing to promote and develop?
Answer: Douro Valley, the island of Porto Santo, and Alentejo

Question: What is the 16th European city to attract the most tourists?
Answer: Lisbon

Question: What prompted transportation improvements in Portugal in the 1970's?
Answer: fast economic growth with increasing consumption and purchase of new automobiles

Question: After joining the European Economic Community in the 90's, what did Portugal begin building?
Answer: new motorways

Question: How long is Portugal's total road network?
Answer: 68,732 km (42,708 mi)

Question: In which year was the first motorway opened in Portugal?
Answer: 1944

Question: How much land does the Continental Portugal cover?
Answer: 89,015 km2 (34,369 sq mi)

Question: How many national airports does Portugal have?
Answer: four

Question: Near what cities are the Portuguese airports located?
Answer: Lisbon, Porto, Faro and Beja

Question: Why is Lisbon a popular stopover for many foreign airlines?
Answer: geographical position

Question: What is the primary flag-carrier in Portugal?
Answer: TAP Portugal

Question: Into what country does Portugal's railway system expand?
Answer: Spain

Question: What entity supports and administrates Portugal's railway system?
Answer: Comboios de Portugal

Question: How long is the total railway system in Portugal?
Answer: 2,791 km (1,734 mi)

Question: How long is the amount of railway lines that are electrified?
Answer: 1,430 km (889 mi)