María Pombo, protagonist in the questions of the Spanish exam of Selectivity

PalmaMaría Pombo, one of the influencers most followed in Spain, has been the protagonist of two of the questions on the Spanish exam for the Selectividad (university entrance exam) taken by students from the Balearic Islands this Tuesday, the first day of the PAU tests in the Archipelago. Specifically, the content creator appears in the question where students are asked to identify and explain the syntactic relationships established between the clauses in the following fragment: "The controversy surrounding María Pombo regarding reading has demonstrated the capacity that social networks have today to fix a debate in public conversation".

This question, where the influencer is cited, is worth three points on the final exam score. The text commentary also relates to María Pombo. In this case, students must interpret, analyze, and reflect on an article from El País, by journalist Diego S. Garrocho, about the controversy involving the Spanish content creator. This question, in its different sections, is worth a total of four points. Thus, Pombo's presence on the exam accounts for seven out of the ten points students can aspire to.

In fact, only block three, which refers to Literary Education, does not feature the content creator as the protagonist.

It should be remembered that PAU 2026 started this Tuesday with 4,950 students from the Balearic Islands determined to achieve the grade that allows them to access their desired higher education studies. The usual nerves of the first day have been combined with the smiles of those facing the tests with confidence on a day marked by one of this year's main novelties: the implementation of radio frequency detectors to combat academic fraud. "For now, we have not detected any," explained the Vice-Rector for Students of the UIB, Cristina Moreno, who detailed that these devices will circulate in all classrooms at the different examination points, although not necessarily during all tests.