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Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
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1. What Venetian explorer and traveler crossed central Asia and visited China - Sumatra - Ceylon - India and Persia?






2. Who is considered the founder of modern experimental science - invented the telescope - thermometer - and hydroscale - and was put on house arrest for opposing the church?






3. Which is the second longest river that flows through Verona?






4. The ___ _ ___ is in charge of all education.






5. Who composed the Barber of Seville and William Tell?






6. Who traveled across the Atlantic Ocean and discovered the east coast of present-day United States?






7. Who was the great Italian poet?






8. Who is the greatest artist - scientist - and inventor of all time?






9. Who invented the electric battery and electric condenser?






10. What is the most popular sport in Italy?






11. Which mountain range forms a natural border across northern Italy?






12. How do you say 'the awakening' in Italian?






13. Who designed the dome of the Duomo in Florence?






14. The majority of Italians are ____ _____. (religion)






15. Which river is the longest?






16. Who was the leading sculptor of the Baroque period who was designed Saint Peters Square in the Vatican city?






17. How do you say 'coal' in Italian?






18. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






19. Which island is very mountainous and is rich in livestock?






20. Who wrote the play Six Characters in Search of an Author?






21. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?






22. Italy is a ___ ___ ___. (type of government)






23. Who is the greatest opera composer?






24. Who composed the Four Seasons?






25. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






26. Who was the brain ('il cervello') of the Italian independence movement and the King of Piedmont?






27. Spans across which sea?






28. Where is mt Etna located?






29. What is the official language of Italy?






30. Approximately twice the size of which US state?






31. Which treaty formed the Vatican City






32. Who was the father of modern political science and wrote Il Principe (The Prince)?






33. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?






34. Which is Italy's largest lake?






35. Who developed wireless telegraphy?






36. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?






37. Who is the author of the Divine Comedy and the father of the Italian language?






38. What political party is in power?






39. What is the highest point in Italy?






40. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?






41. Which painter note for his idealized and tranquil madonnas and portraits painted The School of Athens - Alba Madonna - and the Transfiguration of Christ?






42. Which river flows through Rome?






43. Who sculpted La Pieta and David and painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?






44. What is the name of the old which who brings gifts to children on the night of January 6th?






45. Which seas are to the south?






46. Which sea is to the east?






47. Who sculpted the Gates of Paradise which are the bronze doors of the baptistery of the Duomo in Florence?






48. Who is the greatest Venetian painter of the Renaissance who painted the Rape of Europa?






49. Who was the first king of Italy?






50. Who lead the Fascist movement?