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Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
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1. Which sea is to the east?






2. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?






3. Who is called 'la spada' and lead the Red shirts?






4. Where is mt Vesuvius located?






5. Who painted The Birth of Venus?






6. Who was the first king of Italy?






7. Who invented the electric battery and electric condenser?






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






9. What Venetian explorer and traveler crossed central Asia and visited China - Sumatra - Ceylon - India and Persia?






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






11. What is the highest point in Italy?






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






13. Where is mt Stromboli located?






14. Who developed wireless telegraphy?






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






16. Who lead the Fascist movement?






17. Which two islands are in the Bay of Naples?






18. Who is the greatest opera composer?






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






20. Who was the author of the Decameron - a collection of short stories?






21. Where is mt Etna located?






22. Who was the leader of the Italian independence movement?






23. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?






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






25. Who is the physicist who escaped to the US and helped develop the atomic and hydrogen bombs?






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






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






28. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






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






30. Which river is the longest?






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






32. 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?






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






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






35. Which treaty formed the Vatican City






36. What is the official language of Italy?






37. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






38. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






39. Spans across which sea?






40. Which volcano is located south of Naples?






41. Nickname for Italy

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42. Who composed the Four Seasons?






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






44. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?






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






46. Which seas are to the west?






47. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?






48. Italy is generally called '___ ___'. (refering to climate)






49. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?






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