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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 wrote Madama Butterfly?






3. Who was the first king of Italy?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. What is the most popular sport in Italy?






13. Which volcano is located on the island of Stromboli?






14. Which river flows through Rome?






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






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






17. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






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






19. Which island is shaped like a triangle and lies just off the toe of the Italian boot?






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






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






22. Spans across which sea?






23. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?






24. What is the highest point in Italy?






25. Where is mt Stromboli located?






26. What is the official language of Italy?






27. Who is the greatest opera composer?






28. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






29. Which is Italy's largest lake?






30. Which treaty formed the Vatican City






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






32. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?






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






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






35. Who painted The Birth of Venus?






36. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






37. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?






38. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?






39. Where is mt Etna located?






40. Who was the great Italian poet?






41. Which sea is to the east?






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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?






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






50. What political party is in power?