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Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
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1. Who composed the Four Seasons?






2. Where is mt Etna located?






3. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?






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






5. Which seas are to the west?






6. Which seas are to the south?






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






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






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






10. Nickname for Italy

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






12. Which treaty formed the Vatican City






13. Who painted The Birth of Venus?






14. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






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






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






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






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






19. Which river flows through Rome?






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






21. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?






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






23. Who wrote Madama Butterfly?






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






25. Who developed wireless telegraphy?






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






27. Which volcano is located south of Naples?






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






29. 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?






30. Which is Italy's largest lake?






31. What political party is in power?






32. Who lead the Fascist movement?






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






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






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






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






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






38. Who invented the electric battery and electric condenser?






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






40. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?






41. Where is mt Vesuvius located?






42. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






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






44. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?






45. Who was the great Italian poet?






46. Where is mt Stromboli located?






47. Which sea is to the east?






48. Approximately twice the size of which US state?






49. What is the official language of Italy?






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