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Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
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1. Approximately twice the size of which US state?






2. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?






3. Who painted The Birth of Venus?






4. What is the highest point in Italy?






5. Spans across which sea?






6. Where is mt Etna located?






7. What is the official language of Italy?






8. Who developed wireless telegraphy?






9. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?






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






11. Where is mt Vesuvius located?






12. Which is Italy's largest lake?






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






14. What political party is in power?






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






16. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?






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






18. Which river is the longest?






19. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






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






21. Who is the greatest opera composer?






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






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






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






25. Which volcano is located south of Naples?






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






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






28. Italian is a ___ language.






29. What is the most popular sport in Italy?






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






31. Who was the first king of Italy?






32. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?






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






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






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






36. Which river flows through Rome?






37. Nickname for Italy


38. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






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






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






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






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






43. Which seas are to the west?






44. Who invented the electric battery and electric condenser?






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






46. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






47. 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?






48. Which seas are to the south?






49. Who composed the Four Seasons?






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