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Italian Culture And Geography
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1. Who was the brain ('il cervello') of the Italian independence movement and the King of Piedmont?
soccer - il calcio
Eastern Sicily
Mont Blanc
Cavour
2. Who traveled across the Atlantic Ocean and discovered the east coast of present-day United States?
John Cabot
Alessandro Volta
Mediterranean Sea
Botticelli
3. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?
Po
Giuseppe Verdi
Giacomo Puccini
Etna
4. What is the official language of Italy?
Po
Botticelli
Marconi
Italian
5. Where is mt Vesuvius located?
South of Naples
Sicily
Romance
Caruso
6. Who was the first king of Italy?
independent democratic republic (Repubblica Italiana)
Boccaccio
Galileo
Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont
7. Which river flows through Rome?
Cavour
Tiber
Lateran Treaty of 1929
Arturo Toscanini
8. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?
Minister of Education
Po
Donatello
Vesuvius
9. Who is the greatest artist - scientist - and inventor of all time?
Giuseppe Verdi
Enrico Fermi
independent democratic republic (Repubblica Italiana)
Leonardo da Vinci
10. Who sculpted La Pieta and David and painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Carbone
Christopher Columbus
Stromboli
Michelangelo
11. Which seas are to the west?
Stromboli
Alessandro Volta
Ligurian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
12. How do you say 'coal' in Italian?
Ionian Sea - Mediterranean Sea
Alessandro Volta
Christopher Columbus
Carbone
13. Who lead the Fascist movement?
Mussolini
Risorgimento
Machiavelli
Italian
14. Which river is the longest?
Michelangelo
Austria - France - Slovenia - Switzerland
Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont
Po
15. Which island is very mountainous and is rich in livestock?
Michelangelo
Sardinia
Sunny Italy
Antonio Vivaldi
16. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)
John Cabot
Austria - France - Slovenia - Switzerland
South of Naples
Alessandro Volta
17. What is the most popular sport in Italy?
Galileo
soccer - il calcio
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Stromboli
18. Spans across which sea?
Etna
Bernini
Mediterranean Sea
Lorenzo Ghiberti
19. Italy is a ___ ___ ___. (type of government)
Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont
independent democratic republic (Repubblica Italiana)
The Alps
Etna
20. Who wrote Madama Butterfly?
Italian
Giacomo Puccini
Donatello
Bernini
21. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?
Romance
Marconi
The Apennines
Christopher Columbus
22. Who was the author of the Decameron - a collection of short stories?
Boccaccio
Michelangelo
Ionian Sea - Mediterranean Sea
Giuseppe Verdi
23. What is the highest point in Italy?
Mont Blanc
Lateran Treaty of 1929
Adige
Lorenzo Ghiberti
24. Which painter note for his idealized and tranquil madonnas and portraits painted The School of Athens - Alba Madonna - and the Transfiguration of Christ?
Roman Catholics
Raphael
'il bel paese'
Island of Stromboli
25. Who was the leading sculptor of the Baroque period who was designed Saint Peters Square in the Vatican city?
Machiavelli
Bernini
Sicily
Donatello
26. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?
Giuseppe Verdi
Arturo Toscanini
Etna
Cavour
27. Which sea is to the east?
'il bel paese'
Adriatic Sea
Giacomo Puccini
Marconi
28. Who designed the dome of the Duomo in Florence?
Brunelleschi
soccer - il calcio
Alessandro Volta
Boccaccio
29. Which mountain range forms a natural border across northern Italy?
Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont
The Alps
Mussolini
Rossini
30. Who is called 'la spada' and lead the Red shirts?
Raphael
Boccaccio
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Ligurian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea
31. Who composed the Four Seasons?
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Antonio Vivaldi
Marconi
Giuseppe Verdi
32. Who composed the Barber of Seville and William Tell?
Adriatic Sea
Rossini
Lateran Treaty of 1929
independent democratic republic (Repubblica Italiana)
33. Where is mt Stromboli located?
Island of Stromboli
Giuseppe Garibaldi
La Befana
The Alps
34. Which two islands are in the Bay of Naples?
La Befana
Giuseppe Mazzini
Roman Catholics
Capri - Ischia
35. 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?
Donatello
Boccaccio
Galileo
Arno
36. Who was the leader of the Italian independence movement?
Giuseppe Mazzini
Mediterranean Sea
Alessandro Volta
Island of Stromboli
37. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?
Garda
Luigi Pirandello
The Apennines
Dante
38. The ___ _ ___ is in charge of all education.
Capri - Ischia
Minister of Education
Bernini
Italian
39. Which seas are to the south?
Roman Catholics
Botticelli
Ionian Sea - Mediterranean Sea
Caruso
40. What is the name of the old which who brings gifts to children on the night of January 6th?
John Cabot
Adige
La Befana
Eastern Sicily
41. Who developed wireless telegraphy?
Luigi Pirandello
Marconi
Italian
Florida
42. Which is Italy's largest lake?
Titian
Garda
Austria - France - Slovenia - Switzerland
Sardinia
43. Which island is shaped like a triangle and lies just off the toe of the Italian boot?
Lateran Treaty of 1929
Giuseppe Mazzini
Sicily
Bernini
44. Italy is generally called '___ ___'. (refering to climate)
Alessandro Volta
Sunny Italy
Romance
Antonio Vivaldi
45. Approximately twice the size of which US state?
Eastern Sicily
South of Naples
Etna
Florida
46. Which volcano is located on the island of Stromboli?
Caruso
Stromboli
Giacomo Puccini
Italian
47. Who is the author of the Divine Comedy and the father of the Italian language?
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Dante
Eastern Sicily
Christian Democratic Party
48. Nickname for Italy
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49. Who was the great Italian poet?
Petrarca
Botticelli
Sicily
Luigi Pirandello
50. The majority of Italians are ____ _____. (religion)
Roman Catholics
Capri - Ischia
Po
Machiavelli