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Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
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1. Who was the father of modern political science and wrote Il Principe (The Prince)?






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Who invented the electric battery and electric condenser?






9. Who was the great Italian poet?






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






11. Who was the first king of Italy?






12. Who developed wireless telegraphy?






13. Which treaty formed the Vatican City






14. 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?






15. Which seas are to the south?






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






17. Where is mt Etna located?






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






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






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






21. Where is mt Vesuvius located?






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






23. What is the highest point in Italy?






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






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






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






27. Which river flows through Rome?






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






29. Nickname for Italy

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30. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






31. Which volcano is located south of Naples?






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






33. Italian is a ___ language.






34. Who composed the Four Seasons?






35. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?






36. Who wrote Madama Butterfly?






37. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?






38. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






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






40. Which seas are to the west?






41. Who painted The Birth of Venus?






42. Where is mt Stromboli located?






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






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






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






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






47. Who lead the Fascist movement?






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






49. Which sea is to the east?






50. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?