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Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
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1. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?






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






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






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






5. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






6. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






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






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






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






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






11. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?






12. Where is mt Vesuvius located?






13. Which treaty formed the Vatican City






14. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?






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






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






17. Nickname for Italy

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18. Italian is a ___ language.






19. Who invented the electric battery and electric condenser?






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






21. Who developed wireless telegraphy?






22. Approximately twice the size of which US state?






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






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






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






26. What is the most popular sport in Italy?






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






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






29. Which sea is to the east?






30. Who lead the Fascist movement?






31. Who is the greatest opera composer?






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






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






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






36. What is the official language of Italy?






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






38. Who composed the Four Seasons?






39. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?






40. Who wrote Madama Butterfly?






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






42. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






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






44. 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?






45. Which is Italy's largest lake?






46. Which volcano is located south of Naples?






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






48. Where is mt Stromboli located?






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






50. Who was the first king of Italy?