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Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who sculpted the Gates of Paradise which are the bronze doors of the baptistery of the Duomo in Florence?






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






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






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






5. Who lead the Fascist movement?






6. What is the highest point in Italy?






7. Who developed wireless telegraphy?






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






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






10. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?






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






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






13. Which river flows through Rome?






14. Where is mt Vesuvius located?






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






16. Which sea is to the east?






17. Who painted The Birth of Venus?






18. What political party is in power?






19. Who was the great Italian poet?






20. 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?






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






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






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






24. Who was the first king of Italy?






25. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






26. Which river is the longest?






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






28. Which volcano is located south of Naples?






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






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






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






32. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?






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






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






35. Which is Italy's largest lake?






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






37. Who invented the electric battery and electric condenser?






38. Italian is a ___ language.






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






40. What is the official language of Italy?






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






42. Spans across which sea?






43. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






44. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?






45. Which seas are to the west?






46. What is the most popular sport in Italy?






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






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






49. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?






50. Who composed the Four Seasons?