Test your basic knowledge |

Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Which river is the longest?






2. Who invented the electric battery and electric condenser?






3. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






4. Which river flows through Rome?






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






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






7. What is the highest point in Italy?






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






9. Who wrote Madama Butterfly?






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






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






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






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






14. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?






15. What political party is in power?






16. Who developed wireless telegraphy?






17. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?






18. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






19. Who is the greatest opera composer?






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






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






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






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






24. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?






25. Where is mt Stromboli located?






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






27. What is the official language of Italy?






28. Which volcano is located south of Naples?






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






30. Who painted The Birth of Venus?






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






32. Where is mt Vesuvius located?






33. Who was the first king of Italy?






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






35. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?






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






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






38. Italian is a ___ language.






39. Which seas are to the south?






40. Where is mt Etna located?






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






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






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






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






45. Who composed the Four Seasons?






46. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






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






48. Which seas are to the west?






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






50. What is the most popular sport in Italy?