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Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
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1. Nickname for Italy

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






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






4. Who invented the electric battery and electric condenser?






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






6. Spans across which sea?






7. Italian is a ___ language.






8. What political party is in power?






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






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






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






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






13. Which treaty formed the Vatican City






14. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?






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






16. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?






17. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?






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






19. Which sea is to the east?






20. What is the official language of Italy?






21. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?






22. Who was the great Italian poet?






23. What is the highest point in Italy?






24. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






25. Where is mt Vesuvius located?






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






27. What is the most popular sport in Italy?






28. Who developed wireless telegraphy?






29. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






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






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






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






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






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 is the longest?






36. Which volcano is located south of Naples?






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






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






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






40. Which seas are to the west?






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






42. Who is the greatest opera composer?






43. Approximately twice the size of which US state?






44. Where is mt Stromboli located?






45. Who painted The Birth of Venus?






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






47. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






48. Who wrote Madama Butterfly?






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






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