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Italian Culture And Geography

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1. Who invented the electric battery and electric condenser?






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






3. Italian is a ___ language.






4. Where is mt Stromboli located?






5. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?






6. Who was the first king of Italy?






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






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






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






10. What is the official language of Italy?






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






12. Which river is the longest?






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






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






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






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






17. What political party is in power?






18. Which treaty formed the Vatican City






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






20. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?






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






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






23. Who developed wireless telegraphy?






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






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






26. Approximately twice the size of which US state?






27. Where is mt Vesuvius located?






28. Who was the great Italian poet?






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






30. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?






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






32. Which volcano is located south of Naples?






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. Who is the greatest opera composer?






35. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?






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






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






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






39. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






40. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






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






42. Which seas are to the south?






43. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?






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






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






48. Which is Italy's largest lake?






49. Which sea is to the east?






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







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