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Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
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1. Who composed the Four Seasons?






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






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






4. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?






5. Italian is a ___ language.






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






7. What is the official language of Italy?






8. Where is mt Etna located?






9. What is the most popular sport in Italy?






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






11. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






12. Who invented the electric battery and electric condenser?






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






14. Which sea is to the east?






15. Approximately twice the size of which US state?






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






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






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






19. Where is mt Stromboli located?






20. Who was the first king of Italy?






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






22. Who painted The Birth of Venus?






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






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






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






26. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?






27. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?






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






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






30. Which volcano is located south of Naples?






31. Who was the great Italian poet?






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






33. Which seas are to the south?






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






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






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






37. Which is Italy's largest lake?






38. Nickname for Italy


39. What is the highest point in Italy?






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






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






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






43. Which seas are to the west?






44. Which treaty formed the Vatican City






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






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






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






48. 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?






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






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