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Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
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1. Where is mt Stromboli located?






2. Who was the great Italian poet?






3. Spans across which sea?






4. What is the highest point in Italy?






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






6. Which river is the longest?






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






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






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






10. Where is mt Etna located?






11. Which sea is to the east?






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






13. What political party is in power?






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






15. Who developed wireless telegraphy?






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






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






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






19. Who lead the Fascist movement?






20. Who painted The Birth of Venus?






21. Who composed the Four Seasons?






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






23. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






24. What is the official language of Italy?






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






26. Nickname for Italy

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27. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?






28. Which volcano is located south of Naples?






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






30. What is the most popular sport in Italy?






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






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






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






34. Who wrote Madama Butterfly?






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






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






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






38. Which treaty formed the Vatican City






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






40. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






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






42. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?






50. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?