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Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
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1. What is the most popular sport in Italy?






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






3. Who invented the electric battery and electric condenser?






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






5. Which treaty formed the Vatican City






6. Who painted The Birth of Venus?






7. Approximately twice the size of which US state?






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






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






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






11. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?






12. Who composed the Four Seasons?






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






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






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






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






17. Who was the first king of Italy?






18. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?






19. Spans across which sea?






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






21. Where is mt Vesuvius located?






22. What is the highest point in Italy?






23. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?






24. Which is Italy's largest lake?






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






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






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






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






29. Nickname for Italy

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30. 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?






31. Which seas are to the west?






32. Which seas are to the south?






33. Italian is a ___ language.






34. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






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






36. Which sea is to the east?






37. Who was the great Italian poet?






38. Who is the greatest opera composer?






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






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






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






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






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






44. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?






45. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






46. Who lead the Fascist movement?






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






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






49. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?






50. Where is mt Etna located?