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Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
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1. Which two islands are in the Bay of Naples?






2. What political party is in power?






3. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






4. Who invented the electric battery and electric condenser?






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






6. Who was the great Italian poet?






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






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






9. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?






10. Italian is a ___ language.






11. Where is mt Etna located?






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






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






14. Who wrote Madama Butterfly?






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






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






17. Which river is the longest?






18. Which river flows through Rome?






19. 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?






20. Nickname for Italy

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21. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






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






23. Spans across which sea?






24. Who was the first king of Italy?






25. Who developed wireless telegraphy?






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






27. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?






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






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






30. Where is mt Stromboli located?






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






32. Who is the greatest opera composer?






33. What is the official language of Italy?






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






35. What is the highest point in Italy?






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






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






38. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?






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






40. Who lead the Fascist movement?






41. Which treaty formed the Vatican City






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






43. Which seas are to the west?






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






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






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






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






48. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






49. What is the most popular sport in Italy?






50. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?