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Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
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1. Who was the father of modern political science and wrote Il Principe (The Prince)?






2. Who lead the Fascist movement?






3. Which is Italy's largest lake?






4. Who developed wireless telegraphy?






5. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?






6. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






7. What is the highest point in Italy?






8. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?






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






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






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






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






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






14. What is the most popular sport in Italy?






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






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






17. Which river flows through Rome?






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






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






20. Who invented the electric battery and electric condenser?






21. Which sea is to the east?






22. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






23. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






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






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






26. What is the official language of Italy?






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






28. Who composed the Four Seasons?






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






30. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?






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






32. Approximately twice the size of which US state?






33. Who wrote Madama Butterfly?






34. Where is mt Vesuvius located?






35. Which treaty formed the Vatican City






36. Which seas are to the west?






37. Who is the greatest opera composer?






38. Nickname for Italy

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






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






41. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?






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






43. What political party is in power?






44. Spans across which sea?






45. Where is mt Stromboli located?






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






47. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?






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






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






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