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Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
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1. Who is the greatest artist - scientist - and inventor of all time?






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






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






4. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






5. What is the highest point in Italy?






6. Where is mt Stromboli located?






7. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?






8. Which seas are to the west?






9. Which river is the longest?






10. Who is the greatest opera composer?






11. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?






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






13. Who wrote Madama Butterfly?






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






15. Which volcano is located south of Naples?






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






17. Which treaty formed the Vatican City






18. Nickname for Italy

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19. Who painted The Birth of Venus?






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






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






22. Who lead the Fascist movement?






23. What political party is in power?






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






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






26. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?






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






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






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






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






32. Italian is a ___ language.






33. Who invented the electric battery and electric condenser?






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






35. Which seas are to the south?






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






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






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






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






40. 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?






41. Which sea is to the east?






42. What is the official language of Italy?






43. Approximately twice the size of which US state?






44. Who composed the Four Seasons?






45. Where is mt Vesuvius located?






46. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






47. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?






48. Who was the great Italian poet?






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






50. Who was the first king of Italy?