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Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
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1. Where is mt Stromboli located?






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






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






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






5. Which river flows through Rome?






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






7. What is the most popular sport in Italy?






8. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






9. Where is mt Vesuvius located?






10. Who developed wireless telegraphy?






11. What is the official language of Italy?






12. Which is Italy's largest lake?






13. Italian is a ___ language.






14. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?






15. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






16. Which sea is to the east?






17. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?






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






19. Which seas are to the south?






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






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






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






23. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?






24. Who composed the Four Seasons?






25. Approximately twice the size of which US state?






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






27. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






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






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






30. Nickname for Italy


31. What political party is in power?






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






33. Who was the great Italian poet?






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






35. 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?






36. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?






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






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






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






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






41. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?






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






43. Which river is the longest?






44. Which treaty formed the Vatican City






45. Where is mt Etna located?






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






47. Who is the greatest opera composer?






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






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






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