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Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
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1. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?






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






3. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?






4. Who is the greatest opera composer?






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






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






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






8. What is the most popular sport in Italy?






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






10. Who wrote Madama Butterfly?






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






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






13. Who painted The Birth of Venus?






14. Who lead the Fascist movement?






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






16. Spans across which sea?






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






18. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?






19. Which seas are to the south?






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






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






22. Where is mt Etna located?






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






24. Which treaty formed the Vatican City






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






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






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






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 was the leader of the Italian independence movement?






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






31. Where is mt Vesuvius located?






32. Approximately twice the size of which US state?






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






34. Who was the great Italian poet?






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






36. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?






37. Where is mt Stromboli located?






38. What political party is in power?






39. What is the official language of Italy?






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






41. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






42. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?






43. What is the highest point in Italy?






44. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






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






46. Italian is a ___ language.






47. Which river is the longest?






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






49. 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?






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