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Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
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1. Which volcano is located south of Naples?






2. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






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






4. Which seas are to the south?






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






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






7. Where is mt Vesuvius located?






8. What is the highest point in Italy?






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






10. What is the official language of Italy?






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






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






13. Who composed the Four Seasons?






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






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






16. Spans across which sea?






17. What is the most popular sport in Italy?






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






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






20. Who was the great Italian poet?






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






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






23. Approximately twice the size of which US state?






24. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?






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






26. Who developed wireless telegraphy?






27. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?






28. Which treaty formed the Vatican City






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






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






31. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?






32. Which seas are to the west?






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






34. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






35. Where is mt Stromboli located?






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






37. Who is the greatest opera composer?






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






39. Who wrote Madama Butterfly?






40. Which river is the longest?






41. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?






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






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






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






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






46. Nickname for Italy

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47. Who painted The Birth of Venus?






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






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






50. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?