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Italian Culture And Geography
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Where is mt Etna located?
Mussolini
Etna
Eastern Sicily
Brunelleschi
2. Which river flows through Rome?
Lateran Treaty of 1929
Vesuvius
Tiber
Donatello
3. Who painted The Birth of Venus?
Botticelli
Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont
Giuseppe Verdi
Island of Stromboli
4. Who composed the Barber of Seville and William Tell?
Ionian Sea - Mediterranean Sea
Boccaccio
Rossini
Marconi
5. Who is the greatest opera composer?
Antonio Vivaldi
Capri - Ischia
Sardinia
Giuseppe Verdi
6. Which seas are to the south?
'il bel paese'
Tiber
Leonardo da Vinci
Ionian Sea - Mediterranean Sea
7. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?
Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont
Donatello
Christopher Columbus
Arno
8. Who is the greatest Venetian painter of the Renaissance who painted the Rape of Europa?
Ligurian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Lateran Treaty of 1929
Titian
9. Which is Italy's largest lake?
Garda
Michelangelo
Cavour
Boccaccio
10. Italy is generally called '___ ___'. (refering to climate)
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Brunelleschi
Sunny Italy
Italian
11. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?
Arno
Ionian Sea - Mediterranean Sea
Arturo Toscanini
Machiavelli
12. Which is the second longest river that flows through Verona?
Boccaccio
Adige
Botticelli
Donatello
13. Spans across which sea?
Sicily
Mediterranean Sea
Giacomo Puccini
Romance
14. Who lead the Fascist movement?
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Risorgimento
Mussolini
15. What is the most popular sport in Italy?
Mont Blanc
Stromboli
Lorenzo Ghiberti
soccer - il calcio
16. Who invented the electric battery and electric condenser?
Giuseppe Verdi
Alessandro Volta
Botticelli
Mediterranean Sea
17. Who designed the dome of the Duomo in Florence?
Galileo
The Alps
Giuseppe Verdi
Brunelleschi
18. Italian is a ___ language.
Marconi
John Cabot
Romance
Po
19. Who sculpted the Gates of Paradise which are the bronze doors of the baptistery of the Duomo in Florence?
Cavour
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Enrico Fermi
Donatello
20. Who traveled across the Atlantic Ocean and discovered the east coast of present-day United States?
Marco Polo
Mussolini
Risorgimento
John Cabot
21. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?
Marconi
Etna
Arno
Arturo Toscanini
22. Which mountain range forms a natural border across northern Italy?
Alessandro Volta
Vesuvius
The Alps
Italian
23. Who was the first king of Italy?
Arturo Toscanini
Ligurian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea
Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont
The Alps
24. Approximately twice the size of which US state?
Bernini
Florida
Lateran Treaty of 1929
Vesuvius
25. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)
Marco Polo
Austria - France - Slovenia - Switzerland
Adige
Rossini
26. The ___ _ ___ is in charge of all education.
Risorgimento
Eastern Sicily
Minister of Education
Marco Polo
27. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?
Giuseppe Garibaldi
The Alps
Titian
The Apennines
28. 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?
Donatello
Adige
Galileo
Lorenzo Ghiberti
29. Which painter note for his idealized and tranquil madonnas and portraits painted The School of Athens - Alba Madonna - and the Transfiguration of Christ?
Stromboli
independent democratic republic (Repubblica Italiana)
Christian Democratic Party
Raphael
30. Who was the father of modern political science and wrote Il Principe (The Prince)?
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Machiavelli
Sardinia
Lorenzo Ghiberti
31. Which treaty formed the Vatican City
Dante
Christian Democratic Party
Lateran Treaty of 1929
Petrarca
32. Who was the leader of the Italian independence movement?
Sardinia
Lateran Treaty of 1929
Florida
Giuseppe Mazzini
33. What is the highest point in Italy?
Mont Blanc
Carbone
Marconi
Petrarca
34. Which volcano is located on the island of Stromboli?
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Stromboli
Italian
Vesuvius
35. What is the name of the old which who brings gifts to children on the night of January 6th?
independent democratic republic (Repubblica Italiana)
Arturo Toscanini
La Befana
Giuseppe Mazzini
36. Who is called 'la spada' and lead the Red shirts?
Brunelleschi
Donatello
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Christopher Columbus
37. Who is the greatest artist - scientist - and inventor of all time?
Austria - France - Slovenia - Switzerland
South of Naples
Leonardo da Vinci
Petrarca
38. How do you say 'coal' in Italian?
The Apennines
independent democratic republic (Repubblica Italiana)
Carbone
Dante
39. Which two islands are in the Bay of Naples?
Sunny Italy
Austria - France - Slovenia - Switzerland
Capri - Ischia
Giacomo Puccini
40. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?
Ionian Sea - Mediterranean Sea
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Christopher Columbus
41. Which volcano is located south of Naples?
Cavour
Garda
Vesuvius
Raphael
42. Who wrote Madama Butterfly?
Minister of Education
Giacomo Puccini
Petrarca
Luigi Pirandello
43. Who sculpted La Pieta and David and painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Arturo Toscanini
Ligurian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea
Austria - France - Slovenia - Switzerland
Michelangelo
44. Who is the author of the Divine Comedy and the father of the Italian language?
Adriatic Sea
Dante
Carbone
Botticelli
45. Which island is shaped like a triangle and lies just off the toe of the Italian boot?
Rossini
Tiber
soccer - il calcio
Sicily
46. Which seas are to the west?
Etna
Ligurian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea
Romance
Garda
47. Where is mt Stromboli located?
Risorgimento
Boccaccio
Donatello
Island of Stromboli
48. Where is mt Vesuvius located?
Mont Blanc
Boccaccio
South of Naples
Luigi Pirandello
49. What is the official language of Italy?
Italian
Caruso
Dante
Stromboli
50. Who was the author of the Decameron - a collection of short stories?
Boccaccio
Carbone
Giacomo Puccini
soccer - il calcio