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Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
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1. How do you say 'coal' in Italian?






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






3. Who wrote Madama Butterfly?






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






5. Who composed the Four Seasons?






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






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






8. What political party is in power?






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






10. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






11. Who lead the Fascist movement?






12. Who is the greatest opera composer?






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






14. Who was the first king of Italy?






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






16. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






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






18. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






19. Which seas are to the south?






20. Where is mt Etna located?






21. 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?






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






23. Which is Italy's largest lake?






24. Nickname for Italy

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






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






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






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






29. What is the most popular sport in Italy?






30. What is the highest point in Italy?






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






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






33. Where is mt Stromboli located?






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






35. Who was the great Italian poet?






36. Which seas are to the west?






37. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?






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






39. Spans across which sea?






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






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






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






43. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?






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






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






46. Italian is a ___ language.






47. What is the official language of Italy?






48. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?






49. Who invented the electric battery and electric condenser?






50. Which river is the longest?