Test your basic knowledge |

Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Approximately twice the size of which US state?






2. What is the most popular sport in Italy?






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






4. Who is the greatest opera composer?






5. Who was the brain ('il cervello') of the Italian independence movement and the King of Piedmont?






6. Where is mt Stromboli located?






7. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?






8. Who developed wireless telegraphy?






9. Who invented the electric battery and electric condenser?






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






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






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






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






14. Who composed the Four Seasons?






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






16. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?






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






18. Who lead the Fascist movement?






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






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






21. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?






22. What political party is in power?






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






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






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






26. What is the official language of Italy?






27. Nickname for Italy


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






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






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






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






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






33. Spans across which sea?






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






35. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






36. Which treaty formed the Vatican City






37. Where is mt Vesuvius located?






38. Which sea is to the east?






39. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?






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






41. Where is mt Etna located?






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






43. Who painted The Birth of Venus?






44. Which seas are to the west?






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






46. Which river is the longest?






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






48. Which volcano is located south of Naples?






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






50. Who was the great Italian poet?