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Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
Instructions:
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1. Italian is a ___ language.






2. Which is Italy's largest lake?






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






4. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Who composed the Four Seasons?






12. Where is mt Stromboli located?






13. Who was the first king of Italy?






14. Who wrote Madama Butterfly?






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






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






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






18. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?






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






20. Who lead the Fascist movement?






21. Which river flows through Rome?






22. 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?






23. Who developed wireless telegraphy?






24. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






25. Approximately twice the size of which US state?






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






27. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?






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






29. Which seas are to the west?






30. Which river is the longest?






31. Who invented the electric battery and electric condenser?






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






33. Which sea is to the east?






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






35. Nickname for Italy

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36. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






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






38. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?






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






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






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






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






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






44. Which seas are to the south?






45. What is the official language of Italy?






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






47. Who painted The Birth of Venus?






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






49. What political party is in power?






50. Which volcano is located south of Naples?