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Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
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1. What is the official language of Italy?






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Which river flows through Rome?






9. Who was the great Italian poet?






10. Where is mt Vesuvius located?






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






12. Who composed the Four Seasons?






13. Where is mt Stromboli located?






14. What is the most popular sport in Italy?






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






16. Approximately twice the size of which US state?






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






18. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?






19. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






20. Who is the greatest opera composer?






21. Italian is a ___ language.






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






23. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?






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






25. Spans across which sea?






26. Which treaty formed the Vatican City






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






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






29. Which river is the longest?






30. What is the highest point in Italy?






31. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






32. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






33. Which volcano is located south of Naples?






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






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






36. Who lead the Fascist movement?






37. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?






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






39. 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?






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






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






42. Which sea is to the east?






43. Which is Italy's largest lake?






44. Where is mt Etna located?






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






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






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






48. Who wrote Madama Butterfly?






49. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?






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