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Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
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1. Where is mt Etna located?






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






3. What is the official language of Italy?






4. Nickname for Italy


5. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?






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






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






8. Which treaty formed the Vatican City






9. Which river flows through Rome?






10. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






11. Who composed the Four Seasons?






12. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?






13. Who is called 'la spada' and lead the Red shirts?






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






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






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






17. Which seas are to the south?






18. Who was the first king of Italy?






19. What is the most popular sport in Italy?






20. Italian is a ___ language.






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






22. Which is Italy's largest lake?






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






24. Where is mt Vesuvius located?






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






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






27. Who painted The Birth of Venus?






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






29. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?






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






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






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






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






34. Who wrote Madama Butterfly?






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






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






37. Who was the great Italian poet?






38. Spans across which sea?






39. Where is mt Stromboli located?






40. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






41. Who developed wireless telegraphy?






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






43. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?






44. Who invented the electric battery and electric condenser?






45. Who is the greatest opera composer?






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






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






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






49. Which river is the longest?






50. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?