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Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
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1. Who is the greatest artist - scientist - and inventor of all time?






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






3. Where is mt Etna located?






4. Spans across which sea?






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






6. Which seas are to the west?






7. What political party is in power?






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






9. Which volcano is located south of Naples?






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






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






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






13. What is the most popular sport in Italy?






14. Who painted The Birth of Venus?






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






16. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






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






18. Which treaty formed the Vatican City






19. Which seas are to the south?






20. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?






21. Which river flows through Rome?






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






23. Who is the greatest opera composer?






24. Which sea is to the east?






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






26. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?






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






28. Who was the first king of Italy?






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






30. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?






31. Who was the great Italian poet?






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






33. Where is mt Stromboli located?






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






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






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






37. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?






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






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






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






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






42. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






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






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






45. Who developed wireless telegraphy?






46. Who lead the Fascist movement?






47. Italian is a ___ language.






48. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






49. Which is Italy's largest lake?






50. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?