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Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
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1. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






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






3. Approximately twice the size of which US state?






4. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?






5. Which river flows through Rome?






6. What political party is in power?






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






8. Which is Italy's largest lake?






9. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?






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






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






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






13. Who composed the Four Seasons?






14. Which volcano is located south of Naples?






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






16. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?






17. Who developed wireless telegraphy?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Who invented the electric battery and electric condenser?






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






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






28. Which seas are to the west?






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






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






31. Which river is the longest?






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






33. Where is mt Stromboli located?






34. Nickname for Italy


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






36. Which seas are to the south?






37. 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?






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






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






40. Which treaty formed the Vatican City






41. Who was the first king of Italy?






42. Where is mt Etna located?






43. Where is mt Vesuvius located?






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






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






46. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






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






48. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






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






50. What is the official language of Italy?