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Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
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1. Which seas are to the south?






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






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






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






5. What is the most popular sport in Italy?






6. What is the official language of Italy?






7. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?






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






9. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






10. Who invented the electric battery and electric condenser?






11. 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?






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






13. Spans across which sea?






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






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






16. Which treaty formed the Vatican City






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






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






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






20. Who was the first king of Italy?






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






22. Who lead the Fascist movement?






23. Who developed wireless telegraphy?






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






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






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






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






28. Nickname for Italy

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






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






31. Which river flows through Rome?






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






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






34. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






35. What is the highest point in Italy?






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






37. Where is mt Vesuvius located?






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






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






40. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?






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






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






43. What political party is in power?






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






45. Who painted The Birth of Venus?






46. Who was the great Italian poet?






47. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?






48. Italian is a ___ language.






49. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






50. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?