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Italian Culture And Geography

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






2. Which treaty formed the Vatican City






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






4. What political party is in power?






5. Who painted The Birth of Venus?






6. Which seas are to the south?






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






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






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






10. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?






11. Who was the first king of Italy?






12. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?






13. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






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






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






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






17. Nickname for Italy

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






19. Approximately twice the size of which US state?






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






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






22. Which river flows through Rome?






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






24. Where is mt Etna located?






25. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?






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






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






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






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






30. Who invented the electric battery and electric condenser?






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






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






33. Where is mt Vesuvius located?






34. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






35. 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?






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






37. Who composed the Four Seasons?






38. Which river is the longest?






39. Who is the greatest opera composer?






40. Spans across which sea?






41. Who developed wireless telegraphy?






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






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






44. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?






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






46. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






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






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






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






50. Which seas are to the west?