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Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
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1. Which island is very mountainous and is rich in livestock?






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






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






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






5. Where is mt Stromboli located?






6. Which treaty formed the Vatican City






7. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?






8. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






9. Which river flows through Rome?






10. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






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






12. What is the most popular sport in Italy?






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






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






15. What is the highest point in Italy?






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






17. Approximately twice the size of which US state?






18. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?






19. Who wrote Madama Butterfly?






20. What is the official language of Italy?






21. Who composed the Four Seasons?






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Spans across which sea?






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






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






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






32. Which seas are to the west?






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






34. Who painted The Birth of Venus?






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






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






37. Nickname for Italy


38. Who is the greatest opera composer?






39. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






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






41. Where is mt Vesuvius located?






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






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






44. Which volcano is located south of Naples?






45. Which river is the longest?






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






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






48. Who invented the electric battery and electric condenser?






49. Where is mt Etna located?






50. What political party is in power?