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Italian Culture And Geography

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1. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?






2. Who lead the Fascist movement?






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






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






5. Who composed the Four Seasons?






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






7. 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?






8. Which sea is to the east?






9. Where is mt Etna located?






10. Who painted The Birth of Venus?






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






12. Who wrote Madama Butterfly?






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






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






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






16. Spans across which sea?






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






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






19. Approximately twice the size of which US state?






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






21. Which river flows through Rome?






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






23. Which volcano is located south of Naples?






24. Who developed wireless telegraphy?






25. What is the most popular sport in Italy?






26. Who was the great Italian poet?






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






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






29. Where is mt Vesuvius located?






30. Where is mt Stromboli located?






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






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






33. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






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






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






36. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?






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






38. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






39. Which river is the longest?






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






41. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?






42. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






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






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






45. What is the official language of Italy?






46. Which seas are to the south?






47. What political party is in power?






48. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?






49. Italian is a ___ language.






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







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