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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. What is the most popular sport in Italy?






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






4. Who composed the Four Seasons?






5. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?






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






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






8. What is the official language of Italy?






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






10. Who was the first king of Italy?






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






12. 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?






13. Nickname for Italy

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14. Which river is the longest?






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






16. Who is the greatest opera composer?






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






18. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?






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






20. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






21. Who developed wireless telegraphy?






22. Which seas are to the south?






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






24. Who wrote Madama Butterfly?






25. Which is Italy's largest lake?






26. Who painted The Birth of Venus?






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






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






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






30. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?






31. Which sea is to the east?






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






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






34. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






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






36. Who lead the Fascist movement?






37. Italian is a ___ language.






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






39. Where is mt Etna located?






40. Which volcano is located south of Naples?






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






42. What is the highest point in Italy?






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






44. Where is mt Vesuvius located?






45. Approximately twice the size of which US state?






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






47. Which river flows through Rome?






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






49. Which seas are to the west?






50. Which treaty formed the Vatican City