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Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
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1. Where is mt Etna located?






2. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?






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






4. Where is mt Stromboli located?






5. Spans across which sea?






6. Who wrote Madama Butterfly?






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






8. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






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






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






11. Which volcano is located south of Naples?






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






13. Which sea is to the east?






14. Who developed wireless telegraphy?






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






16. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






17. What political party is in power?






18. Nickname for Italy


19. Who painted The Birth of Venus?






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






21. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






22. What is the highest point in Italy?






23. Who was the great Italian poet?






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






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






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






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






28. Who is the greatest opera composer?






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






30. Where is mt Vesuvius located?






31. Approximately twice the size of which US state?






32. Who was the first king of Italy?






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






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






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






36. 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?






37. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?






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






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






40. What is the most popular sport in Italy?






41. Who composed the Four Seasons?






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






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






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






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






46. Which river flows through Rome?






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






48. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?






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






50. Who invented the electric battery and electric condenser?