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Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
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1. Who is the greatest opera composer?






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






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






4. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






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






6. Which river flows through Rome?






7. Who developed wireless telegraphy?






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






9. What is the official language of Italy?






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






11. Who lead the Fascist movement?






12. Where is mt Stromboli located?






13. Who wrote Madama Butterfly?






14. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?






15. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?






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






17. Which seas are to the south?






18. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?






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






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






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






22. What is the most popular sport in Italy?






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






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






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






26. Who was the great Italian poet?






27. Approximately twice the size of which US state?






28. Italian is a ___ language.






29. Who invented the electric battery and electric condenser?






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






31. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?






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






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






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






35. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






36. Who composed the Four Seasons?






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






38. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






39. Which seas are to the west?






40. Which sea is to the east?






41. What political party is in power?






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






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






44. What is the highest point in Italy?






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






46. Which volcano is located south of Naples?






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






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






49. Which treaty formed the Vatican City






50. Where is mt Vesuvius located?