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Italian Culture And Geography
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?
Romance
Donatello
Arno
soccer - il calcio
2. Who was the brain ('il cervello') of the Italian independence movement and the King of Piedmont?
Cavour
Giacomo Puccini
Sardinia
La Befana
3. Which painter note for his idealized and tranquil madonnas and portraits painted The School of Athens - Alba Madonna - and the Transfiguration of Christ?
Raphael
Adige
Adriatic Sea
Tiber
4. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?
Caruso
Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont
Arno
Sicily
5. Who lead the Fascist movement?
Marco Polo
Mussolini
Leonardo da Vinci
Adige
6. Who is called 'la spada' and lead the Red shirts?
Tiber
Stromboli
Ligurian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea
Giuseppe Garibaldi
7. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
Michelangelo
Arturo Toscanini
Po
8. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?
Giuseppe Verdi
Garda
Arno
Austria - France - Slovenia - Switzerland
9. Who wrote Madama Butterfly?
Capri - Ischia
Stromboli
Giacomo Puccini
Lorenzo Ghiberti
10. Who developed wireless telegraphy?
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Sardinia
Marconi
soccer - il calcio
11. Which volcano is located south of Naples?
Capri - Ischia
Vesuvius
independent democratic republic (Repubblica Italiana)
Florida
12. Which island is shaped like a triangle and lies just off the toe of the Italian boot?
Ionian Sea - Mediterranean Sea
Sicily
Marconi
Lateran Treaty of 1929
13. Nickname for Italy
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14. Which seas are to the west?
Italian
Giuseppe Verdi
Ligurian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea
Sicily
15. Who is the greatest Venetian painter of the Renaissance who painted the Rape of Europa?
Galileo
Christian Democratic Party
Caruso
Titian
16. How do you say 'the awakening' in Italian?
La Befana
Risorgimento
Galileo
Mont Blanc
17. The ___ _ ___ is in charge of all education.
Stromboli
Marconi
Minister of Education
Boccaccio
18. Who was the first king of Italy?
Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont
Donatello
Petrarca
Antonio Vivaldi
19. Approximately twice the size of which US state?
Adriatic Sea
Bernini
Risorgimento
Florida
20. Who sculpted La Pieta and David and painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Michelangelo
Austria - France - Slovenia - Switzerland
Botticelli
Adriatic Sea
21. Who wrote the play Six Characters in Search of an Author?
Machiavelli
Luigi Pirandello
Mussolini
Arno
22. Who invented the electric battery and electric condenser?
Alessandro Volta
Giuseppe Verdi
Marco Polo
Stromboli
23. Who painted The Birth of Venus?
Botticelli
Antonio Vivaldi
South of Naples
Lateran Treaty of 1929
24. The majority of Italians are ____ _____. (religion)
Titian
Ionian Sea - Mediterranean Sea
Etna
Roman Catholics
25. Who was the leader of the Italian independence movement?
Stromboli
Petrarca
Giuseppe Mazzini
Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont
26. Which mountain range forms a natural border across northern Italy?
Ionian Sea - Mediterranean Sea
The Alps
Austria - France - Slovenia - Switzerland
Sunny Italy
27. Who was the leading sculptor of the Baroque period who was designed Saint Peters Square in the Vatican city?
Adriatic Sea
Sicily
Bernini
Florida
28. Which volcano is located on the island of Stromboli?
Stromboli
Austria - France - Slovenia - Switzerland
Ligurian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea
Adriatic Sea
29. Which island is very mountainous and is rich in livestock?
Sardinia
Brunelleschi
Rossini
Antonio Vivaldi
30. Which seas are to the south?
Ionian Sea - Mediterranean Sea
Stromboli
Brunelleschi
Etna
31. Which two islands are in the Bay of Naples?
Eastern Sicily
Capri - Ischia
Boccaccio
Dante
32. Who was the author of the Decameron - a collection of short stories?
Donatello
Brunelleschi
Adige
Boccaccio
33. 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?
Ionian Sea - Mediterranean Sea
Galileo
Alessandro Volta
Stromboli
34. What is the official language of Italy?
Italian
Caruso
Galileo
Mont Blanc
35. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?
Adige
Arturo Toscanini
Giuseppe Verdi
Enrico Fermi
36. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?
Eastern Sicily
Italian
Michelangelo
Etna
37. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)
Austria - France - Slovenia - Switzerland
Arturo Toscanini
Mediterranean Sea
Botticelli
38. Who is the author of the Divine Comedy and the father of the Italian language?
Alessandro Volta
John Cabot
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Dante
39. What is the most popular sport in Italy?
Antonio Vivaldi
Galileo
Sardinia
soccer - il calcio
40. How do you say 'coal' in Italian?
Cavour
Carbone
Marconi
The Alps
41. Which is Italy's largest lake?
Garda
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Raphael
Lorenzo Ghiberti
42. Which sea is to the east?
Michelangelo
Caruso
Adriatic Sea
Carbone
43. What political party is in power?
Christian Democratic Party
Rossini
Risorgimento
Vesuvius
44. Who composed the Barber of Seville and William Tell?
Mont Blanc
Rossini
La Befana
Marco Polo
45. What is the highest point in Italy?
Marconi
Mont Blanc
Sunny Italy
Sicily
46. What is the name of the old which who brings gifts to children on the night of January 6th?
Adige
Giacomo Puccini
La Befana
Brunelleschi
47. Italy is a ___ ___ ___. (type of government)
Alessandro Volta
Marconi
Cavour
independent democratic republic (Repubblica Italiana)
48. Who is the greatest opera composer?
Botticelli
Island of Stromboli
Michelangelo
Giuseppe Verdi
49. Which river flows through Rome?
Ligurian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea
Romance
Tiber
Adriatic Sea
50. Which river is the longest?
Florida
Minister of Education
Po
Italian