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Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
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1. Where is mt Stromboli located?






2. Nickname for Italy

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3. Approximately twice the size of which US state?






4. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?






5. Who painted The Birth of Venus?






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






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






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






9. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?






10. Who invented the electric battery and electric condenser?






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






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






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






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






16. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






17. Who developed wireless telegraphy?






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






19. Who was the first king of Italy?






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






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






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






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






24. Where is mt Vesuvius located?






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






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






27. Where is mt Etna located?






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






29. Which treaty formed the Vatican City






30. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?






31. Who was the great Italian poet?






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






33. What political party is in power?






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






35. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






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






37. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






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






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






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






41. Italian is a ___ language.






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






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






44. Who composed the Four Seasons?






45. Who lead the Fascist movement?






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






47. Which river flows through Rome?






48. Which seas are to the south?






49. Spans across which sea?






50. Which volcano is located south of Naples?