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Italian Culture And Geography

Subject : culture
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1. Who was the great Italian poet?






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






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






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






5. Italian is a ___ language.






6. Nickname for Italy

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






8. Which sea is to the east?






9. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?






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






11. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?






12. Spans across which sea?






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






14. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?






15. 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?






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






17. Who is the greatest opera composer?






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






19. Who composed the Four Seasons?






20. Who painted The Birth of Venus?






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






22. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






23. Which seas are to the west?






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






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






26. Who developed wireless telegraphy?






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






28. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?






29. Which volcano is located south of Naples?






30. Which is Italy's largest lake?






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






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






33. Which volcano is located on the island of Stromboli?






34. Who was the first king of Italy?






35. Which seas are to the south?






36. Approximately twice the size of which US state?






37. Which river flows through Rome?






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






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






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






41. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






42. Who invented the electric battery and electric condenser?






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






44. Who lead the Fascist movement?






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






46. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






47. Who wrote Madama Butterfly?






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






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






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