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Italian Culture And Geography

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1. Who 'discovered' America in 1492?






2. What is the most popular sport in Italy?






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






4. Approximately twice the size of which US state?






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






6. Which seas are to the west?






7. Which four countries touch Italy? (Alphabetical)






8. Who lead the Fascist movement?






9. Who invented the electric battery and electric condenser?






10. Who is the greatest opera composer?






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






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






13. Where is mt Etna located?






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






15. Italian is a ___ language.






16. Who was the first king of Italy?






17. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?






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






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






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






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






22. Which sea is to the east?






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






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






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






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






27. Who sculpted David and Gattamelata?






28. Where is mt Stromboli located?






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






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






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






32. Nickname for Italy

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33. What is the highest point in Italy?






34. Which mountain range forms the 'backbone'?






35. Where is mt Vesuvius located?






36. Which volcano is located in eastern Sicily?






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






38. Which river is the longest?






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






40. 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?






41. Which seas are to the south?






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






43. Who painted The Birth of Venus?






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






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






46. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?






47. Spans across which sea?






48. Who wrote Madama Butterfly?






49. Which treaty formed the Vatican City






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







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