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Italian Culture And Geography
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1. Who was the leader of the Italian independence movement?

2. Which river flows through Florence and Pisa?

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

4. Who was the great Italian poet?

5. Who is the greatest conductor of all time?

6. What political party is in power?

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

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

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

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

11. Who is the most famous Italian tenor?

12. Which river flows through Rome?

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

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

15. Who painted The Birth of Venus?

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

17. 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?

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

19. Italian is a ___ language.

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

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

22. Who developed wireless telegraphy?

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

24. Which river is the longest?

25. Who lead the Fascist movement?