Italian geography
Literature and art
Festivals and fun
Language
Food
100
The capital of Italy
What is Rome?
100
Arist who painted the Sistine Chapel
Who is Michelangelo Buonarotti?
100
Babbo Natale
Who is Santa Claus?
100
How to say "good morning" in Italian
What is buongiorno?
100
The Italian frozen dessert made with dense, lower-fat milk
What is gelato?
200
The city where the famous "Leaning Tower" is located
What is Pisa?
200
The name of a puppet who came to life and told lies in the book written by Carlo Collodi
Who is Pinocchio?
200
The most recent team to win the scudetto for Serie A
What is Napoli?
200
An idiom that means "good luck"
What is in bocca al lupo?
200
The type of pizza named after the queen married to King Umberto I
What is pizza margherita?
300
A nickname for Italy inspired by the shape of the peninsula
What is The Boot/Lo Stivale?
300
The 1997 film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni about a Jewish-Italian man and his family during World War II
Hint: it won the 1999 Academy Award for best foreign film
What is Life is Beautiful/La Vita e Bella?
300
People wear this traditional Neapolitan cornicello/corno on jewelry to protect from this bad omen
What is the evil eye?
300
A phrase that means "to err is human"
What is errare e umano?
300
The green basil pasta sauce traditional of Genoa
What is pesto?
400
Regions of Italy (name at least three)
What are Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardia, Marche, Molise, Piemonte, Puglia, Sardegna, Sicilia, Toscana, Trentino-Alto Adige, Umbria, Valle d'Aosta, and Veneto?
400
The painter who also built a flying machine
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
400
The year that Italy won the world cup
What is 2006?
400
Translate chi trova un amico trova un tesoro into English
What is "he who finds a friend finds a treasure"?
400
The food served in a traditional "primo," or first course
What is pasta or risotto?
500
The name of the mountain range forming the "spine" of Italy
What are the Apennines?
500
The three crowns of Italian literature (name at least two of these writers)
Who are Dante Alighieri, Francesco Petrarca, and Giovanni Boccaccio?
500
The colors of the Italian flag signify these three things
What is green for freedom, white for faith, and red for love?
500
Fill in the blank with the correct personal pronoun: "___ andiamo"
What is "noi"?
500
The pasta shaped like ears or bucket hats (depending on who you ask)
What are orecchiette?