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Geography
Food
History
Language
100
The 3 colors that make up the Italian flag.
What are red, white, green?
100
The capital of Italy.
What is Rome?
100
Name the 2 food Italy is most famous for.
What are pizza and pasta?
100
The dictator that helped Italian Prime Minister Mussolini escape captivity for war crimes in 1943.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
100
If someone said 'Addio,' what would they mean?
Goodbye!
200
The main ingredient in the pasta known as Gnocchi.
What is potato?
200
The type of footwear Italy is said to look like.
What is a boot?
200
True or False: The Caesar Salad was invented in Rome, Italy.
False! It was invented by a restauranteur named Caesar Cardini in Tijuana Mexico when he tossed the salad together after running short on ingredients. Fun fact: He was actually born in northern Italy.
200
The plague that hit Italy, killing a third of the population in 1348.
What is the Black Death?
200
Name the 2 Italian translation for "yes".
Sì and certo.
300
The percentage of people who identify as Christians in Italy.
What is 80%?
300
Which of the following islands does not belong to Italy?
a) Sicily
b) Corsica
c) Sardinia
d) Capri
b) Corsica is in France.
300
Famous Italian dessert, Tiramisu, typically contains liquor; but name 1 of the 2 most popular additions.
What are marsala wine OR rum?
300
The decade Italy became a country.
When is the 1860s?
300
The number of letters there are in the Italian alphabet.
How many are 21?
400
The year Italy adopted Euro as their official currency.
What year is 2002? (Before that, they had the Italian Lira- plural: Lire)
400
The name of the mountain range that forms the northern border of Italy.
What is the Alps?
400
What thought of Italian dish is not Italian at all?
Spaghetti and meatballs. We have America to thank for that!
400
The twins' names who discovered the city of Rome in the Roman Mythology.
Who are Romulus and Remus?
400
The language Italian is closest related to.
What is Latin?
500
The famous explorer that was born in Genoa, Italy, in 1451.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
500
Name 2 countries (out of 6) that Italy borders.
San Marino, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, Vatican City, and France.
500
The Italian city that pizza was invented in.
What is Naples?
500
The world-famous astronomer who was sentenced to life in prison, in 1633, for opposing the Churches teachings with scientific fact.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
500
If you were wished 'Buona Giornata,' what would it mean?
Have a nice day!