Cities
This city, founded in the mid 8th century BCE, is the capital of Italy.
What is Rome?
In Italian, both "hello" and "goodbye".
What is "ciao"?
This is the currency used in Italy.
Italy has this form of government.
What is a democratic republic?
The most popular piece of art in Florence, this marble statue sculpted by Michelangelo features a famous Biblical subject.
Who is David?
Italy has won this global soccer championship four times.
This famous Roman relic was once home to thousands of gladiator competitions.
What is the Colosseum?
This famous designer took over her family's fashion house after the murder of her brother in 1997.
Who is Donatella Versace?
This city, located about a 1 hour and 20 minutes from Florence, is famous for its leaning bell tower.
What is Pisa?
In Italian, "Good Morning".
What is "Buon Giorno"?
Italy is the largest producer of this beverage.
What is wine?
This is the name for the most powerful political position in Italy.
What is prime minister?
This poet's Divine Comedy is a three-part journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven.
Who is Dante?
Italy has hosted this multinational sporting event three times in the past century.
What are the Olympics?
This Venetian explorer, who wrote extensively about his travels to Asia, claims that he met Kublai Kahn in what is present-day Beijing in the year 1258.
Who is Marco Polo?
This Italian actress, now 84, was included in the American Film Institute's list of the top 25 greatest screen legends of all time.
Who is Sophia Loren?
This is the Italian word for our host city.
What is "Firenze"?
In Italian, "thank you".
What is "grazie"?
What is the European Union?
Italy belongs to this powerful military/political alliance.
What is NATO?
Housed today in the Louvre in Paris, the Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings by this Italian Renaissance artist, inventor, architect, and mathematician.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This is the name of one of the world's most flamboyant soccer players, who now plays for the Italian team Juventus.
Who is Christian Ronaldo?
This man, who served as Italian Prime Minister from 1922-1943, is credited with bringing Fascism to Italian politics.
Who is Benito Mussolini?
This famous physician and educator developed a now famous method of educating young children.
Who is Maria Montessori?
This second-most populated city in Italy is known as the fashion capital of the world.
What is Milan?
In Italian, "You're welcome".
What is "prego"?
Italy ranks second in the world in the production of this liquid, used for everything from cooking to cosmetics.
What is olive oil?
This former Prime Minister and Senator of Italy is also known for his media conglomerate, sports teams, and womanizing ways.
Who is Silvio Berlusconi?
This theatrical art form, literally translated as "work" and involving arias and recitatives, originated in Italy with the premiere of "Dafne" in Florence in the year 1598.
What is opera?
This color is also a nickname of all Italian sports teams.
What is "Azzurri"?
This famous Italian city was destroyed as the result of a natural disaster in 79 CE.
What is Pompei?
This woman, part of the most influential family ever in Florence, became queen of France in 1552 after marrying Henry II.
Who is Catherine de' Medici?
Legend has it that pizza was invented in this Italian city.
What is Naples?
In Italian, "excuse me".
What is "mi scuzi"?
Florence, Italy is known to be the birthplace of this modern type of financial institution.
What is a bank?
This Italian populist movement is part of the ruling coalition current in power.
What is the 5-star movement?
What is the Aeneid?
While more famous in France, Italy is a world power in this individualized competitive sport.
What is cycling?
This century saw the unification of the kingdoms of Italy into a single nation-state.
What is the 19th century?
This famous early philosopher, nun and patron saint of nurses was so well loved that when was canonized, her head was removed from her body and cast in bronze.
Who is St. Catherine of Siena?