WW2
Landmarks
FUN FACTS ABOUT ITALY
TRIVIA/TRUE OR FALSE
VISITING ITALY
UNIQUELY ITALY
INTERESTING FACTS OF ITALY
FINAL JEOPARDY ITALY
100

Did Italy Switch Sides in WW2.

(Yes Or No)

What is Yes.

100

Is there anymore man-made landmarks in Italy?

Yes or No 

Yes, The Peter's Basilica a natural or man-made landmark.

100

Where do the coins that are thrown in the Trevi Fountain go?

They are donated to charities.

100

True or False

In the city of Turin, dog owners must walk their pooch at least three times a day or risk being fined.  

What is True?

100

The Sistine Chapel was painted in 1512 by this artist and is considered one of the most famous monuments in the world.  

Who is Michelangelo? 

100

Italy can be recognized on any world map, as the country that looks like this high-heeled shoe.

What is a boot?

100

There is a fountain in central Italy where this red drink flows 24 hours a day.  You can fill up as much as you want. It is 100% free.  

What is Red Wine?

100

True or False

Garlic bread is not Italian. 

What is True?

200

Who Ruled Over Italy During WW2.

Who is Benito Mussolini.

200

The landmark that Italy is known for.

What is the Colosseum?

200

What country located inside Italy is the worlds smallest country?

What is the Vatican City?

200

True or False

 No eating or drinking while sitting on church steps or within a church courtyard.

What is True? There is a big fine for eating or drinking on church steps.   

200

This is considered the largest amphitheater in the world. Made from stone and concrete.  Built between 82A.D and 80 A.D as an sporting arena.

What is The Colosseum?

200

Italy's biggest city is called the "Eternal City".

What is Rome?

200

This landmark owes its fame to the poor foundation when it was built.  Engineers have done some reconstruction and say it may last another 200 years.

What is The Leaning Tower of Pisa? 

300

What Side Was Italy on In August 1944.               (Allies or Axis)  

What is Axis?

300

Where the Tower of Pisa is located?


Pisa, Italy

300

What city in Italy was pizza invented?

What is Naples?

300

True or False 

Italy has never hosted the modern day Olympic games.  

What is False? Italy has hosted the Olympics three times in 1956, 1960, and 2006. 

300

Venice is built on more than 100 small islands in a lagoon in this sea.  

Was it the  Tyrrhenian or Adriatic Sea? 

What is Adriatic Sea?

300

This city in Rome is also known as the smallest country in the world.  

What is the Vatican City?

300

True or False.  Italy has the tallest peak in all of Europe.  

What is True?  Monte Blanco (White Mountain)  

400

When Did Italy Join in WW2.

1940

1941

1943

What is June, 1940.

400

The amount of landmarks in Italy.

57

60

63


What is 60?

400

Italy is the world largest producer of what drink?

What is Wine?

400

True or False 

 Italian’s Never Created Spaghetti and Meatballs

True!

While they are generally responsible for all things pasta, it was actually Americans who decided to put balls of meat into the existing pomodoro spaghetti, founded by the Italians years before.

400

Take this water taxi when visiting Venice.

What is Gondolas?

400

This church is known as the biggest church in the world and named after one of Jesus' disciples.  

What is St. Peter's Basilica?

400

This is the most important holiday in Italy.  This long season stretches' into January and ends during the Feast of Epiphany.

What is Christmas?

500

When Did Italy Betray Germany In WW2. 

1943

1944

1945

What is October, 1944

500

The country that has the most landmarks.

What is Italy?

500

What food do Italians eat for dessert that most Americans would eat as a meal?

What is a Salad?

500

True or False

Saint Peter had to see the holes in Jesus' hands to believe He had risen from the dead.   

False!  

It was doubting Thomas.  

500

Name one of the two cities destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.  

What is Pompeii and Herculaneum?

500

Called "The Floating City" or City of Canals.

What is Venice?

500

These are the colors of Italy's national flag.

What are Green, white and red?

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