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This Italian dish originated in Naples, around the 18th cenury

PIZZA
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The capital of italy 

ROME

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Famous Italian explorers include Christopher Columbus John Cabot, and Amerigo Vespucci and this person. Hint, popular rapper Bow wow has a song by this same name 

Marco Polo

100

you cant eat ice cream with out this-- well you can, but you shouldn't 

ice cream cone

100

italian legislation gives these the right to settle in a territory and protect their lives and welfare in their own right

feral cats

200

This dish, now often served as a fine dining comfort food, was a staple food  for the lower working class families in Northern Italy

POLENTA
200
Italy, the boot of Europe juts out into the Adriatic Sea, the Tyrrhenian Sea, and what other sea?
The Mediterranean 
200

Italy become a united country in this year

a.1492

b.1695

c.1776

d.1861


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italy is the birth place of this (string) musical instrument

the  violin

200
before the adoption of the Euro, the Italian currency was known as this

Lira 

300

Italy is the worlds second largest producer of this, only behind Spain

OLIVE OIL

300

this % of Italy is mountainous or hilly

a. 25%

b.50%

c. 67%

d.75%

300

Italy is the home to his university-- the oldest continuously operating university in the world, established in 1088

Bologna 

300

Some men wear this daily and others on special occasions. it always leaves a mark!

Cologne
300

the smallest land mammal in the world is found roaming in the Italian pastures 

the Etruscan shrew

400
Italy accounts for nearly 20% of this global production, and is the wolrds largest producer of this.

WINE

400
Italy surrounds 2 independent microstates, the Vatican city and which other state?
San Marino
400

the first Roman Emperor who came to power in 27BC

Augustus Octavian

400
your favorite coffee shop, Starbucks and your at-home brew have Italy to credit for this invention

espresso machine

400

In Italy, this number is  considered unlucky because its Roman numeral,rearranged to spell “VIXI,” meaning “I have lived,” a phrase associated with death. 

17 (XVII)

500

While famous for these drinks, they were not introduced into Italy till 16th century by Venetian Merchants 

COFFEE 
500

Italy has three active volcanoes: Vesuvius, Strombol and

Etna

500

the symbol SPQR can be found on many ancient buildings in Rome, it stands for this

"the senate and people of Rome."

500

before you keyboard and backspace, people wrote with this machine

typewriter

500

this famous children's story was written by an Italian

Pinocchio