He created fascism
Benito Mussolini
The sport America calls soccer
Football
The country whose mythology inspired Roman mythology
Greece
The two island regions of Italy
Sicily and Sardinia
The meaning of the word "renaissance"
Rebirth
The two men who founded Rome in 753 B.C.
Romulus and Remus
The sole country that triumphs over Italy in football
Spain
Astronomical bodies that are named after Roman gods and goddesses
Planets
Two countries that are fully landlocked by Italy
San Marino and Vatican City
The four Renaissance artists whom the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are named after
Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael
The official currency of Italy before the Euro was adopted in 1999
Lira
An Italian football league regarded highly in Europe
Serie A
A temple in Rome that was created to honor the gods
The Pantheon
The "hidden" volcano that destroyed Pompeii in 79 A.D.
Mt. Vesuvius
The city that is the birthplace of the Renaissance
Florence
The oldest operating university in Europe, where Dante and Copernicus studied
University of Bologna
An Italian sport that is casually popular in the US, but originates from Roman traditional games
Bocce Ball
The goddess of the hunt, dubbed Artemis in Greek mythology
Diana
An island country located just south of Sicily
Malta
The Italian name for Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa"
La Gioconda
The man who succeeded Julius Caesar as the first emperor of Rome
Augustus (Octavian)
A city in the North of Italy that hosted the 2006 Winter Olympics
Turin
The 12 Elder gods who came before the Roman gods, collectively known
The Titans
A river that cuts through the north of Italy, the largest in the country
Po River
The pope who commissioned the cieling of the Sistine Chapel from Michelangelo
Julius II