Pizza
What city does pizza come from?
Naples
Which food is not Italian:
A) Seafood
B) Pasta
C) Fried Rice
D) Polenta
C) Fried Rice. Is most common in Asian cuisine
What city is the famous tilted tower in?
Pisa – It’s called the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Which Italian artist painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
Milan is the capital of which Italian region?
Lombardy
What do you call Naples-style pizza?
Neapolitan
Name 3 foods popular in Italy
Pizza, pasta, cured meat, seafood, cheese, pesto, polenta, focaccia, and more!
What is the name of the city where people get around on boats?
Venice
What is Italy’s main river?
The Po
What is the name of the old-fashioned boats used to get around Venice?
Gondola
What national symbol inspired the Margherita pizza?
The Flag
What is pesto made of?
Pesto is a green sauce made from basil, nuts, and cheese. It’s most popular in northern Italy.
What is the name of the structure where gladiators would fight in the center of Rome?
Coliseum
What is the name of the island that immigrants went to before being welcomed to the United States?
Ellis Island
What is the principal public square of Venice?
St. Mark's Square
Who created the Hawaiian pizza?
Sam Panopoulos, a Greek in Canada.
How did the Italians learn to dry pasta?
Visitors from Arab countries taught them
What is the name of the city where the Pope lives?
Vatican
Who was proclaimed the King of Italy in 1861?
Victor Emmanuel II
Which Italian is often credited as the inventor of radio, and he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics?
Which country (per capita) eats the most pizza per year?
Norway
Why do Italians eat a lot of seafood?
Because it's a peninsula
Which city is famous for fashion.
Milan is famous for clothing
Florence is famous for leather purses and shoes
Which two countries are surrounded on all sides by Italy?
Vatican and San Marino
What percentage of the US population identify as Italian?
6% of the US population is Italian