What year was Italy unified?
1861
What is the peninsula of Italy often called?
The boot
How many times has Italy won the Fifa World Cup?
Why was the pantheon a marvel of engineering at the time?
The oculus/open eye at the top of the dome
What famous music festival does Italy host?
Sanremo Music Festival
What does italy mean?
How many regions are there in Italy?
20
Italy is one of the most successful countries at this olympic sport:
fencing
How long did the Florence Cathedral take to finish?
140 years
Italy hosts the second largest ____ convention in the world.
comic
What year was the Republic of Rome founded?
509 BC
What is Italy's longest river?
The Po river
Name the second most popular Italian sport
basketball
Name an art movement in Italy's history
Roman Antiquity, Baroque, Renaissance,
In what town does Italy host a live human chess game?
Marostica
How much money does the Trevi Fountain collect annually?
$1.5 million
Italy is home to 3 active volcanoes. Name 2
Etna, Vesuvius, Stromboli
What year did Italy start hosting the Italian Grand Prix in motor sports?
1921
What was the name of the painting Michelango is believed to have hidden his face in?
The Last Judgment
What genre of TV is Italy one of the top markets for?
Anime
Name a group of people that inhabited the peninsula of Italy before the rise of Rome
Etruscans, Latins, Greeks
Name three regions of Italy
Piedmont, Aosta Valley, Liguria, Lombardy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Emilio-Romagna, Abruzzo, Molise, Compania, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria, Marche, Lazio
Italy holds the record for the longest unbeaten streak in international football. What is their streak?
37 wins in a row
What was Caravaggio's famous technique? (Bonus of 100 if you can describe what it is!)
Tenebrism, contrasts exteme lights and darks
Name a Shakespeare play set in Italy
Romeo and Juliet, Othello, The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew, Julius Caesar, Coriolanus, Titus Andronicus, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Winter's Tale (partially), All's Well That Ends Well (partially), Cymbeline (partially), Antony and Cleopatra