Culture Bowl 3 Click to continue Roberta Pennasilico, Naples High School
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Categories What is the most famous museum in Florence? Art & Literature 100 Point Question
Categories Art & Literature 100 Point Answer The Uffizi
Categories Art & literature 200 Point question Who was the poet in 1400’s who wrote the first sonnets, later adopted by Shakespeare as well?
Categories Petrarch Art & Literature 200 Point answer
Categories Art & literature 300 Point question What famous tragedy is about two youngsters whose love is forbidden by their families?
Categories Art & literature Response 300 Point answer Giulietta e Romeo (Romeo and Juliet)
Categories What Italian poet was called the “Vate” in the 1900’s? Art & literature 400 Point question
Categories Gabriele d’Annunzio Art & literature 400 Point answer
Categories Which author wrote the fairy tale Pinocchio? Art & literature 500 point question
Categories Carlo Collodi Art & literature Response 500 Points
Categories How many regions are there in Italy? History & Geography 100 Point Question
Categories History & geography 100 Point answer 20
Categories What’s the island off the coast of Naples with the Blue Grotto? History & Geography 200 Point Question
Categories Capri History & Geography 200 Point Answer
Categories What was the name of the army that Giuseppe Garibaldi lead in the wars for the unification of Italy? History & Geography 300 Point Question
Categories I Mille History & Geography 300 Point Answer
Categories Which are the two main mountain chains in Italy? History & Geography 400 Point Question
Categories Alps and Appennines History & Geography 400 Point Answer
Categories After the unification of Italy, the capital was moved from Turin to...? History & Geography 500 Point Question
Categories Florence History & Geography 500 Point Answer
Categories A Latin word used in English: the magma that comes out from a volcano. What is it? Language 100 Point Question
Categories Language 100 Point Answer Lava
Categories Language 200 Point Question This Italian word is used in English to mean “noodles”.
Categories Spaghetti Language 200 Point Answer
Categories Language 300 Point Question You use this Italian word at the end of a play, when you clap your hands.
Categories Language 300 Point Answer BRAVO!!
Categories How do you say: “May I see the menu, please?” Language 400 Point Question
Categories “Posso vedere il menu, per favore?” Language 400 Point Answer
Categories What is the name given to the corrupted form of the Latin language used by “common people” in the 1300’s? Language 500 Point Question
Categories The Volgare Language 500 Point Question
Categories This Italian popular singer studied as a tenor; despite his blindness, he enjoys life fully by touring around Germany and the USA. What’s his name? Current Events 100 Point Question
Categories Current Events 100 Point Answer Andrea Boccelli
Categories Current Events 200 Point Question What city hosts the movie awards ceremony in Italy?
Categories Venice Current Events 200 Point Answer
Categories Current Events 300 Point Question Name the main newspapers published in Milan, Rome and Naples.
Categories Current Events 300 Point Answer Il Corriere della Sera (Milano) La Repubblica (Roma) Il Mattino (Napoli)
Categories What is the name of the nationwide judicial investigation into political corruption in the 1990’s that led to the disappearance of many political parties? Current Events 400 Point Question
Categories Tangentopoli OR Mani pulite Current Events 400 Point Answer
Categories What important prize did actor Dario Fo win? Current Events 500 Point Question
Categories The Nobel Prize for literature Current Events 500 point Answer
Categories What famous movie did Federico Fellini shoot in Rome with Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg in 1960? Miscellaneous 100 point Question
Categories Miscellaneous 100 Point Answer La Dolce Vita
Categories Miscellaneous 200 point Question A famous TV show with children singing joyful songs. His historical anchorman was named “Mago Zurlì”.
Categories Lo Zecchino d’Oro Miscellaneous 300 point question
Categories Miscellaneous 300 point question This Italian scientist invented the telescope.
Categories Miscellaneous 300 point Answer Galileo Galilei
Categories This Italian soccer player plays is the captain of the team from Rome and was the main character of a book of jokes. Miscellaneous 400 point question
Categories Francesco Totti Miscellaneous 400 point Answer
Categories Professional motorcycle racer and multiple World Champion. He raced for Yamaha but left it for Ducati in Miscellaneous 500 point question
Categories Valentino Rossi Miscellaneous 500 point answer
Categories Good Job! Bravo!
Categories The Daily Double