2. Culture Bowl 1 Click to continue Roberta Pennasilico, Naples High School

3. 500 400 300 200 100 Miscella- neous Current Events Language History & Geography Art & literature

4. Categories Who designed the Sistine Chapel? Art & Literature 100 Point Question

5. Categories Art & Literature Response 100 Point Answer Michelangelo

6. Categories Art & literature 200 Point question What famous monument was started in Pisa in 1173?

7. Categories The leaning tower. Art & Literature Response 200 Point answer

8. Categories Art & literature 300 Point question Who wrote “I promessi sposi”?

9. Categories Art & literature Response 300 Point answer Alessandro Manzoni

10. Categories The movie “The legend of the pianist on the ocean” was based on the book “Novecento”. Who is the author? Art & literature 400 Point question

11. Categories Alessandro Baricco Art & literature 400 Point answer

12. Categories Who made the blueprints for the first helicopter, even if it was then built centuries afterwards? Art & literature 500 point question

13. Categories Leonardo da Vinci Art & literature Response 500 Points

14. Categories What region is Rome in? History & Geography 100 Point Question

15. Categories History & geography 100 Point answer Lazio

16. Categories History & Geography 200 Point question What city did the Medici family rule?

17. Categories Florence. History & Geography 200 Point Answer

18. Categories History & Geography 300 Point Question According to the legend, who fed Romulus and Remus?

19. Categories History & Geography 300 Point Answer A she-wolf

20. Categories What is the name of the ancient Greek settlements in Southern Italy? History & Geography 400 Point Question

21. Categories The Magna Graecia History & Geography 400 Point Answer

22. Categories Name the four seas that surround Italy. History & Geography 500 Point Question

23. Categories Tyrrhene, Adriatic, Ligurian, Ionian (Tirreno, Adriatico, Ligure, Ionio) History & Geography 500 Point Answer

24. Categories How do you say: “What time is it?” Language 100 Point Question

25. Categories Language 100 Point Answer Che ore sono? OR Che ora e’?

26. Categories Language 200 Point Question Who is considered to be the father of Italian language?

27. Categories Dante Alighieri Language 200 Point Answer

28. Categories Language 300 Point Question What does the Latin expression Veni, Vidi, Vici mean in English?

29. Categories Language 300 Point Answer I came, I saw, I conquered.

30. Categories From the Latin verb “I see”, this word indicates a part of the television set, both in English and in Italian. What is it? Language 400 Point Question

31. Categories Video Language 400 Point Answer

32. Categories How do you say: “I wish you were here.” Language 500 Point Question

33. Categories Vorrei che fossi qui. Language 500 Point Answer

34. Categories How many years does the President of Italy remain in power? Current Events 100 Point Question

35. Categories Current Events 100 Point Answer 7

36. Categories Current Events 200 Point Question What form of government does Italy have?

37. Categories Parliamentary Republic Current Events 200 Point Answer

38. Categories Current Events 300 Point Question Zeffirelli, Moretti, Fellini. Who are they?

39. Categories Current Events 300 Point Answer Italian movie directors

40. Categories What’s the name of the famous grand-prix in Italy? Current Events 400 Point Question

41. Categories Il gran premio di Monza Current Events 400 Point Answer

42. Categories Founded by Eugenio Scalfari, this newspaper is one of the most popular in Italy. Current Events 500 Point Question

43. Categories La Repubblica Current Events 500 Point Answer

44. Categories What is “confetti” in Italian? Miscellaneous 100 Point Question

45. Categories Miscellaneous 100 Points Answer Almond candy (to give out to guests during a reception)

46. Categories Miscellaneous 200 Point Question What is the name of the independent State in the middle of Rome?

47. Categories Vatican City Miscellaneous 200 Point Answer

48. Categories Miscellaneous 300 Point Question The Italian movie director Roberto Benigni won an academy award with this movie. What is it?

49. Categories Miscellaneous 300 Point Answer La vita e’ bella Life is beautiful

50. Categories What is the city near Venice that is famous for glass crafts? Miscellaneous 400 Point Question

51. Categories Murano island Miscellaneous 400 Point Answer

52. Categories A famous Italian scientist invented the first electric battery in 1800. Who was he? Miscellaneous 500 Point Question

53. Categories Alessandro Volta Miscellaneous 500 Point Answer