Italian Trivia

The Alps form the Northern Border of the country but what mountain range runs through the middle of the boot ?

Which of these is known as the Eternal City ?

The Zeppola which we usually eat on St Joseph's day was actually created in the US and not Italy.

All roads lead to Rome, at its peak how many miles of paved roads did the empire have ?

Pompeii, along with Herculaneum were buried under volcanic ash when this erupted in 79AD.

Augustus Caesar was the first emperor of the Roman Empire.

The Countach was one of the famous 80s supercars, who manufactured it ?

After the fall of Rome, the Italian peninsula was fractured and divided into city-states.

Fettuccine Alfredo's original recipe from Rome had butter, Parmesan and heavy cream.

Which city considers itself the birthplace of pizza and even has a code for what is pizza ?

The Vatican is the smallest country in the world.

An anecdotal story tells of how this scientist dropped various weights off the tower to illustrate gravity, was it ?

The Ponte Vecchio is located in what is considered the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance, which city is that?

One of the world's most famous landmarks, what was The Colosseum's Roman name ?

Where and by whom is this image ?