Italian General Culture

Question 1

What Italian city is nicknamed La Serenissima?

Accepted Answer

Venezia

Question 2

Where is this?

Accepted Answer

Piazzale Michelangelo, Firenze

Question 3

What are gnocchi usually made of?

Accepted Answer

potatoes

Question 4

What famous bronze sculpture is at the National Museum of the Bargello?

Accepted Answer

David

Question 5

If you have just eaten a chicken dish, what meat would you eat next?

Accepted Answer

fish

Question 6

Who painted this work?

Accepted Answer

Botticelli

Question 7

What do you get when you ask for a caffè normale in Italy?

Accepted Answer

an espresso

Question 8

Whose painting, La Primavera, is at the Uffizi Gallery?

Accepted Answer

Sandro Botticelli

Question 9

What is the name of this famous building in Firenze?

Accepted Answer

il Battistero

Question 10

What Italian city is nicknamed La Superba, the Proud?

Accepted Answer

Genova

Question 11

What are Italians superstitious about after a meal?

Accepted Answer

exposing themselves to cold

Question 12

What can you buy on the Ponte Vecchio in Firenze (what is it most known for)?

Accepted Answer

gold

Question 13

What city is Italy's main industrial and commercial center?

Accepted Answer

Milano

Question 14

What is a toast in Italy?

Accepted Answer

the same as a panini in the US, a grilled cheese sandwich

Question 15

What is the day after Christmas called in Italian?

Accepted Answer

Santo Stefano

Question 16

Do Italians eat meatballs?

Accepted Answer

Yes, but never on pasta (e.g., spaghetti).

Question 17

What is the name of this work?

Accepted Answer

Birth of Venus

Question 18

Saint George is one of this Florentine artist's famous works.

Accepted Answer

Donatello

Question 19

Where is Pompei?

Accepted Answer

near Naples

Question 20

What river divides the city of Firenze?

Accepted Answer

Arno

Question 21

What is the national animal of Italy?

Accepted Answer

the wolf

Question 22

Who is the Renaissance political philosopher who is buried in Florence?

Accepted Answer

Niccolò Macchiavelli

Question 23

What tradition was replaced by the Christmas tree?

Accepted Answer

presepio

Question 24

Where do Italians eat street food, if no tables are available?

Accepted Answer

They find a place to sit and eat.

Question 25

This artist was very active in Milano during the Renaissance. He painted Last Supper there.

Accepted Answer

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 26

Where can you go see this work?

Accepted Answer

Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze

Question 27

About 200 miles of the Tyrrhenian Sea separates the cities of Cagliari and Trapani in these 2 regioni autonome.

Accepted Answer

Sardegna, Sicilia

Question 28

What wine is the Antinori family of Firenze best known for producing (also a region)?

Accepted Answer

chianti

Question 29

Italy has how many UNESCO World Heritage sites?

Accepted Answer

54

Question 30

What is the historical period that first began in Firenze, before anywhere else in Europe?

Accepted Answer

the Renaissance

Question 31

What is the capital city of Tuscany?

Accepted Answer

Firenze

Question 32

This famous panorama of Firenze is seen from which vantage point in the city?

Accepted Answer

Piazzale Michelangelo

Question 33

What mode of transportation was invented in Italy in 1946?

Accepted Answer

Vespa

Question 34

Which of these is an Italian invention?

Accepted Answer

violin, eyeglasses, Jacuzzi, typewriter

Question 35

Michelangelo's original statue is actually in this famous Florentine museum.

Accepted Answer

l'Accademia

Question 36

Which region is shown here?

Accepted Answer

Toscana

Question 37

What is the name of this bronze reproduction?

Accepted Answer

il David

Question 38

When would an Italian drink a cocktail?

Accepted Answer

before the meal, after the meal

Question 39

This famous Florentine wrote Il Principe.

Accepted Answer

Niccolò Machiavelli

Question 40

What is this Da Vinci painting called in Italian?

Accepted Answer

Il Cenacolo

Question 41

Which Italian business school is ranked No. 6 in the world in the 2016 Financial Times?

Accepted Answer

la Bocconi (Milano)

Question 42

What should you never put grated parmesan cheese on in Italy?

Accepted Answer

spaghetti with clam sauce, spaghetti with shrimp or seafood

Question 43

What is the name of the active volcano in Sicily?

Accepted Answer

Etna

Question 44

What famous Da Vinci painting is housed in Milano?

Accepted Answer

The Last Supper

Question 45

What is Lombardy called in Italian?

Accepted Answer

Lombardia

Question 46

Where is the panettone from originally?

Accepted Answer

Milano

Question 47

What is the name of the active volcano in Napoli?

Accepted Answer

Vesuvio

Question 48

What are gli gnocchi?

Accepted Answer

a type of pasta

Question 49

What is the festival of masks and costumes?

Accepted Answer

il Carnevale

Question 50

Who is Donatello?

Accepted Answer

a Renaissance artist

Question 51

This is an internationally renowned center for trade shows and conferences, in Milano.

Accepted Answer

la Fiera di Milano

Question 52

What Italian city is nicknamed La città eterna?

Accepted Answer

Roma

Question 53

What is Christmas called in Italian?

Accepted Answer

Natale

Question 54

What is Kalsa?

Accepted Answer

Arab neighborhood of Palermo

Question 55

What does il Bel paese mean?

Accepted Answer

nickname for Italia, the beautiful country

Question 56

What is Italy's Stock Exchange called?

Accepted Answer

la Borsa

Question 57

Is it typical to put Russian or Caesar salad creamy dressing on your salad in Italy?

Accepted Answer

No, just olive oil and vinegar.

Question 58

Lombardy is also known as what?

Accepted Answer

the Lakes region of Italy

Question 59

Who is Andrea Bocelli?

Accepted Answer

singer

Question 60

Who was a famous philosopher and scientist buried in Florence?

Accepted Answer

Galileo Galilei

Question 61

What are the Ionian, Tyrrhenian, and Ligurian?

Accepted Answer

Seas

Question 62

What Italian city is nicknamed La Dotta?

Accepted Answer

Bologna

Question 63

How do Italian friends & family greet each other (pre-pandemic)?

Accepted Answer

2 or 3 kisses starting on the right cheek

Question 64

What will you get if you order a latte in Italy?

Accepted Answer

a glass of warm milk

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