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Roberta Pennasilico, Naples High School
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Miscella-neous
Current Events
LanguageHistory & Geography
Art & literature
Categories
Who designed the Sistine Chapel?
Art & Literature 100 Point Question
Categories
Art & Literature Response 100 Point Answer
Michelangelo
Categories
Art & literature 200 Point question
What famous monument was started
in Pisa in 1173?
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The leaning tower.
Art & Literature Response 200 Point answer
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Art & literature 300 Point question
Who wrote “I promessi sposi”?
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Art & literature Response 300 Point answer
Alessandro Manzoni
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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
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Alessandro Baricco
Art & literature 400 Point answer
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Who made the blueprints for the first
helicopter, even if it was then built
centuries afterwards?
Art & literature500 point question
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Leonardo da Vinci
Art & literature Response 500 Points
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What region is Rome in?
History & Geography 100 Point Question
Categories
History & geography 100 Point answer
Lazio
Categories
History & Geography 200 Point question
What city did the Medici family rule?
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Florence.
History & Geography 200 Point Answer
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History & Geography 300 Point Question
According to the legend, who
fed Romulus and Remus?
Categories
History & Geography 300 Point Answer
A she-wolf
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What is the name of the ancient Greek
settlements in Southern Italy?
History & Geography 400 Point Question
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The Magna Graecia
History & Geography 400 Point Answer
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Name the four seas that
surround Italy.
History & Geography 500 Point Question
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Tyrrhene, Adriatic, Ligurian, Ionian
(Tirreno, Adriatico, Ligure, Ionio)
History & Geography 500 Point Answer
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How do you say:
“What time is it?”
Language 100 Point Question
Categories
Language 100 Point Answer
Che ore sono? OR
Che ora e’?
Categories
Language 200 Point Question
Who is considered to be the
father of Italian language?
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Dante Alighieri
Language 200 Point Answer
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Language 300 Point Question
What does the Latin expression
Veni, Vidi, Vici mean in English?
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Language300 Point Answer
I came, I saw, I conquered.
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
Categories
Video
Language 400 Point Answer
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How do you say:
“I wish you were here.”
Language500 Point Question
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Vorrei che fossi qui.
Language 500 Point Answer
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How many years does the President of
Italy remain in power?
Current Events100 Point Question
Categories
Current Events 100 Point Answer
7
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Current Events200 Point Question
What form of government
does Italy have?
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Parliamentary Republic
Current Events200 Point Answer
Categories
Current Events300 Point Question
Zeffirelli, Moretti, Fellini.
Who are they?
Categories
Current Events300 Point Answer
Italian movie directors
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What’s the name of the famous
grand-prix in Italy?
Current Events400 Point Question
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Il gran premio di Monza
Current Events400 Point Answer
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Founded by Eugenio Scalfari, this
newspaper is one of the most
popular in Italy.
Current Events 500 Point Question
Categories
La Repubblica
Current Events500 Point Answer
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What is “confetti” in Italian?
Miscellaneous100 Point Question
Categories
Miscellaneous100 Points Answer
Almond candy (to give out to
guests during a reception)
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Miscellaneous 200 Point Question
What is the name of the independent
State in the middle of Rome?
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Vatican City
Miscellaneous 200 Point Answer
Categories
Miscellaneous 300 Point Question
The Italian movie director Roberto
Benigni won an academy award
with this movie. What is it?
Categories
Miscellaneous300 Point Answer
La vita e’ bella
Life is beautiful
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What is the city near Venice that is
famous for glass crafts?
Miscellaneous 400 Point Question
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Murano island
Miscellaneous 400 Point Answer
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A famous Italian scientist invented the
first electric battery in 1800.
Who was he?
Miscellaneous 500 Point Question
Categories
Alessandro Volta
Miscellaneous 500 Point Answer