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1.
Which of these islands does not belong to Italy?
2.
What are the Uffizi?
Three characteristic peaks in the Alps
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An art museum in Florence
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The Venetian canals, in the city's vernacular
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A complex of government buildings in Rome
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3.
What kind of food is ciabatta?
4.
What is the major city at the foot of Mount Vesuvius called in Italian?
5.
Which statement about Silvio Berlusconi is not true?
He simultaneously served as prime minister and president of football club AC Milan.
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He controls Italy's largest commercial broadcast company.
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He was found guilty of tax-fraud and subsequently expelled from the Italian senate.
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He is the longtime leader of Italy's socialist party.
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6.
Which shape does Italy resemble as seen from space?
7.
What was the name of the family that ruled Florence from the 15th century on?
8.
Which of these statements about the year 1860 is true?
The Papal State controlled most of Italy.
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Italian occupation ended in three places - Ethiopia, Libya, and Albania.
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The city of Rome was almost uninhabited.
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Italy did not exist as a sovereign state.
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9.
What is one of the official languages in South Tyrol?
10.
At 652 km (405 mi), this is the longest river within Italy.
11.
Which of these Shakespeare plays does not take place in Italy?
12.
What is the name of a major Italian newspaper?
13.
What does Italy have more of than any other country in the world?
Plus net migration (for the years 2013-2017)
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UNESCO world heritage sites
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14.
Who is Sophia Loren?
a saint of the Catholic church
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15.
Who or what are Nabucco, Tosca, and L'Orfeo?
Birth names of 20th cenutry popes
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