Question | Answer | % Correct |
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What artist, painter of the Sistine Chapel, was born in the nearby settlement of Caprese in 1475? | Michelangelo | 97%
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What cultural rebirth started in Florence around 1300 AD? | The Renaissance | 95%
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What artist and inventor was born in the nearby town of Vinci in 1452? | Leonardo | 92%
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What region is Florence the capital of? | Tuscany | 88%
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What famous sculpture by the above can today be seen in the Galleria dell'Accademia? | David | 85%
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Who wrote "The Divine Comedy"? | Dante Alighieri | 80%
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What is the Italian name of the city of Florence? | Firenze | 78%
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What famous painting by Sandro Botticelli depicts a woman standing on a scallop shell? | The Birth of {Venus} | 78%
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What family led Florence through much of the 15th century and later produced four popes and a queen of France? | Medici | 76%
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A person from Rome is a Roman. What is a person from Florence called? | a Florentine | 71%
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Who founded the city of Florence in 59 BC as a military camp? | Julius Caesar | 71%
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Who wrote "The Prince", a book advising rulers how to maintain power? | Niccolò Machiavelli | 66%
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which in Italian is known as ... | Toscana | 56%
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What nearby city-state, birthplace of Galileo, did Florence conquer in 1406? | Pisa | 55%
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What is the most famous bridge on that river? (Hint: its name means "Old Bridge") | Ponte {Vecchio} | 50%
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What industry originally brought that family to prominence? | Banking | 42%
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Prior to the Romans, what group of people lived in the present-day location of Florence? | Etruscans | 39%
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What famous art museum has a name which means "offices" in Italian? | Galleria degli {Uffizi} | 38%
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What famous variety of wine, with bottles often enclosed in a straw basket, comes from the region just to the south of Florence? | Chianti | 34%
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On what river is Florence situated? | Arno | 33%
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