Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
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C | This explorer was born in Genoa in 1451 | Christopher Columbus | 94%
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J | While many people think that this was Caesar's given name, it was actually his family name | Julius | 91%
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M | A number of his works of painting, sculpture, and architecture rank among the most famous in existence | Michelangelo | 88%
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F | Far-right political philosophy espoused by Mussolini | Fascism | 87%
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R | European cultural "rebirth" that started in Florence in the late 1300s | The {Renaissance} | 86%
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O | Form of musical theater that started in Italy around 1600 | Opera | 85%
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E | Island where Napoleon was exiled | Elba | 82%
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T | First capital city of Italy from 1861 to 1865, home to Fiat automobiles | Turin | 81%
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P | Roman temple to all the gods, now a church | Pantheon | 77%
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X | How an ancient Roman would have written the number 33 | XXXIII | 75%
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D | Title given to the leader of Venice | Doge | 70%
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L | These Germanic people ruled Italy from 568-774 and gave their name to the region in which Milan is located | Lombards | 70%
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K | Victor Emmanuel or Umberto, for example | King | 69%
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Y | Country invaded by Italy in 1941 | Yugoslavia | 66%
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Z | This vegetable originally came from the Americas, but the variety we eat today was created by Italian growers | Zucchini | 65%
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I | One of the books in Dante's "Divine Comedy", a place with nine circles | Inferno | 64%
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A | One of the most important Roman roads, still existing | {Appian} Way | 63%
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U | More than 1/3rd the population of this country have Italian descent | Uruguay | 62%
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N | Viking group that gradually conquered Southern Italy, starting in 999 A.D. | Normans | 58%
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G | One of the "fathers of the fatherland" he led the Redshirts in conquering the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | Giuseppe Garibaldi | 47%
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H | Commonly known as the Vatican, this state was established in 756 and once controlled large swaths of Italy | {Holy} {See} | 46%
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W | The collapse of this empire in 476 AD marks the beginning of the Dark Ages | {Western} {Roman} Empire | 45%
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V | Town where Leonardo was born | Vinci | 40%
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S | Last royal family of Italy | House of {Savoy} | 25%
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Q | Official residence of the President of the Italian Republic, named after one of the seven hills of Rome | Quirinale | 24%
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B | Where the above ends, seat of the government for six months between 1943 and 1944 | Brindisi | 18%
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