Statistics for Embarrassing Chapters in Italian History

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Clue	Answer	% Correct
After marching on Rome, this leader comes to power in 1922	Benito Mussolini	98%
Italy enters this war on the side of Germany, but performs poorly in the field	WWII	94%
This U.S. coffee chain establishes a store in Milan in 2018, with long lines of customers outside	Starbucks	93%
... who then procedes to establish this "ism" in Italy	{Fasc}ism	92%
Six seismologists are jailed in 2012 for not predicting one of these	Earthquake	89%
Reports in the 2010s indicate that most of Italy's exports of this "extra virgin" product are counterfeit	Olive Oil	86%
Italy violates the Geneva Convention by using mustard gas during its short-lived conquest of this African nation	Ethiopia	83%
This Frenchman establishes himself as King of Italy in 1805	Napoleon Bonaparte	83%
This organization, also known as "Cosa Nostra", spreads crime and corruption throughout much of the world	Sicilian Mafia	81%
Merchants from this city steal the remains of Saint Mark from Alexandria in 828 AD	Venice	79%
Ferrari loses to this American automaker at the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 1966	Ford	72%
This insane Roman emperor, known as "Little Boot", supposedly plans to promote his horse to the rank of consul	Caligula	65%
This Carthaginian general kills 50,000 Roman soldiers at the Battle of Cannae	Hannibal	64%
The Roman Inquisition denounces this theory, claiming instead that the Sun revolves around the Earth	{Helio}centrism	64%
One of these types of ships sinks in 2012 with 32 deaths. Not among the dead is the Italian captain who claims he "fell into" a lifeboat.	Cruise Ship	60%
This former Prime Minister is convicted of tax fraud in 2013	Silvio Berlusconi	59%
Radiocarbon dating shows that this piece of cloth was not actually used to bury Jesus	Shroud of Turin	44%
This illegitimate son of a pope supposedly holds an orgy at the Papal Palace called the "Banquet of Chestnuts"	Cesare {Borgia}	33%
This nuclear physicist is forced to flee Italy for the United States in 1938 because of anti-Jewish laws that threatened his wife	Enrico Fermi	31%
Early Romans need women, so they steal them from this nearby tribe	Sabines	25%