Clue
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Answer
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After marching on Rome, this leader comes to power in 1922
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Benito Mussolini
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... who then procedes to establish this "ism" in Italy
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Fascism
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Italy enters this war on the side of Germany, but performs poorly in the field
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WWII
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Italy violates the Geneva Convention by using mustard gas during its short-lived conquest of this African nation
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Ethiopia
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This Frenchman establishes himself as King of Italy in 1805
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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This U.S. coffee chain establishes a store in Milan in 2018, with long lines of customers outside
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Starbucks
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Six seismologists are jailed in 2012 for not predicting one of these
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Earthquake
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This insane Roman emperor, known as "Little Boot", supposedly plans to promote his horse to the rank of consul
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Caligula
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Merchants from this city steal the remains of Saint Mark from Alexandria in 828 AD
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Venice
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Reports in the 2010s indicate that most of Italy's exports of this "extra virgin" product are counterfeit
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Olive Oil
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The Roman Inquisition denounces this theory, claiming instead that the Sun revolves around the Earth
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Heliocentrism
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Early Romans need women, so they steal them from this nearby tribe
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Sabines
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This nuclear physicist is forced to flee Italy for the United States in 1938 because of anti-Jewish laws that threatened his wife
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Enrico Fermi
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This former Prime Minister is convicted of tax fraud in 2013
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Silvio Berlusconi
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Radiocarbon dating shows that this piece of cloth was not actually used to bury Jesus
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Shroud of Turin
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This organization, also known as "Cosa Nostra", spreads crime and corruption throughout much of the world
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Sicilian Mafia
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This Carthaginian general kills 50,000 Roman soldiers at the Battle of Cannae
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Hannibal
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This illegitimate son of a pope supposedly holds an orgy at the Papal Palace called the "Banquet of Chestnuts"
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Cesare Borgia
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Ferrari loses to this American automaker at the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 1966
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Ford
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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.
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Cruise Ship
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For example, we could start making personality tests.
Or we could dumb down our quizzes.
Or we could have more advertisements. Our site has 3 ad units. The "other" quiz site has 39. Ugh.
I like making quizzes. If I wanted to make money instead of quizzes, this site would look very different. And you wouldn't like it.
Juuuust kidding. Rhetorical question. I don't want to know what other sites. I couldn't care less about what others may be out there. Why go around checking out the used car lots when you already drive a Ferrari?
And no offense, but I ve seen more non-nominated quizzes that got featured which I would label dumb than nominated quizzes. So I don't see how having more nominated quizzes featured would dumb this site down or make it an add filled site..
Just to clarify I have never actually called any quiz dumb, my point is the nominated ones are often ones that people really think are worth it. I don't nominate every quiz I like, but the ones that impress me and are deservant.
What I enjoy the most about JetPunk is that it stimulates curiosity and interest for other cultures and for things-I-did-not-know.
That is the reason why I think that quizzes like this (and like the others regarding other Countries you were mentioning) do not embrace the spirit of JetPunk, as they are merely based on preconceptions, common false beliefs and in some cases false facts.
Ok, it is a quiz, probabily not a big deal, but still I think this mocking attitude is annoying and does not add anything to discussion. Who decides whether something is embarassing or not? Losing a battle is embarassing?
Putting on the same level Cosa Nostra and Starbucks opening in Milan does seem to be embarassing, indeed.
And I know these quizzes are available for other Countries, but I have the same feeling.
But yes, listen to mainstream media, cruel fascist, etc....
Ah, per la cronaca, hai dimenticato di dire che al tempo del mascellone FDM i treni arrivavano in orario.
- the sacking and pillaging of Constantinople in the fourth Crusade? It was done against supposedly fellow Christians mostly by Italians and could easily being considered a war crime.
- the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD.
- the switching sides in WWI
- Crassus' defeat and death at Carrhae
I suspect they are Caligula & his horse and the stealing of women.