Statistics for Venice Trivia

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Clue	Answer	% Correct
Type of boat which Venice is famous for	Gondola	96%
Venetian explorer who traveled to China and met Kublai Khan	Marco Polo	79%
Venice borders this sea	Adriatic Sea	78%
"Venice" in Italian	Venezia	76%
Composer of "The Four Seasons"	Antonio Vivaldi	73%
Patron saint of Venice and namesake of their cathedral	Saint Mark	72%
Shakespeare plays set in Venice	The {Merchant} of Venice	72%
Body of water which divides the city into two parts	The {Grand} Canal	69%
Venetian crusaders sacked this city in 1204, crippling the Byzantine Empire	Constantinople	65%
Title of the leader of Medieval Venice	Doge	65%
Venice was one four Italian city-states that were major naval powers in the Middle Ages. Name one of the others.	Genoa, Pisa, or Amalfi	59%
Person who conquered Venice in 1797	Napoleon Bonaparte	55%
Enclosed bridge that convicts walked across on their way to prison	Bridge of {Sighs}	51%
Celebration famous for its original masks	Carnival	49%
Venetian adventurer whose name has become synonymous with seduction	Giacomo Casanova	47%
Most famous bridge across the above	Rialto	38%
Island known for glassblowing	Murano	37%
Name of Venice when it was a sovereign state	Most Serene {Republic} of Venice	35%
Venice is located in this region	Veneto	35%
Shakespeare plays set in Venice	Othello	27%
Venice Film Festival award	Golden {Lion}	24%