How much do you know about Italy? What do you know about its people? We give you 10 questions, each divided into 3 parts. And we give you 6 answers. Make your choice and write down your answers. For every correct answer you get 1 point. If you answer correctly on all 3 parts of the same question you get 1 extrapoint, that is 4 points on that question.

All set? Good luck!

Question  1: In which cities play the following soccer-teams?

A: Chievo		1: Bologna
B: Juventus		2: Florence
C: Sampdoria		3: Genoa
		4: Palermo
		5: Turin
		6: Verona

Question  2: All of those were prime-ministers after 1980. But what are their Christian names?

A: Andreotti		1: Bettino
B: Craxi		2: Carlo
C: Prodi		3: Giulio
		4: Massimo
		5: Romano
		6: Silvio

Question  3: Which cities are situated on the following rivers?

A: Arno		1: Bari
B: Po		2: Florence
C: Tiber		3: Naples
		4: Perugia
		5: Turin
		6: Venice

Question 4: Which events of the ancient Roman Empire match the years?

A: 509 BC		1: Augustus becomes Emperor
B: 218 BC		2: Start of the First Punic War
C: 44 BC		3: Start of the Second Punic War
		4: Caesar is murdered
		5: The last King is expelled from Rome
		6: Rome is founded

Question 5: Which three parts of the Mediterranian Sea border on Italy?

	1: Adriatic Sea
	2: Aegean Sea
	3: Ionian Sea
	4: Sea of Marmara
	5: Black Sea
	6: Tirreno Sea

Question 6: Who was the Roman

A: God of the underworld		1: Diana
B: God with two faces		2: Janus
C: Goddess of hunting		3: Jupiter
		4: Neptune
		5: Pluto
		6: Vesta

Question 7: In which region can you find the following cities?

A: Genoa		1: Calabria
B: Naples		2: Campania
C: Rome		3: Lazio
		4: Liguria
		5: Lombardy
		6: Tuscany

Question 8: Where has the following food its origin?

A: Mortadella		1: Bologna
B: Pizza		2: Florence
C: Prosciutto		3: Milan
		4: Naples
		5: Parma
		6: Venice

Question 9: What about your Italian? What is the translation of the following words?

A: chiesa		1: evening
B: ragazza		2: butter
C: sera		3: cheese
		4: church
		5: girl
		6: truth

Question 10: Who are the painters of the following masterpieces?

A: The Birth of Venus		1: Giovanni Bellini
B: Madonna del Prato		2: Botticelli
C: Mona Lisa		3: Vittorio Carpaccio
		4: Andrea Mantegna
		5: Titian
		6: Leonardo da Vinci

© Bernhard Kauntz, 2004

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