Culture Bowl 1 Click to continue

1. Culture Bowl 1Click to continue Roberta Pennasilico, Naples High School

2. Current Events Art & literature History & Geography Miscella- neous Language 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

3. Art & Literature 100 Point Question Who designed the Sistine Chapel?

4. Art & Literature Response 100 Point Answer Michelangelo

5. Art & literature 200 Point question What famous monument was started in Pisa in 1173?

6. Art & Literature Response 200 Point answer The leaning tower.

7. Art & literature 300 Point question Who wrote “I promessi sposi”?

8. Art & literature Response 300 Point answer Alessandro Manzoni

9. Art & literature 400 Point question The movie “The legend of the pianist on the ocean” was based on the book “Novecento”. Who is the author?

10. Art & literature 400 Point answer Alessandro Baricco

11. Art & literature500 point question Who made the blueprints for the first helicopter, even if it was then built centuries afterwards?

12. Art & literature Response 500 Points Leonardo da Vinci

13. History & Geography 100 Point Question What region is Rome in?

14. History & geography 100 Point answer Lazio

15. History & Geography 200 Point question What city did the Medici family rule?

16. History & Geography 200 Point Answer Florence.

17. History & Geography 300 Point Question According to the legend, who fed Romulus and Remus?

18. History & Geography 300 Point Answer A she-wolf

19. History & Geography 400 Point Question What is the name of the ancient Greek settlements in Southern Italy?

20. History & Geography 400 Point Answer The Magna Graecia

21. History & Geography 500 Point Question Name the four seas that surround Italy.

22. History & Geography 500 Point Answer Tyrrhene, Adriatic, Ligurian, Ionian (Tirreno, Adriatico, Ligure, Ionio)

23. Language 100 Point Question How do you say: “What time is it?”

24. Language 100 Point Answer Che ore sono? OR Che ora e’?

25. Language 200 Point Question Who is considered to be the father of Italian language?

26. Language 200 Point Answer Dante Alighieri

27. Language 300 Point Question What does the Latin expression Veni, Vidi, Vici mean in English?

28. Language300 Point Answer I came, I saw, I conquered.

29. Language 400 Point Question From the Latin verb “I see”, this word indicates a part of the television set, both in English and in Italian. What is it?

30. Language 400 Point Answer Video

31. Language500 Point Question How do you say: “I wish you were here.”

32. Language 500 Point Answer Vorrei che fossi qui.

33. Current Events100 Point Question How many years does the President of Italy remain in power?

34. Current Events 100 Point Answer 7

35. Current Events200 Point Question What form of government does Italy have?

36. Current Events200 Point Answer Parliamentary Republic

37. Current Events300 Point Question Zeffirelli, Moretti, Fellini. Who are they?

38. Current Events300 Point Answer Italian movie directors

39. Current Events400 Point Question What’s the name of the famous grand-prix in Italy?

40. Current Events400 Point Answer Il gran premio di Monza

41. Current Events 500 Point Question Founded by Eugenio Scalfari, this newspaper is one of the most popular in Italy.

42. Current Events500 Point Answer La Repubblica

43. Miscellaneous100 Point Question What is “confetti” in Italian?

44. Miscellaneous100 Points Answer Almond candy (to give out to guests during a reception)

45. Miscellaneous 200 Point Question What is the name of the independent State in the middle of Rome?

46. Miscellaneous 200 Point Answer Vatican City

47. Miscellaneous 300 Point Question The Italian movie director Roberto Benigni won an academy award with this movie. What is it?

48. Miscellaneous300 Point Answer La vita e’ bella Life is beautiful

49. Miscellaneous 400 Point Question What is the city near Venice that is famous for glass crafts?

50. Miscellaneous 400 Point Answer Murano island