Culture Bowl 1
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Roberta Pennasilico, Naples High School
Language
Current
Events
Miscellaneous
100
100
100
100
200
200
200
200
200
300
300
300
300
300
400
400
400
400
400
500
500
500
500
500
Art &
History &
literature
Geography
100
Art & Literature
100 Point Question
Who designed the Sistine Chapel?
Categories
Art & Literature Response
100 Point Answer
Michelangelo
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Art & literature
200 Point question
What famous monument was started
in Pisa in 1173?
Categories
Art & Literature Response
200 Point answer
The leaning tower.
Categories
Art & literature
300 Point question
Who wrote “I promessi sposi”?
Categories
Art & literature Response
300 Point answer
Alessandro Manzoni
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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?
Categories
Art & literature
400 Point answer
Alessandro Baricco
Categories
Art & literature
500 point question
Who made the blueprints for the first
helicopter, even if it was then built
centuries afterwards?
Categories
Art & literature Response
500 Points
Leonardo da Vinci
Categories
History & Geography
100 Point Question
What region is Rome in?
Categories
History & geography
100 Point answer
Lazio
Categories
History & Geography
200 Point question
What city did the Medici family rule?
Categories
History & Geography
200 Point Answer
Florence.
Categories
History & Geography
300 Point Question
According to the legend, who
fed Romulus and Remus?
Categories
History & Geography
300 Point Answer
A she-wolf
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History & Geography
400 Point Question
What is the name of the ancient Greek
settlements in Southern Italy?
Categories
History & Geography
400 Point Answer
The Magna Graecia
Categories
History & Geography
500 Point Question
Name the four seas that
surround Italy.
Categories
History & Geography
500 Point Answer
Tyrrhene, Adriatic, Ligurian, Ionian
(Tirreno, Adriatico, Ligure, Ionio)
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Language
100 Point Question
How do you say:
“What time is it?”
Categories
Language
100 Point Answer
Che ore sono? OR
Che ora e’?
Categories
Language
200 Point Question
Who is considered to be the
father of Italian language?
Categories
Language
200 Point Answer
Dante Alighieri
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Language
300 Point Question
What does the Latin expression
Veni, Vidi, Vici mean in English?
Categories
Language
300 Point Answer
I came, I saw, I conquered.
Categories
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?
Categories
Language
400 Point Answer
Video
Categories
Language
500 Point Question
How do you say:
“I wish you were here.”
Categories
Language
500 Point Answer
Vorrei che fossi qui.
Categories
Current Events
100 Point Question
How many years does the President of
Italy remain in power?
Categories
Current Events
100 Point Answer
7
Categories
Current Events
200 Point Question
What form of government
does Italy have?
Categories
Current Events
200 Point Answer
Parliamentary Republic
Categories
Current Events
300 Point Question
Zeffirelli, Moretti, Fellini.
Who are they?
Categories
Current Events
300 Point Answer
Italian movie directors
Categories
Current Events
400 Point Question
What’s the name of the famous
grand-prix in Italy?
Categories
Current Events
400 Point Answer
Il gran premio di Monza
Categories
Current Events
500 Point Question
Founded by Eugenio Scalfari, this
newspaper is one of the most
popular in Italy.
Categories
Current Events
500 Point Answer
La Repubblica
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Miscellaneous
100 Point Question
What is “confetti” in Italian?
Categories
Miscellaneous
100 Points Answer
Almond candy (to give out to
guests during a reception)
Categories
Miscellaneous
200 Point Question
What is the name of the independent
State in the middle of Rome?
Categories
Miscellaneous
200 Point Answer
Vatican City
Categories
Miscellaneous
300 Point Question
The Italian movie director Roberto
Benigni won an academy award
with this movie. What is it?
Categories
Miscellaneous
300 Point Answer
La vita e’ bella
Life is beautiful
Categories
Miscellaneous
400 Point Question
What is the city near Venice that is
famous for glass crafts?
Categories
Miscellaneous
400 Point Answer
Murano island
Categories
Miscellaneous
500 Point Question
A famous Italian scientist invented the
first electric battery in 1800.
Who was he?
Categories
Miscellaneous
500 Point Answer
Alessandro Volta
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