Culture Bowl 4
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Roberta Pennasilico, Naples High School
Art &
History &
literature
Geography
100
Language
Current
Events
Miscellaneous
100
100
100
100
200
200
200
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300
300
300
300
300
400
400
400
400
400
500
500
500
500
500
Art & Literature
100 Point Question
What’s the name of the most famous
bridge in Florence?
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Art & literature
100 Point Answer
Ponte Vecchio
(Old Bridge)
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Art & Literature
200 Point Question
Who sculptured the statue David in
Florence?
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Art & Literature
200 Point Answer
Michelangelo
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Art & Literature
300 Point Question
This Italian poet won the Nobel prize
for literature.
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Art & Literature
300 Point Answer
Eugenio Montale
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Art & Literature
400 Point Question
Name the castle in Naples that overlooks
the port and was built by French kings
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Art & Literature
400 Point Answer
Il Maschio Angioino OR
Castel Nuovo
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Art & Literature
500 Point Question
What’s the name of the
amphitheater in Verona?
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Art & Literature
500 Point Answer
L’Arena
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History & Geography
100 Point Question
What city are the Fiat cars made in?
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History & Geography
100 Point Answer
Turin
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History & Geography
200 Point Question
What’s the capital of fashion
and banking in Italy?
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History & Geography
200 Point Answer
Milan
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History & Geography
300 Point Question
What two cities were
destroyed by the eruption of
Vesuvius?
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History & Geography
300 Point Answer
Pompeii and Ercolaneum
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History & Geography
400 Point Points
What is the name of the tribe that
lived in Central Italy before 800 b.C.?
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History & Geography
400 Point Answer
The Etruscans
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History & Geography
500 Point Question
Who was the most famous of the
Medici family – poet and wise ruler of
the city of Florence?
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History & Geography
500 Point Answer
Lorenzo the Magnificent
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Language
100 Point Question
How do you say:
“Where are you from?”?
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Language
100 Point Answer
Di dove sei?
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Language
200 Point Question
The Latin term a.m. is commonly used
in English. What does it mean?
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Language
200 Point Answer
Ante meridiem
(before noon)
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Language
300 Point Question
How do you say:
“I went to the movies last night.”?
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Theme 3 Response
300 Points
Sono andato/a al cinema ieri.
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Language
400 Point Question
What is another English word for
“deep”, of Latin root?
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Language
400 Point Answer
Profound = Profondo
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Language
500 Point Question
Scenario, villa, opera, bravo,
spaghetti, pizza are all
borrowings. What are they?
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Language
500 Point Answer
Italian words that are used in
English without any change
in the spelling.
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Current Events
100 Point Question
Jovanotti, Ligabue,
Zucchero. Who are they?
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Current Events
100 Point Answer
Italian pop singers.
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Current Events
200 Point Question
What’s the name of the Italian national
TV networks?
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Current Events
200 Point Answer
RAI (uno, due, tre)
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Current Events
300 Point Question
What are CGL, CISL, UIL?
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Current Events
300 Point Answer
The major Trade Unions
in Italy
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Current Events
400 Point Question
This man is still considered the most loved
President of the Republic in Italian history. He
was in charge from 1978 to 1985. What is his
name?
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Current Events
400 Point Answer
Sandro Pertini
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Current Events
500 Point Question
Where did a terrible terrorist attack
take place in Italy on August 2, 1982?
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Current Events
500 Point Answer
In Bologna,
at the railway station
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Miscellanous
100 Point Question
What is the minimum age to drive in
Italy?
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Miscellaneous
100 Point Answer
18
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Miscellaneous
200 Point Question
What’s the most popular sport in
Italy?
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Miscellaneous
200 Point Answer
Soccer
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Miscellaneous
300 Point Question
Who’s the famous Roman actor
who played in movies such as “Il
vigile” and “I vitelloni” and died
in 2003?
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Miscellaneous
300 Point Answer
Alberto Sordi
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Miscellaneous
400 Point Question
This female singer is considered to be the
best voice of Italian pop music. She has
refused interviews for the past 20 years,
and lives in a small town in Switzerland.
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Miscellaneous
400 Point Answer
Mina
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Miscellaneous
500 Point Question
If a “derby milanese” took place, what soccer
teams would play?
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Miscellaneous
500 Point Answer
Inter and Milan
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Good Job!
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