QUIZ ON ITALIAN CULTURE

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Brown and White

Red and Green

Red and Gold

Gucci is one of the most famous Italian Haute Couture Brand, strictly linked to the equestrian world and leather manufacture. Which are the iconic colours of Gucci’s Brand?

Black and Gold

Italian Fashion

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Every year, in Italy, a famous show takes place… runways, models on catwalks, extravagant stylish creations, celebrities, film stars and influencers from all over the World, aiming at obtaining spotlight and fame. Where does this extraordinary event take place? Which is the capital of the Italian Fashion?

Milan

Naples

Florence

Italian Fashion

Rome

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The fashion capital is Milan for the presence of the international fashion week; during the fashion week the city hosts the shows of the greatest designers and an incredible number of events.

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Red and green represent luxury and elegance, connected with the equestrian style.

The Creation of Adam represents the episode of God giving birth to the first human being; it is a fresco and it is located on the ceiling of the Sistina Chapel in Rome. It dates back to the beginning of XVI Century. Who painted this picture?

Donatello

Michelangelo

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian ART

Raffaello

3

Even though Michelangelo was first a scupltur, for almost two weeks he dedicated himself to this astonishing fresco, with a great attention to bodies, musculature and facial expressions.

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Leonardo da Vinci painted the portrait of Monnalisa in 1503.The portrait is now exposed in Louvre.

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La Gioconda is a famous oil painting rich in mystery, characterized by an enigmatic expression and an optical illusion: it seems that the lady stares at you from any angulation. Who painted this picture?

Caravaggio

Picasso

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian ART

Canova

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Marcell Jacobs is an Italian athlete. He partecipated in the 2020 Olympics. In which sport did he compete?

Athletics

Fencing

High Jumping

Italian sport

Swimming

5

6

46

32

Valentino Rossi was born in Tavullia, a small village situated near Urbino, in our region Marche; he is an italian motorcycle road racer and he is considered as one of the best biker ever, because he won nine World Championship in his carrier, five in a row. Which is his racing number?

54

Italian sport

6

Marcell Jacobs Jr is an Italian sprinter, Olympic champion of 100 meters and 4x100 meters relay at the Tokyo 2020 Games. It was the second Italian to break the barrier of 10 seconds on 100 meters flat.

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Valentino himself has often said that number 46 was the one his father won with, during his first GP at a Croatian World Championship in Rijeka 1979 (moreover, that was Valentino's birth year!)

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Today Carbonara is a symbol of Rome; it has an unclear history and it does not have a precise birth. The recipe for Carbonara began to appear in 1944, during the Second World War. What are the ingredients of the Italian Carbonara?

Italian cooking

-pasta -broccoli-mais-egg yolks-coffee

-pasta-würtsel-cream-Gorgonzola-red onion

-pasta-guanciale-egg yolks-Pecorino cheese-black pepper

-pasta-black pepper-cream-egg yolks-guanciale

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This first course has many variations, and not only according to interpretations, but also to traditional recipes. There are, in fact, those who use bacon, those who use the pillow, those who add onion, those who argue that long pasta should be used, those who prefer to use the white of the egg together with yolk... but the most accredited and loved is the one you chose.

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Arabia

Italy

America

Espresso is the most popular and consumed type of coffee in Italy: a method of brewing coffee that uses high water pressure and finely ground Arabica and Robusta beans to make a small, concentrated shot. One of Espresso characteristics is a top player of foam. What is its origin?

Italian cooking

France

8

Espresso was born in Turin in 1884 thanks to Angelo Moriondo, who patented the machine to produce coffee while thinking about the needs of customers of his "American Bar"..

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L'ombelico del mondo

Con te partirò

Certe notti

Andrea Bocelli has been one of the most popoular tenor of the Italian music. He began to depopulate in the 90s with his most famous song. Which one of these?

Italian music

Meravigliosa creatura

9

The first song that made Bocelli a celebrity worldwide is "Con te partirò", broadcasted live on TV for the first time during Sanremo 1995. From that moment on, the song has begun a slow but inexorable journey and has conquered the first place in the sales charts in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Germany and Ireland.

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Laura Pausini

Mahmood & Blanco

Eros Ramazzotti

Italian music

Måneskin

From 1951 Sanremo Festival is a fixture of italian winter, a pop mirrow that reflects our society and our culture: thanks to its flexible shape, continuously changing, it has been able to adapt according to social mutations and times. Every year it faces different reactions and polemics, but it never fossilizes or rests. Who won the last edition?

10

Mahmood and Blanco were crowned as the winners of Sanremo 2022 with the song "Brividi", after beating Elisa and Gianni Morandi in the Superfinal.

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1761

1861

1848

The Unification is a turning point in Italian History: as a result of this process, Italy passes from being fractionated into small kingdoms in being united (almost all its current territory) under a Sabaudian King, Vittorio Emanuele II, the one who ratified the agreement. In what year did it happen?

Italian History

1961

11

The Kingdom of Italy was officially proclaimed on March 17, 1861, by a Parliament assembled in Turin.

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Augustus

The Hero of Two Worlds

The Great Emperor

Giuseppe Garibaldi is considered as one of the greatest character in Italian history, Father of the Fatherland; born in Nice in 1807, he is best known for the enterprise called "The Expedition of the Thousand", that succeded in unifying the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to the Italian Peninsula.There's a nickname Garibaldi shares with other leading figures, known for their accomplishments. Which is?

Italian History

The Count of Cavour

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Garibaldi is called "The Hero of Two Worlds" because of its accomplishments in both the Old and New Worlds, particularly in Latin American fights.

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