BRAIN test

This week it’s an Italian quiz

1. Which Italian artist is known for the sculptures David and The Pieta?

2. Name the Italy-born actress, daughter of Ingrid Bergman, who was once married to Martin Scorsese?

3. Which of these is not an Italian sports-car brand? A) Lamborghini, B) Ferrari, C) Maserati, D) Lotus

4. What does the Italian word “bella” mean? A) Beautiful, B) War, C) Fire, D) Scream

5. Which literary figure has a name that means “nose of pine” in

Italian?

6. The Italian musician who had a hit with Tina Turner, “Cosas de la Vida” (Can’t Stop Thinking of You), is Eros …?

7. Name the Italian scientist, known as the “father of modern physics”, who became the first person to see the four large moons of Jupiter?

8. With which sport would you associate Italians Alberto Ascari, Eugenio Castellotti and Giancarlo Fisichella?

9. Born in Rome in 1934, she won an Oscar for her role in “Two Women” in 1962. She had an affair with “Houseboat” co-star Cary Grant and went to jail for tax evasion in the ’80s. Who is she?

10. Which 1969 film starring Michael Caine and Noel Coward was remade in 2003 with Mark Wahlberg and Charlize Theron?

11. Which sea, within the Mediterranean, separates the east coast of Italy from the coasts of Croatia, Montenegro and Albania?

12. In which official region of Italy would you find the city and towns of Florence, Siena and Pisa? A) Lazio, B) Tuscany, C) Campania, D) Veneto

13. What Italian drink is flavoured with apricots and almonds?

14. Which ancient conqueror, who invaded Italy in 451BC, had a wooden capital near modern-day Budapest?

15. Name the Italian prime minister who was also known as “Il Duce”?

16. The Romans invented the hypocaust; what was it? A) Submarine, B) Catapult, C) Medical syringe, D) Central heating

17. How many times has Italy won the Fifa World Cup?

18. Name the Ernest Hemingway book that tells the story of Lieutenant Frederic Henry, an American ambulance driver with the Italian Army during World War 1.

19. Which of the following crooners was born in Italy? A) Frankie Laine, B) Tony Bennett, C) Andy Williams, D) Dean Martin

20. What “B” is a Golden Globewinning mini-series about notorious Pope Alexander VI and his family? It starred Jeremy Irons and Holliday Grainger.

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