| Clue | Answer | % Correct |
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| After marching on Rome, this leader comes to power in 1922 | Benito Mussolini | 98%
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| Italy enters this war on the side of Germany, but performs poorly in the field | WWII | 94%
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| This U.S. coffee chain establishes a store in Milan in 2018, with long lines of customers outside | Starbucks | 93%
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| ... who then procedes to establish this "ism" in Italy | {Fasc}ism | 92%
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| Six seismologists are jailed in 2012 for not predicting one of these | Earthquake | 89%
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| Reports in the 2010s indicate that most of Italy's exports of this "extra virgin" product are counterfeit | Olive Oil | 86%
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| Italy violates the Geneva Convention by using mustard gas during its short-lived conquest of this African nation | Ethiopia | 84%
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| This Frenchman establishes himself as King of Italy in 1805 | Napoleon Bonaparte | 83%
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| This organization, also known as "Cosa Nostra", spreads crime and corruption throughout much of the world | Sicilian Mafia | 80%
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| Merchants from this city steal the remains of Saint Mark from Alexandria in 828 AD | Venice | 79%
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| Ferrari loses to this American automaker at the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 1966 | Ford | 72%
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| The Roman Inquisition denounces this theory, claiming instead that the Sun revolves around the Earth | {Helio}centrism | 66%
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| This insane Roman emperor, known as "Little Boot", supposedly plans to promote his horse to the rank of consul | Caligula | 65%
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| This Carthaginian general kills 50,000 Roman soldiers at the Battle of Cannae | Hannibal | 64%
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| One of these types of ships sinks in 2012 with 32 deaths. Not among the dead is the Italian captain who claims he "fell into" a lifeboat. | Cruise Ship | 59%
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| This former Prime Minister is convicted of tax fraud in 2013 | Silvio Berlusconi | 58%
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| Radiocarbon dating shows that this piece of cloth was not actually used to bury Jesus | Shroud of Turin | 42%
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| This illegitimate son of a pope supposedly holds an orgy at the Papal Palace called the "Banquet of Chestnuts" | Cesare {Borgia} | 32%
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| This nuclear physicist is forced to flee Italy for the United States in 1938 because of anti-Jewish laws that threatened his wife | Enrico Fermi | 31%
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| Early Romans need women, so they steal them from this nearby tribe | Sabines | 25%
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