| Description | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Fascist leader of Italy, 1925–1943 | Benito Mussolini | 95%
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| Artist who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel | Michelangelo | 91%
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| Lagoon-based city that dominated Mediterranean commerce in the Middle Ages | Venice | 90%
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| Cultural "rebirth" that started in Italy around 1300 | Renaissance | 88%
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| City known as the "birthplace" of the above | Florence | 87%
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| Scientist who discovered the moons of Jupiter | Galileo Galilei | 83%
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| Frenchman who conquered Italy in the early 1800s and made many reforms | Napoleon | 78%
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| African country invaded by Italy in 1935 | Ethiopia | 75%
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| Poet who wrote "The Divine Comedy" | Dante Alighieri | 74%
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| Family that ruled that city. Notable members included Cosimo and Lorenzo. | Medici | 71%
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| Rome's largest church, completed in 1626 | St. Peter's | 70%
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| Rival of that city; birthplace of Columbus | Genoa | 67%
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| Title for the ruler of the above | Doge | 57%
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| German empire that technically ruled Italy from 951–1806 | Holy Roman | 57%
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| Capital of Piedmont that was the first capital of Italy (1861–1865) | Turin | 55%
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| Germanic tribe that ruled Italy from 568–774 and who gave their name to Milan's region | The Lombards | 43%
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| Family name of the notoriously corrupt Pope Alexander VI (1492–1503) | Borgia | 39%
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| General whose "redshirts" fought for that unification | Giuseppe Garibaldi | 38%
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| First king of a united Italy (1861) | Victor Emmanuel II | 36%
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| Faction that were rivals of the Ghibellines | The Guelphs | 19%
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