| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Explorer from whose name the term 'America' is derived | Amerigo Vespucci | 92%
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| Astronomer who improved the telescope and studied the Milky Way | Galileo Galilei | 92%
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| Author of painting Mona Lisa | Leonardo da Vinci | 92%
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| Politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party | Benito Mussolini | 89%
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| The first European to reach the Americas in 1492 | Christopher Columbus | 89%
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| Sculptor of the famous David statue | Michelangelo | 89%
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| 'Father of the Italian Language' and the author of Divine Comedy | Dante Alighieri | 87%
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| Media tycoon and Prime Minister of Italy in four governments | Silvio Berlusconi | 84%
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| Composer known for a series of violin concertos The Four Seasons | Antonio Vivaldi | 82%
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| Founder of the Scuderia Grand Prix team | Enzo Ferrari | 82%
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| One of the first European travelers along the famous Silk Road | Marco Polo | 82%
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| Fashion designer who was shot and killed in Miami in 1997 | Gianni Versace | 79%
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| Fashion house founder in 1975 with its headquarters in Milan | Giorgio Armani | 79%
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| Famous craftsman of string instruments | Antonio Stradivari | 76%
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| One of the most acclaimed and loved tenors of all times | Luciano Pavarotti | 76%
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| De facto ruler of the Florentine Republic during Renaissance | Lorenzo de' Medici | 74%
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| Creator of the Spaghetti Western genre | Sergio Leone | 74%
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| Widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time | Gianluigi Buffon | 71%
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| Composer of operas La Traviata, Rigoletto and Nabucco | Giuseppe Verdi | 71%
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| General who played a critical role during the rise of the Roman Empire | Julius Caesar | 71%
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| Painter of Sistine Madonna and Transfiguration | Raphael | 68%
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| Influential film director of La Dolce Vita | Federico Fellini | 61%
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| Nine-time Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champion | Valentino Rossi | 61%
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| Opera tenor who became completely blind at age 12 | Andrea Bocelli | 58%
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| Tennis player who won 4 Grand slam titles as of 2025 | Jannik Sinner | 58%
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| FIFA's Best Referee of the Year six consecutive times | Pierluigi Collina | 58%
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| FIFA World Player of the Year in 1993 known as 'The Divine Ponytail' | Roberto Baggio | 58%
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| Often called the father of modern political philosophy and political science | Niccolo Machiavelli | 53%
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| Footballer who played an entire career as a left back for AC Milan | Paolo Maldini | 53%
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| Most successful football manager in the Champions League history | Carlo Ancelotti | 50%
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| The composer of operas Madame Butterfly and Turandot | Giacomo Puccini | 50%
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| Director and star in the holocaust comedy-drama film Life is Beautiful | Roberto Benigni | 50%
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| Author of The Decameron | Giovanni Boccaccio | 47%
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| Composer in most of Sergio Leone's and Giuseppe Tornatore's films | Ennio Morricone | 39%
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| Physicist and chemist who was credited as the inventor of the electric battery | Alessandro Volta | 37%
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| Author of novel The Name of the Rose | Umberto Eco | 37%
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| Actor known for action-comedy and Spaghetti Western roles | Bud Spencer | 34%
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| Author of Equestrian Monument of Gattamelata | Donatello | 32%
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| Composer of The Barber of Seville | Gioacino Rossini | 32%
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| Most celebrated violin virtuoso of his time | Niccolo Paganini | 29%
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| Creator of the children's novel Adventures of Pinocchio | Carlo Collodi | 26%
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| Singer who recorded a duet Cose Delle Vita with Tina Turner | Eros Ramazzotti | 26%
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| Designer of the dome of the Florence Cathedral | Filippo Brunelleschi | 26%
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| Burned at the stake by the Inquisition because of his cosmological theories | Giordano Bruno | 26%
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| Artist commissioned on the artworks in the Sistine Chapel | Sandro Botticelli | 24%
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| Director of Last Tango in Paris and The Last Emperor | Bernardo Bertolucci | 21%
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| Often credited of the founding of Renaissance humanism | Francesco Petrarch | 13%
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| Designated as patron saint of Italy by Pope Gregory IX | Saint Francis of Assisi | 13%
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| The world’s most famous adventurer who wrote The Story of My Life | Giacomo Casanova | 11%
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| Widely considered to be the best Italian basketball player ever | Dino Meneghin | 5%
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