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Italy Alphabetics Trivia Quiz

From A to Z, a tour of Italy and a bit of its culture. Buon viaggio.

A multiple-choice quiz by zordy. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
zordy

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
245,885

Updated
Aug 16 24

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
13 / 20

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2628

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 20

1. A is for the long mountain range running north-south along the Boot.
Hint

Alps

Apennines

Apuane

Aostane

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Question 2 of 20

2. B is for the place of the oldest university in Europe. Hint

Bari

Bologna

Biella

Benevento

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Question 3 of 20

3. C is for the common name of lake Lario. Hint

Como

Crema

Cuma

Ceresio

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Question 4 of 20

4. D is for the title the Governor of the Repubblica di Venezia used to bear.
Hint

Damio

Duce

Doge

Duca

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Question 5 of 20

5. E is for a town in the middle of Sicily, formerly Castrogiovanni. Hint

Empoli

Erice

Egnatia

Enna

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Question 6 of 20

6. F is for Florence: do you know the Italian name?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 7 of 20

7. G is for a major port on the Ligurian Sea. Hint

Genova

Gaeta

Gela

Geneva

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Question 8 of 20

8. K is for a lake and a red wine in Alto Adige - Sud Tyrol. Hint

Kola

Kaltern

Kursk

Komodo

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Question 9 of 20

9. I is for a town that hosts the San Marino Formula One GP. Hint

Imola

Innichen

Imperia

Iesi

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Question 10 of 20

10. L is for a language spoken in the Dolomites. Hint

Latin

Languedoc

Logudurese

Ladin

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Question 11 of 20

11. M is for a big city where most of Italian fashion comes from. (Italian name only)

Answer: (Please use the Italian name)

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Question 12 of 20

12. N is for one of the most beautiful squares in Rome. Hint

Navona

Napoli

Navarra

Novara

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Question 13 of 20

13. P is for the longest river in Italy.

Answer: (A two-letter word)

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Question 14 of 20

14. Q is for a cheese produced in Lombardy. Hint

Quarantello

Quartirolo

Quejo

Quorgonzola

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Question 15 of 20

15. R is for a beautiful mountain in the western Alps whose name means "pink": Monte...
Hint

Rosso

Rosa

Rubello

Rotto

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Question 16 of 20

16. S is for a big island in the middle of Tyrrhenian Sea, just south of Corsica.

Answer: (Not Sicily)

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Question 17 of 20

17. T is for the main feature of San Gimignano. Hint

Theatre

Town Hall

Towers

Terraces

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Question 18 of 20

18. U is for a landlocked region, Saint Francis homeland. Hint

Uburra

Ulzana

Umbria

Urania

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Question 19 of 20

19. V is for a famous volcano near Naples.

Answer: (One Word. Think Pompeii)

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Question 20 of 20

20. Z is for a sweet Sicilian wine. Hint

Zenzero

Zabaione

Zibibbo

Zarsala

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. A is for the long mountain range running north-south along the Boot.

Answer: Apennines

The range goes from Liguria to Calabria, for a total length of 1200 km. The max height is Corno Grande del Gran Sasso 2912 m.

2. B is for the place of the oldest university in Europe.

Answer: Bologna

To be more precise, The University of Bologna is the oldest continually operating degree-granting university in the world. It was established in 1088.

3. C is for the common name of lake Lario.

Answer: Como

Beloved by Stendhal, not very appreciated by Mark Twain, who loved Lake Tahoe better, now it has arisen to new fame thanks to George Clooney.

4. D is for the title the Governor of the Repubblica di Venezia used to bear.

Answer: Doge

Here's a nice word for you: the feminine of Doge is Dogaressa.

5. E is for a town in the middle of Sicily, formerly Castrogiovanni.

Answer: Enna

Enna, Umbilicum Siciliae or Navel of Sicily, is the loftiest provincial capital of Italy (931 metres above sea level).

6. F is for Florence: do you know the Italian name?

Answer: Firenze

I've read of American tourist who didn't get off the train in the Firenze station because they didn't recognized the name. Anyway, it is a better translation than Livorno-Leghorn.

7. G is for a major port on the Ligurian Sea.

Answer: Genova

Internationally known as Genoa.

8. K is for a lake and a red wine in Alto Adige - Sud Tyrol.

Answer: Kaltern

The Italian name is Caldaro, but they mostly speak German up there.

9. I is for a town that hosts the San Marino Formula One GP.

Answer: Imola

Republic of San Marino is very close to Imola: the Italian GP is, as you probably know, in Monza.

10. L is for a language spoken in the Dolomites.

Answer: Ladin

Ladin is a Rhaeto-Romance language, related to Friulan (spoken in the North Eastern part of Italy) and Romantsch (spoken in Switzerland) and presently spoken (and taught in schools) in four valleys in provinces of Bolzano, Trento and Belluno.

11. M is for a big city where most of Italian fashion comes from. (Italian name only)

Answer: Milano

Milano or Milan, also known for football, pollution, traffic and crime. It is my hometown, by the way.

12. N is for one of the most beautiful squares in Rome.

Answer: Navona

Designed on the plan of the Stadium of Domitianum, it derives its name from the Latin word for games: "agones". Today it has an exceptional display of Baroque Monuments, plus an Egyptian obelisk.

13. P is for the longest river in Italy.

Answer: Po

Not so long, just 652 km or 405 miles. It flows from Monviso in Piedmont through Val Padana (from the Latin name of the river, Padus) in the Adriatic Sea.

14. Q is for a cheese produced in Lombardy.

Answer: Quartirolo

De Gaulle is said to have said it is impossible to govern France, a country with 265 different kinds of cheese. But this somehow applies to Italy too.

15. R is for a beautiful mountain in the western Alps whose name means "pink": Monte...

Answer: Rosa

The highest peak of Monte Rosa massif is Dufour, 4634 m.

16. S is for a big island in the middle of Tyrrhenian Sea, just south of Corsica.

Answer: Sardinia

Sardinia has a rich variety of beaches, luckily still to be exploited completely. The best known built-up area is called Costa Smeralda in the north.

17. T is for the main feature of San Gimignano.

Answer: Towers

Tower were common in Italian medieval cities, but now they are almost all disappeared. San Gimignano managed to keep 13 towers, that's why now it's plagued by tourists and almost impossible to visit.

18. U is for a landlocked region, Saint Francis homeland.

Answer: Umbria

Southernmost among Italian regions untouched by the sea, it has other attractions, like a row of wonderful medieval towns like Perugia, Assisi, Spoleto, Spello, Narni, Gubbio, Terni, Trevi etc etc.

19. V is for a famous volcano near Naples.

Answer: Vesuvius

Vesuvius last eruption happened in 1944, maybe as a welcome to American troops. It made no victims, but the volcano is far to be extinguished. It is only "sleeping" and the idea of a big eruption in his crowded slopes and surrounding area is quite disturbing.

20. Z is for a sweet Sicilian wine.

Answer: Zibibbo

Zibibbo is produced with a grape grown in Pantelleria, an island that like some others (for instance Lampedusa) is closer to Africa than to Sicily.

Source: Author zordy

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