Answer Key to Italy Quiz of Your Knowledge

How much do you know about Italy? Discover this country: see how much you know about Italy's culture, geography, history, and more. Here are the correct answers to the quiz on Italy, marked with an asterisk.


1 - Where is Italy located?

A - In Northern Europe

B - In Eastern Europe

C - In Southern Europe *

D - In Western Europe

2 - What is the capital city of Italy?

A - Rome *

B - Milan

C - Naples

D - Florence

3 - Which of the following cities was for centuries the political center of Western civilization?

A - Venice

B - Palermo

C - Genoa

D - Rome *

4 - Which of the following Italian rivers is the longest?

A - The Po River *

B - The Tiber River

C - The Arno River

D - The Adige River

5 - How many regions is Italy subdivided in?

A - 17

B - 20 *

C - 21

D - 18

6 - Which of the following Italian lakes is the largest?

A - Lake Garda *

b - Lake Maggiore

C - Lake Como

D - Lake Trasimeno

7 - Italy has an ancient culture, but it is a young country. When Italy did become a nation-state?

A - In 1861 *

B - In 1960

C - In 1848

D - In 1870

8 - One of the following statements is true:

A - Vatican City is a separate principality within Italy *

B - Vatican City is not the center of the Roman Catholic Church

C - Vatican City is in San Marino

D - there are more than 55.000 inhabitants in Vatican City

9 - Who was Giuseppe Garibaldi?

A - A famous actor

B - A famous singer

C - A famous sculptor

D - A key player in the unification of Italy after the Napoleonic Wars *

10 - What is Turin?

A - A type of flower

B - A city in Northern Italy *

C - A river crossing the Northern Italy

D - A style of architecture

11 - Is it true that Italy has the world's largest artistic patrimony?

A - True *

B - False

12 - Which of the following mountains form the back-bone of Italy?

A - The Alps mountains

B - The Apennines Mountains *

13 - What is the name of the large Italian island off the western coast of Italy?

A - Sardinia *

B - Sicily

C - Malta

D - Corsica

14 - One of these statements is true:

A - The flag of Italy is a green, white, and red vertical tricolor *

B - The flag of Italy is a white, pink and green vertical color

C - The flag of Italy is a blue, yellow and red vertical color