1. A QUIZ ABOUT OUR COUNTRY AND OUR AREA
Welcome to ITALY !
A QUIZ ABOUT OUR COUNTRY AND OUR AREA

2. 1. What is the capital city of ITALY?
Venice
Milan
Rome
Florence

3. 2. What color is not in the Italian flag?
Red
Blue
White
Green

4. 3. How many people live in Italy?
about 60 million people
about 40 million people
about 30 million people

5. Venice

6. 4. How many people live in Venice and in the mainland?
about 140,000 people
about 260,000 people
about 230,000 people

7. 5. Why did the first Venetians choose to build their city on so many small islands?
To protect themselves from invading armies
As fishermen they wanted to be closer to the sea
They were great merchants and the lagoon made an ideal harbour

8. They built houses, palaces, monuments on several rafts of various sizes, supported by strong wooden poles that were fixed into the mud.

9. 6. After which Saint is the Basilica (the main church in Venice) and the square in front of it called?
St Paul
St Mark
St Peter
St Mary

10. 7. What are the main means of transport
in Venice?
cars
trains
buses
boats

11. 8. Why are gondolas painted black?
To prohibit competition for the fanciest boat
To honour plague victims
To protect the boats from
the canal’s corrosive salt

12. 9. On which sea is Venice?
the Ionian sea
the Tyrrhenian sea
the Adriatic sea

13. 10. What did Venetian officials ban from st Mark’s Square some years ago?
riding skateboards
selling ice creams
feeding the pigeons

14. 11. What is the main source of income for Venice?
glassware
ship building
tourism
production of works of art

15. 12. Bridges are very important for Venice
12. Bridges are very important for Venice. One of them is called the 'Bridge of Sighs' ('Il Ponte dei Sospiri'). What is the other well known Bridge? It crosses the main canal about half way along its length. It is called the...
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16. Answers Rome Blue About 60 million of people About 260,000 St Mark
To protect themselves from invading armies
Boats
To prohibit competition for the fanciest boat
Adriatic Sea
Feeding the pigeons
Tourism
The Rialto bridge