Italy is a long peninsula in the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps across its north.
This quiz asks 20 questions about Italian food, symbols, places, history and famous Italians.
One run asks 20 questions from a bank of 40, so two runs do not ask the same set.
How to play
- Each round shows one question and four answers. Tap the answer you think is right.
- You have three lives. Each wrong answer costs one life.
- After each answer, the game shows a short explanation of the right answer.
- The quiz saves your best score and best time.
What counts in this quiz
- The bank holds 40 questions about Italy: food, drink, symbols, culture, geography, history, people, film, music, science, business, sport, language, society.
- Every question has exactly one right answer among the four options.
What's not included, and why
- Facts that change with the news are not in the bank. The quiz asks no questions about sitting politicians or the rankings of today.
- Questions that need a map, such as naming every region of Italy, live in the map quizzes.
Good to know
- The University of Bologna has taught students since 1088. Many call it the oldest university in Europe.
- Vatican City, the smallest state in the world, lies inside Rome.
- Angelo Moriondo of Turin patented an early espresso machine in 1884.
- Bartolomeo Cristofori of Padua built the first piano around the year 1700.