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History In A Map – The Answers Posted by Geoff on Dec 8, 2017
Here are the solutions to our History In A Map quiz. Well done everyone who had a go. Now let’s see how many you got right? 1. Clue: famous 19th Century composer of operas, from Busseto, near Parma. One of his pieces, “Va’ pensiero”, is considered the unofficial Italian anthem = Viale Verdi 2. Clue: a…
History In A Map – A Quiz Posted by Geoff on Dec 5, 2017
If you’ve travelled in Italy you’ll have noticed a commonality amongst the names given to streets and squares. Let’s see if you can identify some of the most well known ones from the clues below, then fill in the missing name. Here’s an example to get you started: Clue: All roads lead there = Via…
Famous Italians – a Quiz Posted by Geoff on Nov 17, 2014
It’s been a while since we’ve had a quiz. So before you all go into letargo (hibernation) for the winter we thought we’d give you a bit of brain exercise to do. In this quiz you need to identify the twelve famous Italians described below. We’ve tried to make the quiz accessible to everyone by…