Do You Know Torino?

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1. In which region is Torino? Lombardy Piedmont Tuscany Sardinia

2. Torino was the first capital of the Kingdom of Italy. Which royal family ruled there? Savoy Hoenzollern Haubsburgh Medici

3. What is the main river flowing through Torino? Answer: (One word, two letters)

4. In 1959, a plane crashed against one of the hills surrounding Torino. The entire Turin Football team was destroyed (and awarded the Championship title posthumously). This tragedy, recalling the one in 1958 suffered by Manchester United, is called 'the tragedy of'? Torino Malperga Superga Morpurgo

5. The most outsanding building is La Mole, a huge dome with a pinnacle. Which architect designed it? Antonelli Brunelleschi Juvarra Vanvitelli

6. What originally the Mole was intended to be? A church A synagogue A museum A mausoleum

7. Stupinigi, Valentino, Medievale. Turin is rich of things like these. You guess what? Royal Parks Cathedrals Islands on the river Castles

8. After the bombing of Dresden, Torino is the only town left that can be considered an original and almost intact example of what style? Baroque Rococo Rationalist Gothic

9. Along with Lyon and Prague, Torino is said to be part of a 'magical triangle'. What have these three cities in common, apart a common fondness of their inhabitants for occult science? They are all cited in an old profecy They are on the same parallel Three rivers Nostradamus lived in all three.

10. Now if this quiz has enticed you to visit the town, in which airport will you land? Caselle Malpensa Linate Fiumicino