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1.   Approaching Rome, we arrive at Fiumicino Airport just a few minutes early. We discover that Fiumicino also goes by another name, that of a famous historic Italian...but which?
    Julius Ceasar
    Lorenzo il Magnifico
    Petrarch
    Leonardo da Vinci

2.   We decide to immediately make our way by train to the beautiful Tuscan town of Florence, just a two and a half hour train ride from Rome. Walking towards the town center, we behold the beautiful Duomo that caps off the city's largest cathedral. What is that cathedral called?
    Santa Croce
    Santa Maria del Fiore
    Santa Maria Novella
    San Lorenzo

3.   With our meal we share a bottle of Tuscany's most famous wine. Which of the following wines fits this description?
    Lambrusco
    Bardolino
    Frascati
    Chianti

4.   We also enjoy some Bolognese cuisine, which includes which of these meats that originated in Bologna?
    Chorizo
    Parma ham
    Andouille
    Mortadella

5.   Ravenna is famed for its ancient mosaics, which can be found in the very well-preserved basilicas, baptisteries and other religious buildings. It also happens to contain the tomb of what Holy Roman emperor?
    Diocletian
    Constantine
    Justinian
    Theodoric

6.   We make our way north yet again, to Milan. Which artistic masterpiece awaits our visit to that cosmopolitan town of northern Italy?
    Leonardo's 'The Last Supper'
    Raphael's 'The School of Athens'
    Donatello's 'St. George'
    Michelangelo's 'David'

7.   Venice is a city of islands and canals, with the only means of transport being by boat. We take a vaporetto to our hotel room, which sits right along the Grand Canal. Which of these bridges could we not travel under on our way along the Grand Canal?
    The Bridge of Sighs
    The Rialto Bridge
    The Milvio Bridge
    The Accademia Bridge

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