Cultura Generale Flashcards

1
Q

The first Italian to win the Nobel Prize in Physics was:

A

Guglielmo Marconi

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2
Q

Which poem was set to music in 1814 and became a patriotic song and later America’s national anthem in 1931?

A

The Star-Spangled Banner

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3
Q

Choose the only country which is not landlocked:
Botswana
B. Zambia
C. Gabon
D. Niger
E. Ciad

A

Gabon

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4
Q

David Foster Wallace died in 2008. His most remarkable book is the novel:

A

Infinite Jest

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5
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Which one of the following theories was publicly announced to the Prussian Academy of Science on 25th November 1915?

A

Einstein
general theory of relativity

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6
Q

Italy joined NATO in

A

1949

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7
Q

Which of the following institutions of the Republic of Italy is democratically elected by direct universal suffrage?

A

SENATO
Non il governo!

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8
Q

The Fields medal is a prestigious award in the field of

A

Mathematics

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9
Q

The International Committee of the Red Cross was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize x times

A

3

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10
Q

Which one of the following introduced the metaphor of the ?invisible hand’ in relation to a free trade economy

A

Adam Smith

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11
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An Italian citizen has been denied entry into the USA. Which law has been applied?

A

DOMESTIC Law!

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12
Q

Quanti membri ha la NATO?

A

29

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13
Q

The first Italian to win the Nobel Prize in Medicine was:

A

Camillo golgi

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14
Q

cosa vuol dire esiziale?

“un clima esiziale per gli europei”

A

dannoso

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15
Q

da chi è stato composto l’Inno alla Gioia?

A

Beethoven

scritto da Schiller (tedesco)

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16
Q

anno del Protocollo di Kyoto

A

1997

17
Q

La politica del New Deal varata dal Presidente americano Franklin Delano Roosevelt è spesso associata alle teorie di quale celebre economista?

A

John Maynard Keynes

18
Q

L’aumento di valore della parità monetaria di una valuta in regime di cambi fissi è detto

A

rivalutazione

19
Q

da cosa dipende il susseguirsi delle stagioni per una stessa località della Terra?

A

dall’inclinazione dell’asse terrestre rispetto al piano dell’orbita

20
Q

Di quale quotidiano è stato fondatore Eugenio Scalfari?

A

La Repubblica

21
Q

che cos’è stata la COP24?

A

La 24a conferenza delle parti della Convenzione delle Nazioni Unite sui cambiamenti climatici

22
Q

chi fu Mario Capecchi?

A

un genetista italiano

Premio Nobel per la Medicina

23
Q

chi furono Werner Heisenberg e Niels Bohr?

A

fisici

Premio Nobel per la Fisica nel 1932

24
Q

Where is A Midsummer Night’s Dream set?

A

Athens

25
Q

Which writer had to decline the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1958?

A

Pasternak

26
Q

Where was the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) estabilished?

A

Paris

27
Q

The Nobel Prize was awarded for the first time in:

A

1901

28
Q

Chi scrisse il Contratto Sociale?

A

Rousseau

29
Q

A quale filosofo va attribuita la proposizione: “L’Essere è, il non essere non è”?

A

Parmenide

30
Q

La lingua (italiana, inglese, giapponese etc) esemplifica uno dei fattori caratterizzanti ogni comunicazione: di quale fattore si tratta?

A

Codice