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Exploring the Life and Influence of Benito Mussolini

This quiz assesses knowledge about the life, influence, and personal background of Benito Mussolini, an important historical figure in the context of 20th-century Italy.

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1 During this time he studied the ideas of the philosopher ________, the sociologist Vilfredo Pareto, and the syndicalist Georges Sorel.

2 Mussolini was first married to Ida Dalser in ________ in 1914.

3 Benito Mussolini, Gabriele d'Annunzio and Pietro Badoglio are all:

4 When was Benito Mussolini born?

5 Benito Mussolini, Richard Harris and Caravaggio are all:

6 Which of the following titles did Benito Mussolini have?

7 Who is Benito Mussolini's spouse?

8 When did Benito Mussolini's term start?

9 Where was Benito Mussolini born?

10 What religion does Benito Mussolini adhere to?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Capitoline Museums are housed in a complex of palazzi surrounding a piazza in Rome, designed by Michelangelo in 1536 but not fully completed until Mussolini ordered it in 1940.
  • the Italian invasion of Albania was launched by Benito Mussolini in April 1939 as a response to the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, and was completed within five days.
  • the Ristorante Cooperativo in Zürich may be the only restaurant to have been patronised by Benito Mussolini, Vladimir Lenin and Gerhard Schröder.
  • the parents of Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini gave him the middle name "Amilcare" in honour of the revolutionary anarchist Amilcare Cipriani (pictured).
  • in constructing the Via della Conciliazione (pictured), Benito Mussolini ordered the demolition of an entire Roman neighborhood, and the forcible eviction of its residents to settlements outside the city.
  • before Umberto Meoli became an economic historian, he fought in the Italian resistance movement and was once imprisoned by Benito Mussolini's Fascist government.
  • Benito Mussolini emigrated to Switzerland in 1902, only to be deported after becoming involved in the socialist movement.
  • Mussolini's Quota 90 fixed the lira exchange rate against the pound sterling at the prevailing rate from five years earlier, when he assumed power.
  • Enrique Tirabocchi had to appeal to Benito Mussolini to retrieve a trophy he received for swimming the English Channel, as it had been confiscated by customs officials when he reentered Italy.
  • Tacchi Venturi, the personal liaison between Mussolini and the popes, was the architect of the Lateran Treaty, which created Vatican City and made Catholicism the state religion of Italy.
  • "Giovinezza" (pictured), the official hymn of Mussolini's National Fascist Party, was played at the coronation of Pope Pius XII by the Palatine Guard.
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