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House of Savoy - Quiz
House of Savoy
  • 1. In what year was the House of Savoy established?
A) 1416
B) 1051
C) 1861
D) 1003
  • 2. Who is considered the founder of the House of Savoy?
A) Victor Emmanuel II
B) Amadeus I
C) Humbert I
D) Charles III
  • 3. Which city served as the capital of the duchy after Emmanuel Philibert moved it from Chambéry?
A) Turin
B) Palermo
C) Nice
D) Geneva
  • 4. Which king was the last monarch of Italy before the 1946 referendum?
A) Umberto I
B) Umberto II
C) Victor Emmanuel II
D) Victor Emmanuel III
  • 5. What is the name of the constitution conceded by Charles Albert in 1848?
A) Treaty of Versailles
B) Treaty of Paris
C) London Pact
D) Statuto Albertino
  • 6. Which general was decorated by Umberto I after the massacre in Milan in 1898?
A) Barthélemy Catherine Joubert
B) Pietro Badoglio
C) Fiorenzo Bava Beccaris
D) Giovanni Passannante
  • 7. Who assassinated Umberto I in 1900?
A) Giuseppe Mazzini
B) Gaetano Bresci
C) Giovanni Passannante
D) Pietro Acciarito
  • 8. Which territory was exchanged for the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1720?
A) Savoy
B) Sicily
C) Nice
D) Piedmont
  • 9. Who became the leader of the Italian unification movement as prime minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia?
A) Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour
B) Benito Mussolini
C) Giuseppe Mazzini
D) Victor Emmanuel II
  • 10. Which poet wrote 'On the Late Massacre in Piedmont' regarding the 1655 killings of the Waldensians?
A) Giuseppe Mazzini
B) Dante Alighieri
C) John Milton
D) Oliver Cromwell
  • 11. What title was Vittorio Emanuele conferred on his fiancée Marina Doria?
A) Marchioness of Susa
B) Duchess of Sant'Anna di Valdieri
C) Duchess of Aosta
D) Princess of Naples
  • 12. In what year did the Kingdom of Italy formally end?
A) 1946
B) 1983
C) 1943
D) 1922
  • 13. Which monarch was crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in 1935?
A) Victor Emmanuel III
B) Victor Emmanuel II
C) Charles Emmanuel III
D) Umberto II
  • 14. Which family member was accused of the fatal wounding of Dirk Hamer?
A) Emanuele Filiberto
B) Vittorio Emanuele
C) Amedeo of Aosta
D) Aimone of Savoy
  • 15. Who is the patron of the House of Savoy?
A) Saint Francis
B) Saint Peter
C) Saint Ambrose
D) Saint Maurice
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