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Junior Cycle Italian: Famous Italians

How often Famous Italians comes up on the Italian papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 3 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Famous Italians, Common Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Famous Italians.

(a)Who painted the Mona Lisa (la Gioconda)?
  1. Michelangelo
  2. Leonardo da Vinci
  3. Galileo Galilei
(b)Which explorer from Genoa sailed across the Atlantic to the Americas in 1492?
  1. Marco Polo
  2. Amerigo Vespucci
  3. Cristoforo Colombo
(c)Who was Luciano Pavarotti?
  1. An opera singer
  2. A painter
  3. A racing driver
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(a) Leonardo da Vinci

(b) Cristoforo Colombo

(c) An opera singer

Your turn: Common Level questions on Famous Italians.

Common Level

Asked on 3 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q15, Q18
2025Q13
2024Not asked
2023Not asked
2022Q14

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Famous Italians questions

Famous Italians, 3 marks

What is Maria Montessori known for?

  1. A way of building bridges
  2. Designing fast racing cars
  3. A way of teaching children
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A way of teaching children

Maria Montessori (1870–1952), one of Italy's first women doctors, created a way of teaching young children. Montessori schools are found worldwide, Ireland included.

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