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Benito Mussolini

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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