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Which sport was the Circus Maximus mainly used for?
Answer: Chariot racing
Why: It held over 150,000 spectators by modern estimates, far more than the Colosseum's 50,000 to 80,000.
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What are the 'nasoni' found on Rome's streets?
Answer: Drinking fountains
Why: Blocking the spout with a finger sends the water up through a small hole on top, turning it into a drinking jet.
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Which country's diplomat left money to build the Spanish Steps?
Answer: France
Why: The steps climb to Trinità dei Monti, a church that stood under the patronage of France's Bourbon kings.
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Where do cardinals vote to elect a new pope?
Answer: Sistine Chapel
Why: Ballots are burned in a stove inside the chapel, and white smoke from its chimney tells the crowd a pope has been chosen.
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Which church is the Pope's cathedral?
Answer: St. John Lateran
Why: It stands outside Vatican City, on Italian soil, yet has extraterritorial status under the 1929 Lateran Treaty.
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Where does the name of Termini station come from?
Answer: Ancient baths
Why: Part of those baths, the Baths of Diocletian, became the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli, designed by Michelangelo.
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