Question

48 percent of Italy's electricity is generated from the 900 or so hydroelectric plants on this river. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this rapidly deteriorating river that flows through Cremona.
ANSWER: Po River
[10h] One consequence of the Po Valley drying up is less reliance on water-hungry crops such as this one. Cultivars such as Soreli and Dori make Italy the leading producer of this fruit, most famously grown in a country that markets this fruit under the brand "Zespri."
ANSWER: kiwi [or kiwifruit; or Chinese gooseberry; prompt on gooseberry] (Zespri is from New Zealand)
[10e] Postwar automation of rice farms in the Po Valley sent many farmers to work in the factories of this city, the capital of Piedmont. This host city of the 2006 Winter Olympics is home to a chapel housing its namesake burial shroud of Jesus.
ANSWER: Turin [or Torino]
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