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This type of Italian bread also means ‘slipper’?
Slipperini
Panini
Ciabatta
Foccaccia
Panettone
What is common name for the Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino?
Maserati
Lamborghini
Alfa Romeo
Fiat
Innocenti
Former currencies of Italy were?
The ‘franc’
The piastra
The lira
The centesimo
The fiorino
The scudo
All of them
None of them
A literal translation of ‘tiramisù’?
Put me down
Pick me up
Pull me along
Push me towards you
Measure your waist
The traditional male Venetian mask was originally worn by?
Pig farmers
Plague doctors
Nosey parkers
Casanova’s family and friends
Truffle hunters
’50 Shades of Grey’ bondage fans
If you are stopped while driving by the Carabinieri, do you?
Brandish a 50 euro note
Smile and keep your hands on the wheel
Say that your wife is about to have a baby
Say your dad is called Don Corleone and your mum is a nun
Tell them that you don’t understand a word of Italian, you’re an inviolate U.S. citizen and a personal friend of Obama
Invite them for a couple of Peroni beers
Drive off rapidly in your supercharged Ferrari
Which is the most northerly?
Turin
Venice
Trieste
Milan
Verona
Papua
When a Spaniard pulls his earlobe, he is accusing you of sponging.
When an Italian pulls his earlobe, he is questioning your masculinity.
When a Frenchman strokes under his chin, he is calling you a bore.
All true
All false
Driving in Naples, red and green traffic lights are only for decoration?
Mainly true
Mainly false
Which Italian lake is shaped like a banjo?
Como
Garda
Lugano
Maggiore
Bangio
Mandolini
How many years did it take to complete Milan’s cathedral façade?
10
50
100
500
1000
If you ask for a pastrami sandwich in Italy?
They will look at you suspiciously
They will ask you if you are Romanian or Turkish
They will ask the name of your synagogue
They will ask if you want it on rye bread
Any or all of them
Ernest Hemingway lived and wrote on a Venetian island famous for malaria problems?
A lie
Torcello
Burano
Murano
Mala Riamus
When the family of the Venetian Doge became almost depleted, the citizens seized the last male, a monk, from his monastery and ‘forced’ him to father nine boys and three girls.
True
False
The Ponte Vecchio, in Florence, is populated by jewellery shops. Why?
Gold smells better than rotten meat and offal
Tourists don’t buy much fruit and vegetables
Florence was once a ‘duty free’ zone
It was impossible to tunnel into the vaults from below
Don Papa Vecchio was an ancestor of Gerald Ratner
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Answers:
Ciabatta/Fiat/All of them/Pick me up/Plague doctors/Smile and keep your hands on the wheel/Trieste/All true/Mainly true/Garda/500/Any or all of them/Torcello/True/Gold smell better than rotten meat and offal
