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Absurd Italian 465 Trivia Quiz

Ciao ragazzi, here's another one of those Italian quizzes for those unexpected occasions in life, like the neighbor's Yorkshire eating your underwear on the clothesline.In bocca al lupo!

A multiple-choice quiz by Bruyere. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Bruyere

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
93,759

Updated
May 18 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
3820

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. La tartaruga si sveglia a mezzanotte. Hint

The turtle makes mistakes at noon.

The turtle wakes at midnight.

The lady with the tortoise shell comb is a mezzo-soprano.

The pie is ready at midnight.

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Question 2 of 10

2. La scimmia dello Zio Alberto ha rubato una dozzina d'albicocche dall'albero dei vicini.

Hint

My uncle Alberto's monkey stole a dozen apricots from the neighbors' tree.

My uncle Alberto's monkey's neighbor woke up at 12 in the hotel.

My monkey Alberto's uncle stole a dozen apples from the neighbor's tree.

My monkey's uncle Alberto ruined a dozen of the nearest almond trees.

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Question 3 of 10

3. Il signor Braggadoccio passava la sera col suo cane Ernesto a fare dei cruciverba. Hint

Mr. Braggodoccio walked with his cousin Ernesto with his cane through the crosswalks.

Mr. Braggadoccio passed his dog Ernesto while running a marathon.

Mr. Braggadoccio spent his evenings saying prayers with his dog Ernest.

Mr. Braggadoccio spent his evenings with his dog Ernest doing crosswords.

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Question 4 of 10

4. Mangia gli spinaci e poi c'� il gelato al pistacchio come dolce! Hint

Eat your spinach and there's pistachio ice cream for dessert!

Clean up that paste or there are parsnips for dinner!

Eat your cake and then there's spinach for dessert!

Eat your pasta and there's strawberry ice cream for dinner!

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Question 5 of 10

5. Il barboncino della Marchesa ha dei lenzuoli di seta nella sua camera Hint

The Marquise's boyfriend has film in his camera.

The poodle named Marco has a lens in his camera.

The Marquise's barber is having lentils for lunch.

The Marquise's poodle has silk sheets in his room.

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Question 6 of 10

6. Barbarossa aveva un po' fame dunque ha mangiato due vacche per lo spuntino.

Hint

The red barber was a little famous for dunking cows in the pond.

Barbara was infamous for her capricious behavior and she ordered two dressing rooms for the show.

Redbeard was a little hungry so he ate two cows with mustard.

Redbeard was a little hungry so he ate two cows for a snack.

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Question 7 of 10

7. Pamela non aveva una busta abbastanza grande per il reggiseno. Hint

Pamela didn't have a large enough bust for her bra.

Pamela didn't have an envelope that was big enough for her bra.

Pamela didn't have a large enough statue to suit her ego trip.

Pamela didn't use the brakes early enough.

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Question 8 of 10

8. Accidenti! C'� una mosca nel burro!

Hint

There's been an accident with a burro in a mosque!

There's been an accident, a fly on my burro!

Darn, there's a fly in the butter!

There's been a butterfly incident!

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Question 9 of 10

9. Giacomo ha venduto la mucca per qualche fagiolo. Hint

Jack sold the cow for some beans.

Jack sold the cow for a pile of sticks.

Jack sold his mother for some beans.

Jack got all mucky while smoking a cigarette.

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Question 10 of 10

10. Rosa, hai visto tutti quei pipistrelli nel pianoforte? Hint

Rosa, do you have a view of the piano player?

Rosa, did you see stars when the piano hit you on the head?

Rosa, did you see the piano player go offstage to the WC?

Rosa, did you see all those bats in the piano?

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. La tartaruga si sveglia a mezzanotte.

Answer: The turtle wakes at midnight.

Svegliarsi is the word for to wake up. Sblagliarsi is to be mistaken. Mezzogiorno is of course noon. Torta would be several types of pie or cake and also several savory versions of something in a crust. Here where I live, "torta di verdura" is a sort of pie with Swiss chard or zucchini in it and other fillings.

2. La scimmia dello Zio Alberto ha rubato una dozzina d'albicocche dall'albero dei vicini.

Answer: My uncle Alberto's monkey stole a dozen apricots from the neighbors' tree.

Rubare is to steal, rovinare is to ruin. Mele are apples. Vicini di casa are neighbors.

3. Il signor Braggadoccio passava la sera col suo cane Ernesto a fare dei cruciverba.

Answer: Mr. Braggadoccio spent his evenings with his dog Ernest doing crosswords.

Un crocifisso is a crucifix for the prayers detractor, and una preghiera is prayer. La sera in the singular would still indicate in general in the evenings or at night. Passare il tempo, les vacanze, would mean to spend..time or vacation in this instance.

4. Mangia gli spinaci e poi c'� il gelato al pistacchio come dolce!

Answer: Eat your spinach and there's pistachio ice cream for dessert!

Gli spinaci= spinach. "Pistacchio" is pronounced with a hard c in Italian. Takes a while to get used to it. Parsnips, ever had those? I have and I'm still alive to tell the tale. Not half bad! They are supposedly called pastinacche, but my dictionary was British and old, don't suppose they eat them much any more!

5. Il barboncino della Marchesa ha dei lenzuoli di seta nella sua camera

Answer: The Marquise's poodle has silk sheets in his room.

Il lenzuolo is sheet. La seta: silk. Le lenticchie : lentils.

6. Barbarossa aveva un po' fame dunque ha mangiato due vacche per lo spuntino.

Answer: Redbeard was a little hungry so he ate two cows for a snack.

Lo spuntino is a snack. You also have la merenda heard occasionally.

7. Pamela non aveva una busta abbastanza grande per il reggiseno.

Answer: Pamela didn't have an envelope that was big enough for her bra.

Una busta in this sense is an envelope. Un reggiseno (reggipetto)is a bra, your chest is governed and regulated supposedly. Un busto is the bust but in the sense of a portrait bust or the upper body. Seno is the chest or bust.

8. Accidenti! C'� una mosca nel burro!

Answer: Darn, there's a fly in the butter!

Burro is butter. Asino would be a donkey. Accidenti is closer to darn than what it sounds like to us, and most Italians I've been around lately don't use it any longer, they've gone on to much stronger stuff! Zitto e mosca! Means something pretty close to my lips are sealed, or mum's the word in Italian.

9. Giacomo ha venduto la mucca per qualche fagiolo.

Answer: Jack sold the cow for some beans.

You can also say "alcuni fagioli" if you like. "La mucca pazza" is the mad cow.

10. Rosa, hai visto tutti quei pipistrelli nel pianoforte?

Answer: Rosa, did you see all those bats in the piano?

Il pipistrello is the bat. You must admit that he has a strange name in different languages! Le stelle are the stars.
Grazie a Rosie in Italia per tutto.

Source: Author Bruyere

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