We received about 50 annoying comments debating whether fascism is left-wing or right-wing. These comments have now been deleted.
My clue was not intended to be offensive to any current political ideology.
Hateful ideologues are found on both sides of the political spectrum. That said, fascism is generally understood to be of "right-wing" origin. Other, equally-destructive, ideologies such as Stalinism are usually considered "left-wing".
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I also tried prima donna repeatedly, didn't notice all the answers were single words. It doesn't help me that we have a 'Primmadonna Casino' down the road from here.
General note: if you put italian names, please use all italian names, not only some. (Fascism->Fascismo; Archipelago->Arcipelago) (Piccolo is used in Italian, but it's a very technical name. You should use also Ottavino, that is the name it's knowed in Italy).
But this quiz about ENGLISH words of Italian origin....so it would not be appropriate to use the Italian version. Some words, like piccolo, just happen to be the same in both English and Italian.
I agree that english spelling should be used, nevertheless I think seveneleven is right about his notation that the correspondence with actual spoken Italian is not so straightforward.
A pretty nice quiz. A couple of comments - how about Fascist for Fascism? They can be used fairly interchangeably. Also, as others pointed out, archipelago is actually not Italian. I got it, but it doesn't quite belong. And believe it or not, Zucchini isn't Italian either - it is American, and actually fairly recent too, based on cross-breeding different strains of squash to get it. (Yeah, one of those trivia nerd things Jetpunk addicts know!) But again, thanks for posting the quiz!
Zucca is the Italian word for pumpkin/squash and zucchino/zucchina (zucca + ina = little) are diminutive forms, becoming zucchini/zucchine in the plural. Zucchino, the masculine form (zucchini in the plural), is the first form to be documented in writing. In Italy varieties of squash typically called "zucchini" were developed many generations after their introduction from the Americas. In all probability, this occurred in the very late 19th century, and the word came back to the US in the 1920s along with zucchinis themselves.
As for archipelago, it is an English word from the early 16th century, which was derived from Italian arcipelago, which was derived from Greek arkhi- ‘chief’ + pelagos ‘sea.’ Its usage in English came from Italian, not Greek roots. This is especially apparent because of the timing of the words adoption - during the Renaissance when Italian was at its widest usage as a lingua franca.
Seriously people - a 10 second Google search shows that Quizmaster is correct.
Good quiz 20/20 with 2.14 left. When I started I thought that I would be in trouble but obviously there are lots of Italian/Latin words in common usage. Wasn't sure about archipelago (thought it was Greek) but put it anyway. Note the comments about the correct Italian terms for the words
Whoa, there. Might want to dismount from that high horse there, Sparky. "Tiramasu" is simply a misspelling. And an understandable one, at that. There are far more egregiously-misspelled words that are accepted on JetPunk. It sounds like a reasonable request to me.
If you handed your local baker a note with a list of goodies you wanted, and one of them was "tiramasu", do you really think he would have no idea what you're talking about?
Parmesan and gorgonzola both fit the cheese clue. I tried a long time figuring out how the english write parmesan (they pronounce it funny imo, but that's besides the point ;) )
When that didnt work i tried gorgonzola (before trying more parmesan and even feta)
also falsetto, couldnt that fit the clue singing voice clue aswell? a soprano singing in falsetto sings even higher.
*vandalism or art depending on whether or not the "artist" has permission and/or owns surface on which they are painting. (Some graffiti is beautiful, but I personally could do without the kind people leave on bathroom walls...)
My clue was not intended to be offensive to any current political ideology.
Hateful ideologues are found on both sides of the political spectrum. That said, fascism is generally understood to be of "right-wing" origin. Other, equally-destructive, ideologies such as Stalinism are usually considered "left-wing".
JetPunk is not a forum for political debate. Any further comments on this top risk deletion and banning. Thank you for your understanding.
Also:
-Pistacchio needs the double "c"
-Grotto doesn't exist. The term is Grotta
As for archipelago, it is an English word from the early 16th century, which was derived from Italian arcipelago, which was derived from Greek arkhi- ‘chief’ + pelagos ‘sea.’ Its usage in English came from Italian, not Greek roots. This is especially apparent because of the timing of the words adoption - during the Renaissance when Italian was at its widest usage as a lingua franca.
Seriously people - a 10 second Google search shows that Quizmaster is correct.
When that didnt work i tried gorgonzola (before trying more parmesan and even feta)
also falsetto, couldnt that fit the clue singing voice clue aswell? a soprano singing in falsetto sings even higher.
Not only this is inacurate, this is utterly rude.
This is purely ignorant and extremely rude. There are million ways to guess "opera", you didn't have to go with such an irrelevant one