Statistics for Italian Loan Words

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Freelance photographer of celebrities.	Paparazzo	78%
The Virgin Mary. Also the alias of a pop singer.	Madonna	73%
Correctly cooked pasta.	Al dente	69%
Orchestra conductor.	Maestro	68%
Musical instrument. To play softly.	Piano	63%
"The good life"	La dolce vita	59%
To sing without musical accompaniment.	A capella	58%
Revenge	Vendetta	51%
Painting on a plastered wall.	Fresco	43%
"Our thing"	Cosa Nostra	36%
Transgressive mural art.	Graffiti	33%
Artist's workshop or atelier.	Studio	33%
"What will be, will be"	Che sarà, sarà	29%
A complete failure.	Fiasco	19%
Inconspicuous	Incognito	18%
Cheering	Bravo	17%
The international use of the English language.	Lingua franca	17%
A declaration of principles.	Manifesto	17%
Plaster	Gesso	15%
Drawing and painting technique of high contrast.	Chiaroscuro	13%
Instrument used to capture or emit radio waves.	Antenna	12%
Temperamental, vain, or egotistical person.	Prima donna	8%
"Delicious idleness"	Dolce far niente	7%
Flavorsome subatomic particle.	Neutrino	7%
A complicated situation.	Imbroglio	5%
A music piece intended to be sung.	Sonata	5%
An opulent spectacle.	Extravaganza	4%
Scheme, masterplan, sequence of events.	Scenario	4%
To perform something at the first attempt.	Alla prima	0%