| #9263, aired 2025-02-05 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $200: This 4-letter word that ends with 3 vowels can mean "see you later" ciao |
| #9263, aired 2025-02-05 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $400: Also a style of pasta with sautéed vegetables, this word means "spring" in Italian primavera |
| #9263, aired 2025-02-05 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $600: Italian for "20 miles", it's the name of a town in Italy & of actor Milo, of Italian heritage ventimiglia |
| #9263, aired 2025-02-05 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $800: Denominazione means "designation" & is the D in this 3-letter designation on good bottles of Nebbiolo DOC |
| #9263, aired 2025-02-05 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $1000: The middle of this word for a song played between the acts of an opera sports a pair of Z's an intermezzo |
| #9217, aired 2024-12-03 | ITALIAN EXPLORERS $400: November 3, 1493, gimme a sec, was a... Sunday. No, I'm not a savant, I just know that's when this man sighted the island of Dominica Columbus |
| #9217, aired 2024-12-03 | ITALIAN EXPLORERS $800: In 1503 Ludovico di Varthema dressed as a Muslim & joined a caravan to this holy city with a "temple similar to the Colosseum" Mecca |
| #9217, aired 2024-12-03 | ITALIAN EXPLORERS $1600: In 1524 he sighted New York Bay & then "bridged" the Atlantic once again in 1528, when he was eaten by cannibals in the West Indies Verrazzano |
| #9217, aired 2024-12-03 | ITALIAN EXPLORERS $2000: In 1497, sailing for the British, he landed in eastern Canada--not sure where--anyway, not Asia as he thought (John) Cabot |
| #9217, aired 2024-12-03 | ITALIAN EXPLORERS $5,900 (Daily Double): Last name of Niccolò & Maffeo, who in 1271 were given papal letters to present to Kublai Khan Polo |
| #9156, aired 2024-09-09 | FROM THE ITALIAN $400 (Daily Double): Medieval astrologers thought this, caused by mutating viral strains, was connected to the effect of the stars influenza |
| #9156, aired 2024-09-09 | FROM THE ITALIAN $400: This term for an elaborate melody sung solo means "air" in Italian aria |
| #9156, aired 2024-09-09 | FROM THE ITALIAN $800: Now used to reply "the same", this 5-letter word once came before a machine that made copies ditto |
| #9156, aired 2024-09-09 | FROM THE ITALIAN $1200: Known to vodka drinkers, this word meaning "fine view" in Italian refers to a building that gazes out on lovely scenery belvedere |
| #9156, aired 2024-09-09 | FROM THE ITALIAN $2000: When the pope dies, this cardinal, treasurer of the Holy See, oversees the election of the new pope the camerlengo |
| #23, aired 2024-05-06 | MASTERING ITALIAN COOKING $200: (Giada De Laurentiis delivers the clue.) Mincemeat is used in the alla bolognese type of this classic 4-letter sauce, while the alla napoletana, made with a big chunk of beef, is often called "Sunday sauce" in America ragù |
| #23, aired 2024-05-06 | MASTERING ITALIAN COOKING $400: (Giada De Laurentiis delivers the clue.) Literally "bone with a hole" in Italian, this hearty veal dish needs time to braise to let the marrow in the shanks add rich flavor to the dish osso buco |
| #23, aired 2024-05-06 | MASTERING ITALIAN COOKING $600: (Giada De Laurentiis delivers the clue.) The simplest dishes can often be the most satisfying, like this classic Roman dish that uses nothing more than pasta, salted water, pepper & pecorino romano cacio e pepe |
| #23, aired 2024-05-06 | MASTERING ITALIAN COOKING $800: (Giada De Laurentiis delivers the clue.) One of my favorite dishes to make is a lemony roasted chicken named for this beautiful city on the Gulf of Salerno whose coast is known for breathtaking views Amalfi |
| #23, aired 2024-05-06 | MASTERING ITALIAN COOKING $1000: (Giada De Laurentiis delivers the clue.) Rich in omega-3 fatty acids, anchovy adds amazing umami flavor, but if you hate the texture, try this traditional fermented Italian fish sauce that's just anchovies & salt colatura |
| #9087, aired 2024-04-23 | ITALIAN PRODUCTS $200: A post-World War II shortage of cocoa led to a product called Giandujot, a precursor of this hazelnut spread Nutella |
| #9087, aired 2024-04-23 | ITALIAN PRODUCTS $400: It takes 12 years to make the traditional kind of this 2-word "black gold" from northern Italy balsamic vinegar |
| #9087, aired 2024-04-23 | ITALIAN PRODUCTS $800: According to the "New York Times", a marketing blitz by Campari Group made this orangey spritz the drink of the summer in 2018 an Aperol spritz |
| #9087, aired 2024-04-23 | ITALIAN PRODUCTS $1,000 (Daily Double): This car brand's name begins with the first phonetic letter of the NATO alphabet & ends with another Alfa Romeo |
| #9087, aired 2024-04-23 | ITALIAN PRODUCTS $1000: The marble capitals of the rotunda at the U. of Virginia are made of this type of marble named for a town near the Apuan Alps Carrara |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $400: L'ultima parola is the last word; l'ultima spiaggia is the last resort; l'ultima cena is this, found in Matthew 26 the Last Supper |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $800: This masculine plural form of the word for "all" means all the instruments playing together tutti |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $1200: The mafia was sometimes called this, Italian for "our thing"; for the Jewish mob, replace the first word with "kosher" Cosa Nostra |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $1600: For hair color, it can describe Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner, or it can be an iconic series of Ferrari models a Testarossa |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $2000: It comes before voce to mean "quietly" & before "il sole della Toscana" to mean the book "Under the Tuscan Sun" Sotto |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | ITALIAN AMERICANS $400: After 19 nominations, she won her first daytime acting Emmy & in '23, she was honored with a lifetime achievement award Susan Lucci |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | ITALIAN AMERICANS $800: As director of the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, he became a fixture on TV during the COVID pandemic Fauci |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | ITALIAN AMERICANS $1200: He's in the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his ice rink resurfacing machine Zamboni |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | ITALIAN AMERICANS $1600: The screenwriting credits on the "Godfather" films are shared by these 2 men, the director & the original book's author Coppola & Puzo |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | ITALIAN AMERICANS $2000: In 1984 she made history as the first woman to be nominated for vice president by a major political party Ferraro |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | ITALIAN LITERATURE $400: Matteo Bandello's short stories inspired a number of Shakespeare's plays, including this Verona-set tragedy Romeo and Juliet |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | ITALIAN LITERATURE $800: Lorenzo Da Ponte wrote the librettos to 3 of this man's most famous operas, including "Cosi fan tutte" Mozart |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | ITALIAN LITERATURE $1200: This genre of Italian comedy popular from the 1500s to the 1700s was characterized by stock characters & situations commedia dell'arte |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | ITALIAN LITERATURE $1600: In Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose", murders at a 14th c. monastery center on a book on laughter by this ancient Greek Aristotle |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | ITALIAN LITERATURE $2000: Around 1224 this Italian saint composed the poetic "Canticle of the Creatures" St. Francis of Assisi |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT $400: Before she was a pretty woman, this actress mopped the floor of the title joint in "Mystic Pizza" Julia Roberts |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT $800: Later movies in the "Rocky" oeuvre include scenes in the restaurant Mr. Balboa opened & named for her Adrian |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT $1200: Danny Aiello awkwardly proposes to Cher in an Italian restaurant in this 1987 film Moonstruck |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT $1600: Mookie throws a trash can through the window of Sal's Famous Pizzeria in Brooklyn in this 1989 film Do the Right Thing |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT $2000: In the final scene of this film, Secondo makes a frittata for Brother Primo in the Paradise restaurant Big Night |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | FROM THE ITALIAN $400: Italian for "unknown", it's how you travel when you don't want to be recognized incognito |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | FROM THE ITALIAN $800: Tossed at New Year's, it has a name meaning "sweetmeats", the little candies tossed during carnival confetti |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | FROM THE ITALIAN $1200: These quick appearances by guest stars in films can carve out a little comic "relief" a cameo |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | FROM THE ITALIAN $1600: Ben Jonson's 1598 comedy "Every Man in His Humour" uses this Italian term for a brothel a bordello |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | FROM THE ITALIAN $2000: Somewhere along the line this instrument's name lost its big finish of "forte" piano |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | ANIMALS IN ITALIAN $200: Don't be afraid--this animal is a pollo a chicken |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | ANIMALS IN ITALIAN $400: This animal, gatto, got your lingua? a cat |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | ANIMALS IN ITALIAN $600: After all the gelato, I feel as big as a balena, one of these a whale |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | ANIMALS IN ITALIAN $800: Tell Leon il cavallo, this animal, has arrived a horse |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | ANIMALS IN ITALIAN $1000: Farfalle are these creatures, but please don't eat them butterflies |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $400: A marketplace or square, Rome's Navona one is famous a piazza |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $800: With or without "Asti", use this word to order sparkling wine spumante |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $1200: Also a holiday album by Il Volo, it's how to wish someone merry Christmas in Italian Buon Natale |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $1,500 (Daily Double): It means "at a slow tempo"; Samuel Barber composed one "for Strings" adagio |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $2000: It's the English equivalent of "a caval donato non si guarda in bocca", you ungrateful thing! don't look a gift horse in the mouth |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | EVERYDAY ITALIAN $200: "When the Moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's" this, that's love amore |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | EVERYDAY ITALIAN $400: Rachael Ray says her very first word was this, the Italian word for wine vino |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | EVERYDAY ITALIAN $600: Hopefully, you haven't had any bad encounters with these photographers who follow the famous to get their shots paparazzi |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | EVERYDAY ITALIAN $800: Spelled as one word or 2, it means outdoors, as in dining outdoors al fresco |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | EVERYDAY ITALIAN $1000: Italian for "baked earth", it's the type of pottery seen here made of baked clay terra cotta |
| #8675, aired 2022-07-01 | ITALIAN LOANWORDS $400: Meaning "same here", it has its own marks ditto |
| #8675, aired 2022-07-01 | ITALIAN LOANWORDS $800: Made with espresso, it's named for resembling the color of a certain friar's habit cappuccino |
| #8675, aired 2022-07-01 | ITALIAN LOANWORDS $1200: Name shared by the weapon & the shoe style seen here a stiletto |
| #8675, aired 2022-07-01 | ITALIAN LOANWORDS $1600: It's the text or "book" of an opera or a musical a libretto |
| #8675, aired 2022-07-01 | ITALIAN LOANWORDS $2000: Used to dilate the pupils, atropine is commonly derived from this plant whose name means "beautiful lady" belladonna |
| #8627, aired 2022-04-26 | ITALIAN CUISINE $200: Usually served in thin slices, this Italian ham cured by drying has a name from Latin meaning "suck out" prosciutto |
| #8627, aired 2022-04-26 | ITALIAN CUISINE $400: Here's a piece of this layered Italian cake flavored with espresso & dusted with cocoa tiramisu |
| #8627, aired 2022-04-26 | ITALIAN CUISINE $600: This grated cheese made from skim milk is named for a city about 70 miles southeast of Milan Parmesan |
| #8627, aired 2022-04-26 | ITALIAN CUISINE $800: Puttanesca sauce is commonly made with olives, capers & these small salty fish anchovies |
| #8627, aired 2022-04-26 | ITALIAN CUISINE $1000: It's the 2-word name for this flavorful Italian dish made from veal shanks osso buco |
| #8513, aired 2021-11-17 | ITALIAN ARTS & CULTURE $200: For many years Arturo Toscanini was the principal conductor & music director at this famed Milan opera house La Scala |
| #8513, aired 2021-11-17 | ITALIAN ARTS & CULTURE $400: In the 1980s, the designers seen here launched this fashion brand--D&G for short Dolce & Gabbana |
| #8513, aired 2021-11-17 | ITALIAN ARTS & CULTURE $600: 1950's "Luci del varieta", or "Variety Lights", was his first feature film as director Fellini |
| #8513, aired 2021-11-17 | ITALIAN ARTS & CULTURE $1000: "Bridge of Sighs"s is by this artist, whose detailed paintings of Venice & London influenced generations of landscape painters Canaletto |
| #8513, aired 2021-11-17 | ITALIAN ARTS & CULTURE $1,400 (Daily Double): It's the Italian name for the lively folk dance also known as "the dance of the spider" the tarantella |
| #8406, aired 2021-05-24 | NON-ITALIAN ROMAN EMPEROR $400: The ashes of this Roman emperor who was originally from Spain are said to have been placed in his column in 117 A.D. Trajan |
| #8406, aired 2021-05-24 | NON-ITALIAN ROMAN EMPEROR $800: Maximinus Thrax got his heavy metal name because he was born in this ancient region spanning Greece, Turkey & Bulgaria Thrace |
| #8406, aired 2021-05-24 | NON-ITALIAN ROMAN EMPEROR $1600: Diocletian was born in what is now this country, not far from his famous palace in Split Croatia |
| #8406, aired 2021-05-24 | NON-ITALIAN ROMAN EMPEROR $2000: Born in Syria, a 3rd century emperor was known as Philip the this ethnicity the Arab |
| #8406, aired 2021-05-24 | NON-ITALIAN ROMAN EMPEROR $8,000 (Daily Double): Claudius & Caracalla were born in this Roman region in what is now the city of Lyon Gaul |
| #8236, aired 2020-09-14 | ITALIAN OPERA $400: Vincenzo Bellini's "I Capuleti e i Montecchi" is based on this Shakespeare work Romeo and Juliet |
| #8236, aired 2020-09-14 | ITALIAN OPERA $800: The khedive of Egypt considered Wagner & Gounod to write the music for this opera, but Verdi won out in the end Aida |
| #8236, aired 2020-09-14 | ITALIAN OPERA $1200: A double bill of Mascagni's "Cavalleria rusticana" & this Leoncavallo opera is called "Cav & Pag" Pagliacci |
| #8236, aired 2020-09-14 | ITALIAN OPERA $1600: He said he composed 94 operas, which would have kept him busy all "Four Seasons"; many are now lost, but not "Orlando Furioso" Vivaldi |
| #8236, aired 2020-09-14 | ITALIAN OPERA $2000: Based on the same myth, Peri's "Euridice" & this Monteverdi work are 2 of the earliest Italian operas L'Orfeo |
| #8157, aired 2020-02-11 | ITALIAN LOANWORDS IN ENGLISH $1200: Italian for "hell", it's used in English to describe a raging fire an inferno |
| #8157, aired 2020-02-11 | ITALIAN LOANWORDS IN ENGLISH $1600: In Italian it's the faculty of sight; in English it's a distant view to be had from a vantage point vista |
| #8157, aired 2020-02-11 | ITALIAN LOANWORDS IN ENGLISH $2000: From the Italian for "undertaking", it's someone who organizes public entertainments like operas or ballets an impresario |
| #8113, aired 2019-12-11 | ITALIAN AUTHORS $400: "Divino Poeta" was a title given to this 14th century Italian writer Dante |
| #8113, aired 2019-12-11 | ITALIAN AUTHORS $800: Giovanni Verga turned his own story "Cavalleria rusticana" into a play & it was famously turned into this in 1890 an opera |
| #8113, aired 2019-12-11 | ITALIAN AUTHORS $1200: "It is safer to be feared than loved", opines Machiavelli in "The Prince", dedicated to this man (Lorenzo de') Medici |
| #8113, aired 2019-12-11 | ITALIAN AUTHORS $2,000 (Daily Double): Chapter one of this Umberto Eco novel begins as a sphere "swayed back and forth with isochronal majesty" Foucault's Pendulum |
| #8113, aired 2019-12-11 | ITALIAN AUTHORS $2000: With works like 1877's "Studies of Women", Luigi Capuana was a leader of this movement, Italian for "realism" verismo |
| #8028, aired 2019-07-03 | ITALIAN MUSIC TERMS $400: 2-word term for the principal female singer in an opera; some can be temperamental prima donna |
| #8028, aired 2019-07-03 | ITALIAN MUSIC TERMS $800: Meaning "little book", it's the words of an opera libretto |
| #8028, aired 2019-07-03 | ITALIAN MUSIC TERMS $1200: A coda is a passage at the end of a work; in Italian it means this part of an animal the tail |
| #8028, aired 2019-07-03 | ITALIAN MUSIC TERMS $1600: The name of this small flute is Italian for "small" a piccolo |
| #8028, aired 2019-07-03 | ITALIAN MUSIC TERMS $5,000 (Daily Double): Chopin taught this style of playing with linked notes, the opposite of staccato, which he called "a pigeon hunt" legato |
| #7976, aired 2019-04-22 | WORDS FROM ITALIAN $400: A man's singing or speaking voice in a register that's artificially much higher than normal falsetto |
| #7976, aired 2019-04-22 | WORDS FROM ITALIAN $800: A "little house" for gambling activities... how about the Golden Nugget? a casino |
| #7976, aired 2019-04-22 | WORDS FROM ITALIAN $1200: Crew up for this, a sporting event consisting of a series of boat races a regatta |
| #7976, aired 2019-04-22 | WORDS FROM ITALIAN $1600: A long short story, running about 100 pages novella |
| #7976, aired 2019-04-22 | WORDS FROM ITALIAN $2000: The name of a Venetian ship factory gave us this word for a place where arms & ammunition are stored an arsenal |
| #7971, aired 2019-04-15 | ITALIAN, STRESSING $400: Pope Julius II raised the roof & forced Michelangelo to work on this from 1508 to its completion in 1512 the Sistine Chapel |
| #7971, aired 2019-04-15 | ITALIAN, STRESSING $800: This opera legend was known for pre-concert jitters, but once he got out there, he seemed fine Pavarotti |
| #7971, aired 2019-04-15 | ITALIAN, STRESSING $1600: Facing charges of corruption in 1994, this billionaire resigned his world leadership post, but he'd be back Berlusconi |
| #7971, aired 2019-04-15 | ITALIAN, STRESSING $2000: This emperor relieved his stress over senators by executing 'em, but got a "little boot" out of office in 41 A.D. Caligula |
| #7971, aired 2019-04-15 | ITALIAN, STRESSING $7,200 (Daily Double): This physicist had a Jewish wife, Laura; when Fascist Italy adopted policies of Nazi Germany, it was time to leave (Enrico) Fermi |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | ITALIAN ON VACATION $200: Got in trouble in Tuscany? Call an avvocato, one of these trained professionals a lawyer |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | ITALIAN ON VACATION $400: Bask on the beach in Bari with a good romanzo, one of these a novel |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | ITALIAN ON VACATION $600: It's fun at la taverna, the bar, but sooner or later il conto, this, will arrive the bill (or the check) |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | ITALIAN ON VACATION $800: I think you overpaid at the osteria; they're returning novanta euros to you, this many ninety |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | ITALIAN ON VACATION $1000: There's no shortage of chiese, these--they're beautiful, rich in art & cool in the summer churches |
| #7781, aired 2018-06-11 | THE ITALIAN JOB $200: Cuoco cook |
| #7781, aired 2018-06-11 | THE ITALIAN JOB $400: Prete a priest |
| #7781, aired 2018-06-11 | THE ITALIAN JOB $600: Fornaio or Panettiere baker |
| #7781, aired 2018-06-11 | THE ITALIAN JOB $800: Marinaio sailor |
| #7781, aired 2018-06-11 | THE ITALIAN JOB $1000: Pittore--Italy has produced many famous ones painter |
| #7749, aired 2018-04-26 | ITALIAN LITERATURE $400: Carlo Lorenzini used the pen name Collodi to write this beloved tale about a puppet Pinocchio |
| #7749, aired 2018-04-26 | ITALIAN LITERATURE $800: Lesser known now than another work, this man's "La Vita Nuova" described in poetry his new life after meeting Beatrice Dante |
| #7749, aired 2018-04-26 | ITALIAN LITERATURE $1200: "My Brilliant Friend" begins Elena Ferrante's series about 2 women growing up in this seaport in southern Italy Naples |
| #7749, aired 2018-04-26 | ITALIAN LITERATURE $2000: The author of "The Leopard" was Giuseppe, prince of this, also the name of an island now a haven for hopeful migrants Lampedusa |
| #7749, aired 2018-04-26 | ITALIAN LITERATURE $4,000 (Daily Double): The 1st known one was written c. 1235 by Giacomo da Lentini; Petrarch wrote several to the unattainable Laura a sonnet |
| #7652, aired 2017-12-12 | SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT $400: The sit-down at an Italian restaurant between Michael & Sollozzo ends in gunfire in this film The Godfather |
| #7652, aired 2017-12-12 | SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT $800: Before she was a pretty woman, this actress mopped the floor of the title joint in "Mystic Pizza" Julia Roberts |
| #7652, aired 2017-12-12 | SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT $1200: Danny Aiello awkwardly proposes to this actress in an Italian restaurant in "Moonstruck" Cher |
| #7652, aired 2017-12-12 | SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT $1600: In the final scene of this film, Secondo makes a frittata for brother Primo in the Paradise restaurant Big Night |
| #7652, aired 2017-12-12 | SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT $2000: Mookie throws a trash can through the window of Sal's famous pizzeria in Brooklyn in this 1989 film Do the Right Thing |
| #7629, aired 2017-11-09 | ITALIAN FOOD $200: Minestrina is "little soup", minestra is "soup" & this word means "big soup" minestrone |
| #7629, aired 2017-11-09 | ITALIAN FOOD $400: This Italian ham is mentioned in the classic 1622 Italian poem "The Rape of the Bucket" prosciutto |
| #7629, aired 2017-11-09 | ITALIAN FOOD $600: The full name of a thick meat sauce is ragu alla this, referring to a northern city bolognese |
| #7629, aired 2017-11-09 | ITALIAN FOOD $800: These tubular cream-filled pastries are Sicily's gift to dessert cannoli |
| #7629, aired 2017-11-09 | ITALIAN FOOD $1000: Baked pizza dough, this aromatic Italian bread, comes from a word for "hearth" focaccia |
| #7572, aired 2017-07-11 | ITALIAN COMPOSERS $400: He & Leoncavallo both composed versions of "La boheme" at the same time but his was much more successful Puccini |
| #7572, aired 2017-07-11 | ITALIAN COMPOSERS $800: In 1899 this "Rigoletto" composer founded a retirement home in Milan for musicians & singers Giuseppe Verdi |
| #7572, aired 2017-07-11 | ITALIAN COMPOSERS $1600: (Alex: Take a listen.) His sprightly overtures are the best remembered parts of many of his operas, like 1817's "The Thieving Magpie" Rossini |
| #7572, aired 2017-07-11 | ITALIAN COMPOSERS $2000: The discovery of a large quantity of manuscripts near Turin in 1926 created a renewed interest in this "red priest" Antonio Vivaldi |
| #7572, aired 2017-07-11 | ITALIAN COMPOSERS $3,600 (Daily Double): Vincenzo Bellini was one of the main proponents of this operatic style whose name means "beautiful singing" bel canto |
| #7507, aired 2017-04-11 | SPEAKING ITALIAN $400: When you said I was buffo, this, I'm buffo how? I mean, buffo like I'm a clown, I amuse you? funny |
| #7507, aired 2017-04-11 | SPEAKING ITALIAN $800: Don't fiddle around; "nero" translates to this color black |
| #7507, aired 2017-04-11 | SPEAKING ITALIAN $1,000 (Daily Double): An Italian word for "strong" isn't arabica but this counterpart robusta |
| #7507, aired 2017-04-11 | SPEAKING ITALIAN $1200: The bancomat is this 3-letter acronym to us an ATM |
| #7507, aired 2017-04-11 | SPEAKING ITALIAN $2000: The opera "Pagliacci" appropriately ends, "La commedia è" this word finita |
| #7452, aired 2017-01-24 | SAY IT IN ITALIAN $200: This Italian word is versatile--it can mean hello or goodbye ciao |
| #7452, aired 2017-01-24 | SAY IT IN ITALIAN $400: Hey, baby, it's baby in Italian; just ask Babe Ruth bambino |
| #7452, aired 2017-01-24 | SAY IT IN ITALIAN $600: The name of this brand of pasta sauce means "you're welcome" Prego |
| #7452, aired 2017-01-24 | SAY IT IN ITALIAN $800: (I'm Mario Andretti.) I drove this car in 1994, my last year as an Indy car driver; I called my season-long farewell campaign this, Italian for "until we see each other again" arrivederci |
| #7452, aired 2017-01-24 | SAY IT IN ITALIAN $1000: The 3-word name of this Mozart opera can be translated as "Thus do they all" Così fan tutte |
| #7433, aired 2016-12-28 | ITALIAN GEOGRAPHY $400: This island's provinces include Enna, Ragusa & Catania Sicily |
| #7433, aired 2016-12-28 | ITALIAN GEOGRAPHY $800: The northernmost point is in South Tyrol on the border with this country Austria |
| #7433, aired 2016-12-28 | ITALIAN GEOGRAPHY $1200: Although this river is 252 miles long, only the 20 miles from Rome to the sea is navigable the Tiber |
| #7433, aired 2016-12-28 | ITALIAN GEOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): The name of this region in northwest Italy known for its prize-winning wines means "foot of the mountain" the Piedmont |
| #7433, aired 2016-12-28 | ITALIAN GEOGRAPHY $2000: Italy's chief seaport, it lies on the northern end of the Ligurian Sea Genoa |
| #7320, aired 2016-06-10 | ITALIAN FOOD $400: Caprino, usually made from the milk of this animal, is a soft cheese that will highlight your spinach omelet a goat |
| #7320, aired 2016-06-10 | ITALIAN FOOD $800: This Italian ice cream is denser than regular ice cream & has less butterfat gelato |
| #7320, aired 2016-06-10 | ITALIAN FOOD $1200: This tiny rice-shaped pasta whose name means "barley" is often used in soups orzo |
| #7320, aired 2016-06-10 | ITALIAN FOOD $1600: Spaghetti alle vongole is spaghetti served with these shellfish clams |
| #7320, aired 2016-06-10 | ITALIAN FOOD $2000: This bread salad is made with bread soaked in water, onions, tomatoes, basil, olive oil, vinegar & seasonings panzanella |
| #7306, aired 2016-05-23 | ITALIAN CITIES $200: In 2015 the Pope said this city's shroud was "an icon of love" Turin |
| #7306, aired 2016-05-23 | ITALIAN CITIES $600: This seaport in Liguria lends its name to a popular type of salami Genoa |
| #7306, aired 2016-05-23 | ITALIAN CITIES $800: In 1987 this city & its lagoon were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site Venice |
| #7306, aired 2016-05-23 | ITALIAN CITIES $1000: Though Portugal claims him as a patron saint, St. Anthony is buried in this Italian city Padua |
| #7306, aired 2016-05-23 | ITALIAN CITIES $2,600 (Daily Double): The name of this city on a celebrated bay comes from the Greek for "new city" Naples |
| #7267, aired 2016-03-29 | ITALIAN ART & ARTISTS $400: Add one letter to "titan" to get this titan of Italian art, seen here in a self-portrait Titian |
| #7267, aired 2016-03-29 | ITALIAN ART & ARTISTS $800: Pope Alexander VII was a patron of Bernini, who designed the forecourt of this basilica St. Peter |
| #7267, aired 2016-03-29 | ITALIAN ART & ARTISTS $1200: Wordsworth wrote of this Leonardo painting, "The annunciation of the dreadful truth made to the twelve, survives" "The Last Supper" |
| #7267, aired 2016-03-29 | ITALIAN ART & ARTISTS $1600: Botticelli's masterpiece "Allegory of Spring" also has this Italian title "La Primavera" |
| #7267, aired 2016-03-29 | ITALIAN ART & ARTISTS $2000: One of Raphael's most famous works is an allegory of philosophy called "The School of" this place Athens |
| #7249, aired 2016-03-03 | ITALIAN, WITH THE SPEAKING $200: The merry month of maggio is this May |
| #7249, aired 2016-03-03 | ITALIAN, WITH THE SPEAKING $400: Dieci is this perfect number 10 |
| #7249, aired 2016-03-03 | ITALIAN, WITH THE SPEAKING $600: That calzone will knock your calzini (these) off socks |
| #7249, aired 2016-03-03 | ITALIAN, WITH THE SPEAKING $800: You look lovely in verde, this color green |
| #7249, aired 2016-03-03 | ITALIAN, WITH THE SPEAKING $1000: Making reservations for 8 PM, an hour hence? Open with this common expression literally meaning "good evening" buonasera |
| #7191, aired 2015-12-14 | ITALIAN EXPLORERS $400: In 1492 he reached an agreement with the Spanish crown giving him 10% of any profit from their venture Christopher Columbus |
| #7191, aired 2015-12-14 | ITALIAN EXPLORERS $800: In 1266 his father Niccolo & Uncle Maffeo became the first Europeans to reach what is now Beijing Marco Polo |
| #7191, aired 2015-12-14 | ITALIAN EXPLORERS $1200: In 1281 the Vivaldi bros. made an early attempt to find an ocean route from Europe to this subcontinent India |
| #7191, aired 2015-12-14 | ITALIAN EXPLORERS $2000: In 1495 Henry VII gave this man then known as Giovanni (later John) letters of patent to explore & he reached N. America John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) |
| #7191, aired 2015-12-14 | ITALIAN EXPLORERS $2,400 (Daily Double): He not only has a New York City bridge named for him but bridges in Maryland & Rhode Island as well Verrazzano |
| #7005, aired 2015-02-13 | THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE $400: His notebooks included numerous sketches including the one seen here of a glider (Leonardo) da Vinci |
| #7005, aired 2015-02-13 | THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE $800: He wrote, "A prince ought to have no other aim or thought... than war and its rules and discipline" Machiavelli |
| #7005, aired 2015-02-13 | THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE $1200: This city's Pazzi Chapel, designed by Brunelleschi, was one of the first buildings in the Renaissance style Florence |
| #7005, aired 2015-02-13 | THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE $1600: Her first marriage was annulled by her father, Pope Alexander VI; her brother Cesare had her second husband strangled Lucrezia Borgia |
| #7005, aired 2015-02-13 | THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE $2000: It's a collection of 100 stories told by young people fleeing a plague The Decameron |
| #6994, aired 2015-01-29 | ITALIAN CITIES & TOWNS $400: A neolithic skeletal pair were unearthed "embracing" near this city where Romeo & Juliet lived Verona |
| #6994, aired 2015-01-29 | ITALIAN CITIES & TOWNS $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the coast in Italy.) The U.S. has a naval support base at this southern Italian city; near here on September 9, 1943, about 500 Allied ships assembled for Operation Avalanche Naples |
| #6994, aired 2015-01-29 | ITALIAN CITIES & TOWNS $1200: The earth from this Tuscan city lent its name to a yellow-brown pigment & a "burnt" reddish-brown one Siena |
| #6994, aired 2015-01-29 | ITALIAN CITIES & TOWNS $2000: Over 700 years old, the Palazzo Vecchio was the seat of government of this city back when it was a republic Florence |
| #6994, aired 2015-01-29 | ITALIAN CITIES & TOWNS $5,000 (Daily Double): In 2003 a campaign was launched to change the name of this Sicilian town, associated with the Mafia due to U.S. pop culture Corleone |
| #6962, aired 2014-12-16 | ITALIAN ISLANDS $400: Able was I ere I saw this largest Tuscan isle Elba |
| #6962, aired 2014-12-16 | ITALIAN ISLANDS $800: This island is the largest of Italy's 20 political regions Sicily |
| #6962, aired 2014-12-16 | ITALIAN ISLANDS $1200: The island of Burano in this city's lagoon is known for its colorful homes & beautiful lace Venice |
| #6793, aired 2014-03-12 | ITALIAN ADJECTIVES $400: We were lucky to catch that bus back to Rome--it was the ultimo last |
| #6793, aired 2014-03-12 | ITALIAN ADJECTIVES $800: You want to buy my truck for $100; what am I, pazzo? crazy |
| #6793, aired 2014-03-12 | ITALIAN ADJECTIVES $1200: Pass the lasagna, I'm affamato hungry |
| #6793, aired 2014-03-12 | ITALIAN ADJECTIVES $1600: Don't bother me, I'm affaccendato busy |
| #6793, aired 2014-03-12 | ITALIAN ADJECTIVES $2000: You with your cute hat! You're just troppo! too much |
| #6562, aired 2013-03-12 | ITALIAN SCIENTISTS $400 (Daily Double): Ascanio Sobrero created this liquid in the 1840s & realized he'd made an "explosive" discovery nitroglycerin |
| #6562, aired 2013-03-12 | ITALIAN SCIENTISTS $400: Avogadro's law says equal volumes of gases have equal numbers of these particles in which atoms hook up molecules |
| #6562, aired 2013-03-12 | ITALIAN SCIENTISTS $800: Luigi Galvani figured out the electrical nature of nerve impulses by making this amphibian's legs kick a frog |
| #6562, aired 2013-03-12 | ITALIAN SCIENTISTS $1600: In 1901 this engineer proved that wireless waves were not affected by the curvature of the earth Marconi |
| #6562, aired 2013-03-12 | ITALIAN SCIENTISTS $2000: In 1800 he really made a pile, consisting of plates of zinc & copper separated by paper moistened with brine Alessandro Volta |
| #6510, aired 2012-12-28 | ITALIAN HISTORY $2000: This city-state & republic on the Ligurian Sea lasted from the 11th century until 1797 Genoa |
| #6510, aired 2012-12-28 | ITALIAN HISTORY $3,600 (Daily Double): The Etruscans' territory extended roughly south to this river, where the hero Horatius stopped them at the bridge the Tiber |
| #6488, aired 2012-11-28 | ITALIAN ART $400: One version of Botticelli's "Adoration of the Magi" was painted with portraits of this Florentine family, his patrons the Medicis |
| #6488, aired 2012-11-28 | ITALIAN ART $800: Tintoretto's "Miracle of St. Mark" was done for the Scuola di San Marco in this city protected by that saint Venice |
| #6488, aired 2012-11-28 | ITALIAN ART $1200: Lino Tagliapietra "blew" his future when he dropped out at 11 to work in this medium; he's one of the modern masters in it glassblowing |
| #6488, aired 2012-11-28 | ITALIAN ART $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a painting on the monitor.) Caravaggio's "Deposition from the Cross" illustrates this technique that uses light & shadow to create 3-D effects; its name is from the Italian for "clear and dark" chiaroscuro |
| #6488, aired 2012-11-28 | ITALIAN ART $3,500 (Daily Double): From the spring of 1508 until October 1512, he painted on a scaffold with his "beard turned up to heaven" Michelangelo |
| #6402, aired 2012-06-19 | ITALIAN FOOD $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew helps make cheese at Eataly in New York City.) Here in New York they use cow's milk, but in Campagna traditionally mozzarella is made from the milk of this animal, which many Italian kids believe lays eggs buffalo |
| #6402, aired 2012-06-19 | ITALIAN FOOD $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew makes pasta at Eataly in New York City.) Roman cuisine is known for being down-to-earth; Thursday is the day for this filling dish, & you can even practice your Italian by giving us the full name gnocchi (alla Romana) |
| #6402, aired 2012-06-19 | ITALIAN FOOD $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew watches a pizza baker toss dough at Eataly in New York City.) Tossing dough rather than rolling it makes for a lighter, airier crust, plus it'll make you feel like a real one of these, Italian for "pizza baker" pizzaiolo |
| #6402, aired 2012-06-19 | ITALIAN FOOD $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us ice cream at Eataly in New York City.) Frozen treats have been a favorite in Italy since at least around 1600, & just as small U.S. towns have an ice cream parlor, every Italian town has this equivalent establishment a gelateria |
| #6402, aired 2012-06-19 | ITALIAN FOOD $2,500 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands with a pizza baker at Eataly in New York City as he prepares a pizza.) Naples is famous for pizza, including this simple but delicious one named for the queen who visited the city in 1889 pizza Margherita |
| #6318, aired 2012-02-22 | ITALIAN DRESSING $200: A hot accessory in the '60s was an Emilio Pucci scarf made of this luxurious material spun by caterpillars silk |
| #6318, aired 2012-02-22 | ITALIAN DRESSING $400: Yes, Giorgio! This designer studied medicine before he put out his first men's wear collection in 1974 Armani |
| #6318, aired 2012-02-22 | ITALIAN DRESSING $600: Dolce & Gabbana met in this Italian fashion city, where the 2 would show their first women's collection 5 years later Milan |
| #6318, aired 2012-02-22 | ITALIAN DRESSING $800: Older brother Santo runs the business of this Italian designer murdered in 1997 (Gianni) Versace |
| #6318, aired 2012-02-22 | ITALIAN DRESSING $1000: One of the first designs of this Italian woman, first name Miuccia, was a handbag made of Pocono nylon Prada |
| #6277, aired 2011-12-27 | TALKING ITALIAN $200: "Grazie" & "prego" translate to these 2 2-word companion phrases thank you & you're welcome |
| #6277, aired 2011-12-27 | TALKING ITALIAN $400: You oughta know "otto" is Italian for this number eight |
| #6277, aired 2011-12-27 | TALKING ITALIAN $600: A journalist would uncover that "chi" , "che", "quando", "dove" & "perché" translate to these 5 terms who, what, where, why & when |
| #6277, aired 2011-12-27 | TALKING ITALIAN $800: I'm loony for "lunedì", this day of the week Monday |
| #6277, aired 2011-12-27 | TALKING ITALIAN $1000: A certain piece of hardware is una vite, so this hand tool used with it is un cacciavite a screwdriver |
| #6204, aired 2011-07-28 | ANIMALS IN ITALIAN $200: Avoid the sting as you tell us that un'ape is this insect the bee |
| #6204, aired 2011-07-28 | ANIMALS IN ITALIAN $400: If you're called un asino, you're either a fool, or this animal a donkey |
| #6204, aired 2011-07-28 | ANIMALS IN ITALIAN $600: That's the scariest ragno, one of these, I've ever seen! Don't tell Signorina Muffet a spider |
| #6204, aired 2011-07-28 | ANIMALS IN ITALIAN $800: Un cane is this; ready for walkies? a dog |
| #6204, aired 2011-07-28 | ANIMALS IN ITALIAN $1000: It really gets me that una capra is one of these farm animals a goat |
| #6171, aired 2011-06-13 | ITALIAN LITERATURE $400: His use of Tuscan dialect in the "Divine Comedy" helped make it the standard form of modern Italian Dante |
| #6171, aired 2011-06-13 | ITALIAN LITERATURE $800: Giacomo da Lentini is credited with inventing this poetic form ("Let's see, 12 lines--not enough, 16--too many, hmm") the sonnet |
| #6171, aired 2011-06-13 | ITALIAN LITERATURE $1200: While Machiavelli was writing this, he was working on another book on how to preserve republics The Prince |
| #6171, aired 2011-06-13 | ITALIAN LITERATURE $1600: Ignazio Silone revised his peasant novel "Pane e Vino" as "Vino e Pane"; either way, the title refers to these 2 things bread & wine |
| #6171, aired 2011-06-13 | ITALIAN LITERATURE $2000: Dario Fo's plays include "Accidental Death of" this person of anti-government views an Anarchist |
| #6135, aired 2011-04-22 | LET'S HAVE ITALIAN TONIGHT! $200: About 635 violins still exist among the 1,100 instruments this 17th century man constructed Stradivarius |
| #6135, aired 2011-04-22 | LET'S HAVE ITALIAN TONIGHT! $400: Message for you, sir...! In 1897 he founded his wireless telegraph & signal company in London (Guglielmo) Marconi |
| #6135, aired 2011-04-22 | LET'S HAVE ITALIAN TONIGHT! $600: This Food Network personality grew up in her film producer grandfather's restaurant, DDL Foodshow Giada De Laurentiis |
| #6135, aired 2011-04-22 | LET'S HAVE ITALIAN TONIGHT! $1,000 (Daily Double): This Italian-born man began his brief tenure as pope on August 26, 1978 John Paul I |
| #6135, aired 2011-04-22 | LET'S HAVE ITALIAN TONIGHT! $1000: In 2002 he wrote "Baudolino", a historical novel set in 12th century Europe; what an author... author... author Umberto Eco |
| #6061, aired 2011-01-10 | ITALIAN ART & ARTISTS $200: Begun in 1503, it's been called "the most famous portrait in art history" the Mona Lisa |
| #6061, aired 2011-01-10 | ITALIAN ART & ARTISTS $400: Michelangelo's scenes on the Sistine Chapel ceiling include this pair's "temptation and expulsion" Adam & Eve |
| #6061, aired 2011-01-10 | ITALIAN ART & ARTISTS $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a painting.) In a painting by Piero della Francesca, as Jesus is being baptized you see a dove descend upon him, representing this part of the trinity the Holy Spirit |
| #6061, aired 2011-01-10 | ITALIAN ART & ARTISTS $800: In his "Purgatorio", this poet mentions that painter Giotto di Bondone "is all the rage today" Dante |
| #6061, aired 2011-01-10 | ITALIAN ART & ARTISTS $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a painting.) Caravaggio's gypsy woman isn't just holding the man's hand, she's reading his palm, giving the painting this title The Fortune Teller |
| #6012, aired 2010-11-02 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $400: Primo can mean this, the opposite of tardi early |
| #6012, aired 2010-11-02 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $800: You might take due aspirina if you have un mal di capo, one of these a headache |
| #6012, aired 2010-11-02 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $1200: This neutral color is grigio gray |
| #6012, aired 2010-11-02 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $1600: Mi dispiace is this apologetic phrase "I'm sorry" |
| #6012, aired 2010-11-02 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $2000: In Italian, this holiday is Pasqua Easter |
| #5830, aired 2010-01-08 | ITALIAN COOKING $200: You can use Arborio rice to make this dish; let each addition of broth be absorbed before adding the next risotto |
| #5830, aired 2010-01-08 | ITALIAN COOKING $400: To make a basic version of this Italian staple, gradually add cornmeal to boiling water; stir constantly polenta |
| #5830, aired 2010-01-08 | ITALIAN COOKING $600: This no-cook sauce blends basil, pine nuts & garlic: add oil slowly so the sauce emulsifies fully pesto |
| #5830, aired 2010-01-08 | ITALIAN COOKING $800: You can use leftovers to make one of these Italian-named egg dishes that's similar to an omelet a frittata |
| #5830, aired 2010-01-08 | ITALIAN COOKING $1000: Cut a baguette, brush with olive oil & bake until golden; now you've got this appetizer, Italian for "little toasts" crostini |
| #5761, aired 2009-10-05 | ITALIAN COMPOSERS $400: In 1861 this "La Traviata" composer became a member of the first Italian Parliament Verdi |
| #5761, aired 2009-10-05 | ITALIAN COMPOSERS $800: Gianandrea Gavazzeni was best known for his nearly 50 years of conducting at this opera house in Milan La Scala |
| #5761, aired 2009-10-05 | ITALIAN COMPOSERS $1200: Hard tellin' why, after 1829's "William Tell", he wrote no more operas the last 39 years of his life Rossini |
| #5761, aired 2009-10-05 | ITALIAN COMPOSERS $1600: His last opera, "Turandot", was first performed 2 years after his death; Franco Alfano finished it for him Puccini |
| #5761, aired 2009-10-05 | ITALIAN COMPOSERS $2000: In 1907, he recorded his "I Pagliacci", the first complete opera to be recorded in Italy Leoncavallo |
| #5705, aired 2009-05-29 | EVERYDAY ITALIAN $400: After the washing-up of a dinner party, you may need to know "L'acquiao e' otturato", "The sink is" this blocked (or plugged) |
| #5705, aired 2009-05-29 | EVERYDAY ITALIAN $800: "Si, Signor Prazzi, fa molto caldo", informs Mr. Prazzi the weather is very this hot |
| #5705, aired 2009-05-29 | EVERYDAY ITALIAN $1200: If you enjoy seeing Italian street life, tell the Maitre D', "Mi dia una tavola vicino alla finestra", "Give me a table" here by the window |
| #5705, aired 2009-05-29 | EVERYDAY ITALIAN $1600: When getting directions, "Segua questra strada per tre chilometri" tells you to follow the road this far three kilometers |
| #5705, aired 2009-05-29 | EVERYDAY ITALIAN $2000: Ask, "Dov'e il piu' vicino bancomat?" to find the nearest of these 3-letter machines an ATM |
| #5639, aired 2009-02-26 | THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE $400: In 1506 Pope Julius II chose architect Donato Bramante to design the new Basilica of this church in Rome St. Peter's |
| #5639, aired 2009-02-26 | THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE $800: His drawing of the "Vitruvian Man" represented the body of the human male in perfect proportion Leonardo da Vinci |
| #5639, aired 2009-02-26 | THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE $1200: When not painting frescoes, he did odd jobs like making models of saltcellars for the Duke of Urbino Michelangelo |
| #5639, aired 2009-02-26 | THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE $2,000 (Daily Double): On Dec. 10, 1513 he wrote to Francesco Vettori that he had "composed a little work on princedoms" (Niccolo) Macchiavelli |
| #5639, aired 2009-02-26 | THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE $2000: On April 8, 1341 the Roman Senate crowned this sonneteer poet laureate Petrarch |
| #5612, aired 2009-01-20 | ITALIAN HISTORY $400: In 1866 citizens of this northern city-state voted to join the Kingdom of Italy Venice |
| #5612, aired 2009-01-20 | ITALIAN HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): In the Middle Ages, the Ghibellines supported the Holy Roman Emperor; the Guelphs, the man in this post the Pope |
| #5526, aired 2008-09-22 | ANIMALS IN ITALIAN $200: Don't be afraid--this animal is a pollo a chicken |
| #5526, aired 2008-09-22 | ANIMALS IN ITALIAN $400: This animal, gatto, got your lingua? a cat |
| #5526, aired 2008-09-22 | ANIMALS IN ITALIAN $600: Who scared the puzzola, this animal? Now we'll never get rid of the smell a skunk |
| #5526, aired 2008-09-22 | ANIMALS IN ITALIAN $800: If you want to win on "Jeopardy!", don't be as quiet as a topo, one of these a mouse |
| #5526, aired 2008-09-22 | ANIMALS IN ITALIAN $1000: After all the gelato, I feel as big as a balena, one of these a whale |
| #5485, aired 2008-06-13 | ITALIAN ART & ARTISTS $400: Add 1 letter to "Titan" to get this Renaissance titan known for his nudes Titian |
| #5485, aired 2008-06-13 | ITALIAN ART & ARTISTS $800: This Leonardo fresco painted in a Milan convent dining hall began crumbling & fading during the artist's lifetime The Last Supper |
| #5485, aired 2008-06-13 | ITALIAN ART & ARTISTS $1200: The first stone for this Roman basilica was laid in 1506, following the plan of Italian architect Donato Bramante St. Peter's |
| #5485, aired 2008-06-13 | ITALIAN ART & ARTISTS $2,000 (Daily Double): Lorenzo Ghiberti is best known for the magnificent bronze doors he created for the baptistery in this city Florence |
| #5485, aired 2008-06-13 | ITALIAN ART & ARTISTS $2000: Andrea d'Agnolo di Francesco is better known by this name found in the title of Robert Browning's poem about him Andrea del Sarto |
| #5367, aired 2008-01-01 | EVERYDAY ITALIAN $400: Formaggio is this dairy product cheese |
| #5367, aired 2008-01-01 | EVERYDAY ITALIAN $800: This food staple is pane bread |
| #5367, aired 2008-01-01 | EVERYDAY ITALIAN $1200: This body part is il piede the foot |
| #5367, aired 2008-01-01 | EVERYDAY ITALIAN $1600: This quadruped is un cavallo a horse |
| #5367, aired 2008-01-01 | EVERYDAY ITALIAN $2000: This day of the week is martedi Tuesday |
| #5168, aired 2007-02-14 | COLORS IN ITALIAN $400: Shades of this color include azzuro & celeste blue |
| #5168, aired 2007-02-14 | COLORS IN ITALIAN $800: This primary color is giallo yellow |
| #5168, aired 2007-02-14 | COLORS IN ITALIAN $1200: This eye color is marrone brown |
| #5168, aired 2007-02-14 | COLORS IN ITALIAN $1600: It is arancio orange |
| #5168, aired 2007-02-14 | COLORS IN ITALIAN $5,200 (Daily Double): This metallic color is argento silver |
| #5079, aired 2006-10-12 | ITALIAN $400: "Parla come mangi", literally "speak the way you" do this, means to speak simply & clearly eat |
| #5079, aired 2006-10-12 | ITALIAN $800: Literally "good day", it's the basic Italian hello buon giorno |
| #5079, aired 2006-10-12 | ITALIAN $1200: The divine "Don Giovanni" duet "La ci darem la mano" means "There, you'll give me" this your hand |
| #5079, aired 2006-10-12 | ITALIAN $1600: From an Italian word for "grape stalk", it's brandy distilled from the remains of grapes after pressing grappa |
| #5079, aired 2006-10-12 | ITALIAN $2000: If you're not going sinistra or destra, you're going sempre diritto, meaning this always straight |
| #5002, aired 2006-05-16 | THAT'S ITALIAN! $400: It's the Italian name for the country's biggest island Sicilia |
| #5002, aired 2006-05-16 | THAT'S ITALIAN! $800: Roman soldiers passed the time playing this game, the Italian version of lawn bowling bocce |
| #5002, aired 2006-05-16 | THAT'S ITALIAN! $1200: These thin tubes of pasta, Italian for "bridegrooms", are often baked ziti |
| #5002, aired 2006-05-16 | THAT'S ITALIAN! $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew gives us a sign linguistic demonstration.) An 1832 book on the gestures of this southern city includes "Mm-wah, perfecto!"--& many others we can't show you Naples |
| #5002, aired 2006-05-16 | THAT'S ITALIAN! $2000: This 15th century movement may have first been named in a 1550 book, using the Italian word rinascita the Renaissance |
| #4928, aired 2006-02-01 | ITALIAN CUISINE $400: The name of this appetizer seen here means "before the food" antipasto |
| #4928, aired 2006-02-01 | ITALIAN CUISINE $800: In Italian cuisine this meat is traditionally the most popular to cook "cacciatore" or "hunter style" chicken |
| #4928, aired 2006-02-01 | ITALIAN CUISINE $1200: A nice addition to any Italian meal is this Tuscan wine seen here in its distinctive packaging Chianti |
| #4928, aired 2006-02-01 | ITALIAN CUISINE $1600: Vitello tonnato is this meat cooked in a tuna & mayonnaise puree veal |
| #4928, aired 2006-02-01 | ITALIAN CUISINE $2000: When you're ready for dessert, leave the gun & take these favorites seen here cannolis |
| #4821, aired 2005-07-18 | NOW THAT'S ITALIAN $400: Though the 79 A.D. eruption gets more press, in 1631 this volcano claimed at least 3,000 lives Vesuvius |
| #4821, aired 2005-07-18 | NOW THAT'S ITALIAN $800: Check out Michelangelo's "Holy Family" at the Uffizi in this Tuscan city, the "Athens of the West" Florence |
| #4821, aired 2005-07-18 | NOW THAT'S ITALIAN $1200: At age 28 his third opera, "Nabucco", made him one of Italy's foremost composers Verdi |
| #4821, aired 2005-07-18 | NOW THAT'S ITALIAN $1,400 (Daily Double): The first poems definitely attributed to this epic poet are the Eclogues, composed between 42 & 37 B.C. Virgil |
| #4821, aired 2005-07-18 | NOW THAT'S ITALIAN $2000: What a political comeback! In '94 he quit as P.M. amid charges of corruption but was re-elected in 2001 Berlusconi |
| #4754, aired 2005-04-14 | ITALIAN COMPOSERS $400: Venetian concerto master Antonio Vivaldi |
| #4754, aired 2005-04-14 | ITALIAN COMPOSERS $800: Giacomo, who found Giuseppe Verdi influential Puccini |
| #4754, aired 2005-04-14 | ITALIAN COMPOSERS $1200: Gioacchino, of "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" fame Rossini |
| #4754, aired 2005-04-14 | ITALIAN COMPOSERS $2,000 (Daily Double): Ottorino; he pined for Rome Respighi |
| #4754, aired 2005-04-14 | ITALIAN COMPOSERS $2000: Vincenzo, who made a "Norma" conquest Bellini |
| #4625, aired 2004-10-15 | THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE $400: In 1455 the Medici family had these in London, Avignon & Geneva as well as branches in Rome, Pisa & Venice banks |
| #4625, aired 2004-10-15 | THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE $800: In 1479 Venice sent Gentile Bellini to this city after a request by Sultan Muhammad II for a good portraitist Istanbul (or Constantinople) |
| #4625, aired 2004-10-15 | THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE $1200: In December 1513 he wrote Francesco Vettori that he'd "composed a little work 'on princedoms'" Machiavelli |
| #4625, aired 2004-10-15 | THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE $1600: A prosperous business was this trade which required the growing of mulberry trees the silk trade |
| #4625, aired 2004-10-15 | THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE $2000: Her father, later Pope Alexander VI, arranged 3 marriages for her; the first was when she was 13 Lucrezia Borgia |
| #4424, aired 2003-11-27 | ITALIAN AMERICANS $400: "The Pink Panther" was one of 5 feature films released in 1964 with a score credited to this man Henry Mancini |
| #4424, aired 2003-11-27 | ITALIAN AMERICANS $800: Poet Dana Gioia, the first in his family to go to college, heads this organization, the NEA the National Endowment for the Arts |
| #4424, aired 2003-11-27 | ITALIAN AMERICANS $1600: This longtime New Mexico Senator legally changed his name from Pietro to Pete Domenici |
| #4424, aired 2003-11-27 | ITALIAN AMERICANS $2,000 (Daily Double): As a D.C. district court judge, this Watergate figure was known as "Maximum John" John Sirica |
| #4424, aired 2003-11-27 | ITALIAN AMERICANS $2000: She's the highly regarded financial reporter seen here Maria Bartiromo |
| #4400, aired 2003-10-24 | ITALIAN ART $400: This "David" sculptor was the only living artist in Vasari's 1550 "Lives of the Artists" Michelangelo |
| #4400, aired 2003-10-24 | ITALIAN ART $800: The Metropolitan Museum of Art showed one facet of his genius in the 2003 show
Him, "Master Draftsman" Leonardo DaVinci |
| #4400, aired 2003-10-24 | ITALIAN ART $1600: In 1330 this Italian city's Church of Santa Croce made room for Bernardo Daddi, who frescoed a chapel Florence |
| #4400, aired 2003-10-24 | ITALIAN ART $2000: A sculpture of his in Rome seems to fear that the church built by his rival, Borromini, will fall Bernini |
| #4400, aired 2003-10-24 | ITALIAN ART $3,600 (Daily Double): A peculiar behavioral trait, or the exaggerated style seen here in the work of Parmigianino Mannerism |
| #4347, aired 2003-06-24 | ITALIAN FOOD $400: Fusilli, a pasta, is often described as being this shape, like the tool that opens your wine bottle corkscrew |
| #4347, aired 2003-06-24 | ITALIAN FOOD $800: For brunch, how 'bout some uova al tartufo bianco -- eggs with the white type of this fungus; can you dig it? truffles |
| #4347, aired 2003-06-24 | ITALIAN FOOD $1200: A traditional side dish, it's a cornmeal mush often with butter & cheese mixed in polenta |
| #4347, aired 2003-06-24 | ITALIAN FOOD $1600: This deep-fried pastry horn filled with sweetened ricotta, chocolate & candied fruit is a specialty of Sicily cannoli |
| #4347, aired 2003-06-24 | ITALIAN FOOD $2000: This famous ham from Parma is often designated cotto for cooked & crudo for raw prosciutto |
| #4286, aired 2003-03-31 | FROM THE ITALIAN $400: Italian for "unknown", it's how you travel when you don't want to be recognized incognito |
| #4286, aired 2003-03-31 | FROM THE ITALIAN $800: From Italian for "sweetmeat", the little candies tossed during Carnival, it's what's tossed at New Year's confetti |
| #4286, aired 2003-03-31 | FROM THE ITALIAN $1200: These quick appearances by guest stars in films can carve out a little comic "relief" cameos |
| #4286, aired 2003-03-31 | FROM THE ITALIAN $1600: Ben Jonson's 1598 comedy "Every Man in His Humor" uses this Italian term for a brothel bordello |
| #4286, aired 2003-03-31 | FROM THE ITALIAN $2000: Somewhere along the line this instrument's name lost its big finish of "forte" piano |
| #4284, aired 2003-03-27 | LET'S SPEAK ITALIAN $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew at a cafe in Rome) If I ask an Italian lady "Esposa?", I'm asking her this Are you married? |
| #4284, aired 2003-03-27 | LET'S SPEAK ITALIAN $400: Quattrocento refers to this century, specifically the early Renaissance in Italy 15th century |
| #4284, aired 2003-03-27 | LET'S SPEAK ITALIAN $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Rome) The city I'm in is Roma, Florence is Firenze & Naples is this Napoli |
| #4284, aired 2003-03-27 | LET'S SPEAK ITALIAN $800: In Italian, coincidenza are these which travelers make with trains or planes connections |
| #4284, aired 2003-03-27 | LET'S SPEAK ITALIAN $1000: It's Italian for "the street" & the Italian title of a 1954 Fellini classic La strada |
| #4242, aired 2003-01-28 | ITALIAN GEOGRAPHY $200: 405 miles but only 2 letters long, this Italian river flows past Turin, Cremona & Ferrara Po |
| #4242, aired 2003-01-28 | ITALIAN GEOGRAPHY $400: The east coast Italian cities of Rimini & Bari are found on this sea, an arm of the Mediterranean Adriatic |
| #4242, aired 2003-01-28 | ITALIAN GEOGRAPHY $600: A 7-mile tunnel through this mountain peak connects Italy to Chamonix, France Mont Blanc |
| #4242, aired 2003-01-28 | ITALIAN GEOGRAPHY $800: The play "Much Ado About Nothing" takes place in the port city of Messina on this Italian island Sicily |
| #4242, aired 2003-01-28 | ITALIAN GEOGRAPHY $1000: In 1861 this 9,300-square-mile island just south of Corsica became a part of the kingdom of Italy Sardinia |
| #4048, aired 2002-03-20 | THAT'S ITALIAN $400: It's the Italian equivalent of a plaza, like Rome's Navona & di Spagna a piazza |
| #4048, aired 2002-03-20 | THAT'S ITALIAN $800: IT's what's happening to music during a diminuendo it's getting quieter (softer) |
| #4048, aired 2002-03-20 | THAT'S ITALIAN $1,000 (Daily Double): A type of jib is named for this Italian seafaring city, birthplace of a famous explorer Genoa |
| #4048, aired 2002-03-20 | THAT'S ITALIAN $1200: This 5-letter adjective for a beautiful woman is often heard after "ciao" bella |
| #4048, aired 2002-03-20 | THAT'S ITALIAN $2000: This sideboard's name is from the Italian for "trust", because possibly poisoned food was put there to be tasted the credenza |
| #3978, aired 2001-12-12 | ITALIAN ART & ARTISTS $400: Andrea Solari dished up the painting of this saint seen here John the Baptist |
| #3978, aired 2001-12-12 | ITALIAN ART & ARTISTS $800: Andrea D'Agnolo di Francesco is better-known by this name found in the title of Robert Browning's poem about him Andrea del Sarto |
| #3978, aired 2001-12-12 | ITALIAN ART & ARTISTS $1200: Seen here is Antonio Canova's statue of this French emperor's scandalous sister Pauline Napoleon |
| #3978, aired 2001-12-12 | ITALIAN ART & ARTISTS $1600: Sebastiano's enormous painting of the "Raising of" this Biblical man is in the National Gallery in London Lazarus |
| #3978, aired 2001-12-12 | ITALIAN ART & ARTISTS $2000: Lorenzo Ghiberti is best-known for the magnificent bronze doors he created for the baptistery in this city Florence |
| #3888, aired 2001-06-27 | ITALIAN MUSICAL TERMS $200: This interval is an ottava Octave |
| #3888, aired 2001-06-27 | ITALIAN MUSICAL TERMS $400: Meaning "cadence", it's a virtuoso solo passage cadenza |
| #3888, aired 2001-06-27 | ITALIAN MUSICAL TERMS $600: 5-letter word for "very slow", even slower than lento Largo |
| #3888, aired 2001-06-27 | ITALIAN MUSICAL TERMS $800: Many a classical movement is this, Italian for "joke" scherzo |
| #3888, aired 2001-06-27 | ITALIAN MUSICAL TERMS $1000: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony begins "with vigor", allegro con this Brio |
| #3875, aired 2001-06-08 | ITALIAN CITIES $200: The locals call it Firenze Florence |
| #3875, aired 2001-06-08 | ITALIAN CITIES $400: Mussolini founded the Fascist Party in this city, but keep it under your hat Milan |
| #3875, aired 2001-06-08 | ITALIAN CITIES $600: Italy's motor city, it's gearing up to host the 2006 Winter Olympics Turin |
| #3875, aired 2001-06-08 | ITALIAN CITIES $800: Pass go & collect $800 if you can name this seaport city between Bari & Brindisi Monopoli |
| #3875, aired 2001-06-08 | ITALIAN CITIES $1000: You'll find the International School of Violin Making in this city, once home to Amati & Stradivari Cremona |
| #3708, aired 2000-10-18 | ITALIAN COMPOSERS $200: Bertolucci's movie "1900" is about 2 men born the day this "Aida" composer died Giuseppe Verdi |
| #3708, aired 2000-10-18 | ITALIAN COMPOSERS $400: 17th C. composer Frescobaldi was organist at this Rome basilica for about 30 years -- pretty good gig St. Peter's Basilica |
| #3708, aired 2000-10-18 | ITALIAN COMPOSERS $800: Niccolo Jommelli, "The Italian Gluck", came from this southern city known for songs like "O Sole Mio" Naples |
| #3708, aired 2000-10-18 | ITALIAN COMPOSERS $1000: Bellissima! Bellini wrote for singers in this style, Italian for "beautiful singing" Bel canto |
| #3708, aired 2000-10-18 | ITALIAN COMPOSERS $2,500 (Daily Double): This 19th century virtuoso wrote 24 fiendishly difficult caprices for solo violin Niccolo Paganini |
| #3583, aired 2000-03-15 | TALKING ITALIAN $200: To indicate this, say "denaro" or "soldi", or just rub your thumb against your finger money |
| #3583, aired 2000-03-15 | TALKING ITALIAN $400: Prego, "you're welcome", is the usual response to this Italian word grazie |
| #3583, aired 2000-03-15 | TALKING ITALIAN $600: This word is Italian for "May", so you'd think the "Yankee Clipper" had his best games in that month maggio |
| #3583, aired 2000-03-15 | TALKING ITALIAN $800: Abbastanza, meaning "enough", is often shortened to this 5-letter word basta |
| #3583, aired 2000-03-15 | TALKING ITALIAN $1000: It precedes "far niente" in a phrase meaning "sweet inactivity" dolce |
| #3546, aired 2000-01-24 | ITALIAN CINEMA $100: His film "Life Is Beautiful" was widely compared to Jerry Lewis' "The Day the Clown Cried" Roberto Benigni |
| #3546, aired 2000-01-24 | ITALIAN CINEMA $200: Literary classics Pasolini adapted for the screen include this one, as "I Racconti di Canterbury" The Canterbury Tales |
| #3546, aired 2000-01-24 | ITALIAN CINEMA $300: "Miss Italia" was an early film by this beauty known as "La Lollo" Gina Lollobrigida |
| #3546, aired 2000-01-24 | ITALIAN CINEMA $500: It's the "Open City" in the title of Rossellini's film about the German occupation Rome |
| #3546, aired 2000-01-24 | ITALIAN CINEMA $1,000 (Daily Double): In "La Dolce Vita", Walter Santesso played the photographer who gave his name to this profession paparazzi (named for Paparazzo) |
| #3380, aired 1999-04-23 | LET'S EAT ITALIAN! $100: Served before the pasta, it's an appetizer plate of meats, cheese, fish & vegetables antipasto |
| #3380, aired 1999-04-23 | LET'S EAT ITALIAN! $200: Long, very thin pasta called capellini is also known by this "divine" name angel hair pasta |
| #3380, aired 1999-04-23 | LET'S EAT ITALIAN! $300: This blue-veined cheese is named for a suburb of Milan, not a snake-haired monster Gorgonzola |
| #3380, aired 1999-04-23 | LET'S EAT ITALIAN! $400: From the Italian for "knot of wood", these potato dumplings may have cheese or spinach in them gnocchi |
| #3380, aired 1999-04-23 | LET'S EAT ITALIAN! $500: It's a layered ice cream dessert usually containing chopped fruits & nuts spumoni |
| #3315, aired 1999-01-22 | ITALIAN ART $100: Dazzling works by Bernardo Strozzi of Genoa include one of this woman's "Annunciation" Mary |
| #3315, aired 1999-01-22 | ITALIAN ART $200: Sculpted by Michelangelo around 1515, he's the Hebrew leader seen here Moses |
| #3315, aired 1999-01-22 | ITALIAN ART $300: One of the greatest painters of the Venetian school, this 16th century artist was born Tiziano Vecellio Titian |
| #3315, aired 1999-01-22 | ITALIAN ART $400: Lesser known works by this Italian master include "The Virgin Of The Rocks" & "The Adoration Of The Magi" Leonardo da Vinci |
| #3315, aired 1999-01-22 | ITALIAN ART $900 (Daily Double): This painter & sculptor who painted the little girl seen here was influenced by cubism & African sculpture Amedeo Modigliani |
| #3145, aired 1998-04-10 | ITALIAN CITIES $200: A regatta held each September in this city features gondola races on the Grand Canal Venice |
| #3145, aired 1998-04-10 | ITALIAN CITIES $400: Shakespeare's feuding Montagues & Capulets were inspired by actual incidents in this city Verona |
| #3145, aired 1998-04-10 | ITALIAN CITIES $600: The pope has approved the public display of this city's famous shroud in 1998 Turin |
| #3145, aired 1998-04-10 | ITALIAN CITIES $1000: Conductor Arturo Toscanini was born in this city famous for its cheese Parma |
| #3145, aired 1998-04-10 | ITALIAN CITIES $2,000 (Daily Double): This city's Piazza Dante contains the house believed to be that of Christopher Colunbus Genoa |
| #3060, aired 1997-12-12 | ITALIAN ART $200: Andrea del Sarto's 1527 version of this Biblical banquet is similar to that of Leonardo, a man he admired The Last Supper |
| #3060, aired 1997-12-12 | ITALIAN ART $400: Gentile da Fabriano used the international Gothic style for his painting "The Adoration Of" this trio The Magi |
| #3060, aired 1997-12-12 | ITALIAN ART $600: For her 1997 calendar, singer Gloria Trevi recreated this artist's "Birth Of Venus" with herself as Venus Sandro Botticelli |
| #3060, aired 1997-12-12 | ITALIAN ART $800: "Pumpkin Head" is a 1420s sculpture of a bald man by Donato di Niccolo, better known as this Donatello |
| #3060, aired 1997-12-12 | ITALIAN ART $1000: In 1533 this Venetian was made court painter by Emperor Charles V, who also ennobled him Titian |
| #2854, aired 1997-01-16 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $100: Maggio is the Italian name for this month May |
| #2854, aired 1997-01-16 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $200: Italians call this metal argento Silver |
| #2854, aired 1997-01-16 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $300: Italian weather terms include la pioggia -- rain -- & il vento -- this Wind |
| #2854, aired 1997-01-16 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $400: Eye drops are delle gocce per gliocchi & these drops are delle gocce per le orecchie Ear Drops |
| #2854, aired 1997-01-16 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $500: The laundromat is la lavanderia automatica & this kind of establishment is la lavanderia a secco Dry Cleaners |
| #2549, aired 1995-10-05 | ITALIAN FOOD $200: The classic pasta for clam sauce, it's sometimes referred to as flat spaghetti linguine |
| #2549, aired 1995-10-05 | ITALIAN FOOD $600: Minestrone alla genovese is vegetable soup to which this basil, garlic & pine nut sauce has been added pesto |
| #2549, aired 1995-10-05 | ITALIAN FOOD $800: Saltimbocca is a veal dish seasoned with sage & topped with slices of this ham prosciutto |
| #2549, aired 1995-10-05 | ITALIAN FOOD $1000: A popular side dish, these round dumplings are often made from potatoes or flour & served with a sauce gnocchi |
| #2549, aired 1995-10-05 | ITALIAN FOOD $1,200 (Daily Double): Peperoni ripieni are stuffed peppers & pomodori ripieni are these stuffed items tomatoes |
| #2490, aired 1995-06-02 | ITALIAN FOOD $200: While it's often a salad with meat & cheeses, it refers to other hot or cold appetizers as well antipasto |
| #2490, aired 1995-06-02 | ITALIAN FOOD $400: Funghi are mushrooms & these expensive relatives are tartufi truffles |
| #2490, aired 1995-06-02 | ITALIAN FOOD $600: Anitra all'arancia is this type of poultry in orange sauce duck |
| #2490, aired 1995-06-02 | ITALIAN FOOD $800: This tubular pastry filled with ricotta & chocolate is a specialty of Sicily cannoli |
| #2490, aired 1995-06-02 | ITALIAN FOOD $1000: The name of this dish of veal shanks braised with vegetables translates to "marrow bone" osso buco |
| #2418, aired 1995-02-22 | ITALIAN CITIES $100: Gnocchi Friday is the height of Carnevale in this city, home of Romeo Verona |
| #2418, aired 1995-02-22 | ITALIAN CITIES $200: To go to the Guggenheim Museum in this city, get off the Vaporetto at Accademia Venice |
| #2418, aired 1995-02-22 | ITALIAN CITIES $400: This city's Museo Alla Scala features memorabilia from the famous theatre next to it Milan |
| #2418, aired 1995-02-22 | ITALIAN CITIES $500 (Daily Double): In 1992 a big Columbus festival was held in this city's Porto Vecchio, or old port Genoa |
| #2418, aired 1995-02-22 | ITALIAN CITIES $500: One of the famous songs from this city has immortalized its port of Santa Lucia Naples |
| #2414, aired 1995-02-16 | ITALIAN SCIENCE $200: Giovanni Schiaparelli first described the canali, Italian for channels, of this planet Mars |
| #2414, aired 1995-02-16 | ITALIAN SCIENCE $400: He won a 1909 Nobel Physics Prize for his work in wireless telegraphy Marconi |
| #2414, aired 1995-02-16 | ITALIAN SCIENCE $600: Luigi Galvani is known for studying the effects of this stimulus on the muscles of frog legs electricity |
| #2414, aired 1995-02-16 | ITALIAN SCIENCE $1000: He found that different gases, at equal volumes, temperatures & pressures, have an equal number of molecules Amedeo Avogadro |
| #2414, aired 1995-02-16 | ITALIAN SCIENCE $2,500 (Daily Double): Evangelista Torricelli, who invented the barometer, was this scientist's secretary in 1641 & 1642 Galileo |
| #2213, aired 1994-03-30 | ITALIAN $100: "Per favore, chiami la Polizia" means please call these people the police |
| #2213, aired 1994-03-30 | ITALIAN $200: The Italian name for this is l'appendice—yours may have been removed The appendix |
| #2213, aired 1994-03-30 | ITALIAN $300: Italians call this religious holiday Epifania the Epiphany |
| #2213, aired 1994-03-30 | ITALIAN $400: This metallic color is argentato silver |
| #2213, aired 1994-03-30 | ITALIAN $500: An Italian woman may tell you, "Sono Con Mio Marito", which means "I'm with" this person my spouse (my husband) |
| #2195, aired 1994-03-04 | ITALIAN EXPLORERS $200: His book on his travels gave medieval Europe its first firsthand look at China Marco Polo |
| #2195, aired 1994-03-04 | ITALIAN EXPLORERS $400: In the 1920s Umberto Nobile flew over this geographic extreme twice in a dirigible, once with R. Amundsen The North Pole |
| #2195, aired 1994-03-04 | ITALIAN EXPLORERS $600: Lodovico di Varthema once pretended to be a Muslim so he could enter this city Mecca |
| #2195, aired 1994-03-04 | ITALIAN EXPLORERS $800: Sailing from England in 1497, possibly with his son Sebastian, he reached North America Cabot |
| #2195, aired 1994-03-04 | ITALIAN EXPLORERS $1000: Verrazzano named an island in Narragansett Bay after this Greek isle that it resembled in shape Rhodes |
| #2131, aired 1993-12-06 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $100: "Sono scozzese" means "I'm Scottish" while "sono canadese" means this I'm Canadian |
| #2131, aired 1993-12-06 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $200: You probably think of otto as a man's name, but in Italian it's the word for this number 8 |
| #2131, aired 1993-12-06 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $300: Alitalia's frequent fliers know these 2 airport antonyms are "arrivo" & "partenza" arriving & departing (or arrival & departure) |
| #2131, aired 1993-12-06 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $400: A hairbrush is una spazzola per capelli & this is uno spazzolino da denti a toothbrush |
| #2131, aired 1993-12-06 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $500: A sign that says "non toccare" means this; you might see one in a Venetian glass shop do not touch |
| #2100, aired 1993-10-22 | ITALIAN FOOD $100: This meat is the most popular one cooked cacciatore chicken |
| #2100, aired 1993-10-22 | ITALIAN FOOD $200: The arborio type of this grain, grown in the Po Valley, is the best for risotto rice |
| #2100, aired 1993-10-22 | ITALIAN FOOD $300: The 2 main types of pasta are secca, made with flour & water, & all'uova, made with flour & this eggs |
| #2100, aired 1993-10-22 | ITALIAN FOOD $400: The name of this spicy Italian sausage is the same as the word for the chili that spices it pepperoni |
| #2100, aired 1993-10-22 | ITALIAN FOOD $500: The name of this semisoft, mild cheese can be translated as "beautiful country" Bel Paese |
| #2089, aired 1993-10-07 | ITALIAN FOOD & DRINK $100: To get this beverage, ask for acqua minerale mineral water |
| #2089, aired 1993-10-07 | ITALIAN FOOD & DRINK $200: Referring to hot or cold hors d'oeuvres, this term means "before the food" antipasto |
| #2089, aired 1993-10-07 | ITALIAN FOOD & DRINK $300: Beef is manzo & this related meat is vitello veal |
| #2089, aired 1993-10-07 | ITALIAN FOOD & DRINK $400: Sangiovese is the primary grape in this red Tuscan wine sometimes sold in straw-covered bottles Chianti |
| #2089, aired 1993-10-07 | ITALIAN FOOD & DRINK $500: Mortadella is a specialty of this Italian city for which a popular luncheon meat is named Bologna |
| #2079, aired 1993-09-23 | ITALIAN 101 $100: Svizzera is the Italian name for this country Switzerland |
| #2079, aired 1993-09-23 | ITALIAN 101 $200: "Ha dei bambini?" means "Do you have" any of these babies (children) |
| #2079, aired 1993-09-23 | ITALIAN 101 $300: If you want your pesce (fish) cooked this way, ask for it "fritto" fried |
| #2079, aired 1993-09-23 | ITALIAN 101 $400: Italians don't capitalize the names of these 7, ranging from lunedi to domenica days of the week |
| #2079, aired 1993-09-23 | ITALIAN 101 $500: For a nice tie or blouse, look for one made of seta, which is this silk |
| #2043, aired 1993-06-23 | ITALIAN MENU $100: In Italy orangeade is aranciata & this summer drink is limonata lemonade |
| #2043, aired 1993-06-23 | ITALIAN MENU $200: Polpette is the Italian word for these spherical spaghetti toppers meatballs |
| #2043, aired 1993-06-23 | ITALIAN MENU $300: Baby ones of these are called calamaretti; adults are calamari squid |
| #2043, aired 1993-06-23 | ITALIAN MENU $400: Zabaglione is a delicious dessert made with egg yolks, sugar & the Marsala type of this wine |
| #2043, aired 1993-06-23 | ITALIAN MENU $500: The toppings on pizza Margherita represent these 3 colors found on Italy's flag red, white & green |
| #2028, aired 1993-06-02 | THE ITALIAN CINEMA $200: This producer discovered Sophia Loren in a beauty contest when she was about 14 & later married her Carlo Ponti |
| #2028, aired 1993-06-02 | THE ITALIAN CINEMA $400: This romantic leading man earned his 1st Oscar nomination in 1962 for "Divorce - Italian Style" Marcello Mastroianni |
| #2028, aired 1993-06-02 | THE ITALIAN CINEMA $600: Ingrid Bergman's relationship with this "Stromboli" director erupted into romance & they were married in 1950 Rossellini |
| #2028, aired 1993-06-02 | THE ITALIAN CINEMA $800: The 1976 film "Seven Beauties" is considered this female director's masterpiece Lina Wertmuller |
| #2028, aired 1993-06-02 | THE ITALIAN CINEMA $1000: The first Shakespearean film this Italian directed was "The Taming of the Shrew" with Burton & Taylor Franco Zeffirelli |
| #2026, aired 1993-05-31 | ITALIAN 101 $100: La banca is the bank, il barbiere is the barber shop & l'ufficio postale is this the post office |
| #2026, aired 1993-05-31 | ITALIAN 101 $200: Grazie is Italian for this; when you say it, you'll often hear "Prego" as a reply thank you |
| #2026, aired 1993-05-31 | ITALIAN 101 $300: If an Italian asks you, "Capisce?" he means, "Do you" do this understand |
| #2026, aired 1993-05-31 | ITALIAN 101 $400: Sono stanco doesn't mean "I stink" but "I'm" this; you might say it after a long day of sightseeing tired |
| #2026, aired 1993-05-31 | ITALIAN 101 $500: An Italian would call this Swiss souvenir l'orologio a cucu a cuckoo clock |
| #2004, aired 1993-04-29 | ITALIAN AMERICANS $100: In July 1992 this former Mousketeer revealed that she has multiple sclerosis Annette Funicello |
| #2004, aired 1993-04-29 | ITALIAN AMERICANS $200: In 1965 he received an offer he couldn't refuse: a $5,000 advance to write "The Godfather" Mario Puzo |
| #2004, aired 1993-04-29 | ITALIAN AMERICANS $300: In honor of her mother, this 1984 vice-presidential candidate still uses her maiden name Geraldine Ferraro |
| #2004, aired 1993-04-29 | ITALIAN AMERICANS $400: The son of an Italian- born bandmaster, he was the 1st NYC mayor this century to serve 3 consecutive terms La Guardia |
| #2004, aired 1993-04-29 | ITALIAN AMERICANS $500: For 17 years he led the NBC Symphony, which was created especially for him Toscanini |
| #1969, aired 1993-03-11 | ITALIAN CUISINE $200: Any dish described as "con funghi" is served with these mushrooms |
| #1969, aired 1993-03-11 | ITALIAN CUISINE $400: The steak dish known as bistecca alla Fiorentina is a specialty of this city Florence |
| #1969, aired 1993-03-11 | ITALIAN CUISINE $600: Saltimbocca, a veal dish, comes from salta in bocca, meaning "jumps into" this body part the mouth |
| #1969, aired 1993-03-11 | ITALIAN CUISINE $800: This squid relative is served in its own ink in Italy; you'll find its "bone" in canary cages cuttlefish |
| #1969, aired 1993-03-11 | ITALIAN CUISINE $1000: It's the most famous of Italy's blue-veined cheeses Gorgonzola |
| #1941, aired 1993-02-01 | THE ITALIAN CINEMA $200: Her son Carlo Ponti, Jr. played her baby in the 1970 film "Sunflower" Sophia Loren |
| #1941, aired 1993-02-01 | THE ITALIAN CINEMA $400: "Tasty" term for the savage sagebrush sagas that were often directed by Sergio Leone Spaghetti Westerns |
| #1941, aired 1993-02-01 | THE ITALIAN CINEMA $600: In 1960 he directed his first international hit, "L'avventura"; "Blow-Up" came 6 years later Antonioni |
| #1933, aired 1993-01-20 | ITALIAN BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200 (Daily Double): This company began selling its United Colors out of Ponzano, Italy in 1965 Benetton |
| #1933, aired 1993-01-20 | ITALIAN BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: Martini's partner in an Italy-based potent potable company Rossi |
| #1933, aired 1993-01-20 | ITALIAN BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: Electrical engineer Camillo Olivetti shifted his interest to these machines in 1908 typewriters |
| #1933, aired 1993-01-20 | ITALIAN BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $600: This automaker is Italy's largest company in the private sector Fiat |
| #1933, aired 1993-01-20 | ITALIAN BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1000: Valentino puts a V symbol on his merchandise, while this family puts a GG on theirs Gucci |
| #1921, aired 1993-01-04 | ITALIAN CITIES $100: Until the 1970s this city's islands were sinking an average of 1/5" a year Venice |
| #1921, aired 1993-01-04 | ITALIAN CITIES $200: Residents of this city are known as Neapolitans Naples |
| #1921, aired 1993-01-04 | ITALIAN CITIES $300: It's thought that Galileo demonstrated his motion studies from a bell tower in this city Pisa |
| #1921, aired 1993-01-04 | ITALIAN CITIES $400: The Ponte Vecchio was this city's only bridge over the Arno River to be spared in World War II Florence |
| #1921, aired 1993-01-04 | ITALIAN CITIES $500: Leonardo's "The Last Supper" is at this industrial city's Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie Milan |
| #1892, aired 1992-11-24 | ITALIAN MENU $100: Cabbage is cavolo, & this cabbage relative is cavolini di Bruxelles Brussels sprouts |
| #1892, aired 1992-11-24 | ITALIAN MENU $200: If you order ostriche in an Italian restaurant, you won't get an ostrich but these shellfish oysters |
| #1892, aired 1992-11-24 | ITALIAN MENU $300: If Nero were alive today & wanted his coffee served this way, he'd ask for un caffe nero black coffee |
| #1892, aired 1992-11-24 | ITALIAN MENU $400: Served as an appetizer, salmone affumicato is salmon prepared this way smoked salmon |
| #1892, aired 1992-11-24 | ITALIAN MENU $500: Paul Simon might know these 4 herbs are known in Italy as prezzemolo, salvia, rosmarino e timo parsley, sage, rosemary & thyme |
| #1890, aired 1992-11-20 | ITALIAN HISTORY $200: In October 1922 he became the youngest prime minister in Italy's history Mussolini |
| #1890, aired 1992-11-20 | ITALIAN HISTORY $400: In 1949 Italy became a founding member of this Western military alliance NATO |
| #1890, aired 1992-11-20 | ITALIAN HISTORY $600: In the early 1850s this military hero worked as a candlemaker on Staten Island Garibaldi |
| #1890, aired 1992-11-20 | ITALIAN HISTORY $800: In the 1860 Treaty of Turin, this king granted the city of Nice to France Victor Emmanuel |
| #1890, aired 1992-11-20 | ITALIAN HISTORY $1000: In 1720 the Duke of Savoy ceded Sicily to Austria & received this island in exchange Sardinia |
| #1871, aired 1992-10-26 | ITALIAN FOOD $100: Don't be alarmed if your lasagne verdi is this color; it's supposed to be green |
| #1871, aired 1992-10-26 | ITALIAN FOOD $200: Traditionally, prosciutto is served as a first course with figs or this fruit melon |
| #1871, aired 1992-10-26 | ITALIAN FOOD $300: The Italian word for "spring", it describes pasta dishes made with fresh vegetables primavera |
| #1871, aired 1992-10-26 | ITALIAN FOOD $400: In Italy these shellfish found in pasta sauces are known as vongole clams |
| #1871, aired 1992-10-26 | ITALIAN FOOD $500: Popular in Northern Italy, it's usually a cornmeal mush but some people make it with chestnut meal polenta |
| #1613, aired 1991-09-11 | ITALIAN ART $200: Bernini was asked to draw plans for this French museum, but jealous French artists sabotaged it the Louvre |
| #1613, aired 1991-09-11 | ITALIAN ART $400: From the Italian "grotta", "cave", it originally described overly ornate decor as in Nero's Golden House grotesque |
| #1613, aired 1991-09-11 | ITALIAN ART $600: Tintoretto painted this biblical meal for the church of San Giorgio Maggiore the Last Supper |
| #1613, aired 1991-09-11 | ITALIAN ART $800: Antonio Canova's nude model of this emperor is in the Wellington Museum in London Napoleon |
| #1613, aired 1991-09-11 | ITALIAN ART $1000: His "Calumny of Apelles" & "Birth of Venus" are in the Uffizi Sandro Botticelli |
| #1429, aired 1990-11-15 | ITALIAN LITERATURE $200: Besides "The Prince", he is also known for his "Discourses on" Livy Machiavelli |
| #1429, aired 1990-11-15 | ITALIAN LITERATURE $400: The Academic American Ency. calls this Dante work the greatest poem of the Middle Ages the Divine Comedy |
| #1429, aired 1990-11-15 | ITALIAN LITERATURE $600: Completes the title of Giorgio Bassani's novel set in Fascist Italy, "The Garden of the..." Finzi-Continis |
| #1429, aired 1990-11-15 | ITALIAN LITERATURE $800: "Pinocchio" author Carlo Lorenzini used this last name, taken from his family village Collodi |
| #1429, aired 1990-11-15 | ITALIAN LITERATURE $1000: This Existentialist Italian playwright won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1934 Pirandello |
| #1374, aired 1990-07-19 | ITALIAN CUISINE $100: Pasta whose name comes from "spago", the Italian word for string spaghetti |
| #1374, aired 1990-07-19 | ITALIAN CUISINE $200: Rice is the main ingredient in this Italian staple whose name is derived from rice risotto |
| #1374, aired 1990-07-19 | ITALIAN CUISINE $300: The name of this chicken & tomato dish translates to "hunter's" chicken chicken cacciatore |
| #1374, aired 1990-07-19 | ITALIAN CUISINE $400: This Italian blue cheese is named for a village near Milan where it was first made Gorgonzola |
| #1374, aired 1990-07-19 | ITALIAN CUISINE $500: Zuppa Inglese isn't a soup at all but the Italian version of this English dessert trifle |
| #1336, aired 1990-05-28 | ITALIAN HISTORY $200: Gold coin first minted in Florence in 1252, named not for Florence but after the Italian for "flower" florin |
| #1336, aired 1990-05-28 | ITALIAN HISTORY $400: Foreign Minister from 1936-43, Galeazzo Ciano was a son-in-law of this man, who had him executed in 1944 Mussolini |
| #1336, aired 1990-05-28 | ITALIAN HISTORY $600: 19th century guerilla fighter whose "red shirts" fought for the "risorgimento", or resurrection, of Italy Garibaldi |
| #1336, aired 1990-05-28 | ITALIAN HISTORY $1000: He was canonized 2 years after his death in 1226 &, with Catherine of Sienna, is Italy's patron saint Saint Francis of Assisi |
| #1336, aired 1990-05-28 | ITALIAN HISTORY $3,400 (Daily Double): In the middle ages the Ghibillines supported the Holy Roman Emperor & the Guelphs supported him the pope |
| #1231, aired 1990-01-01 | ITALIAN COOKING $200: This "grate" cheese has been made in Parma, Italy for 7 centuries Parmesan |
| #1231, aired 1990-01-01 | ITALIAN COOKING $400: Name for a platter of sausage, fish, vegetables & cheese, but only if served before the pasta course antipasto |
| #1231, aired 1990-01-01 | ITALIAN COOKING $800: 1 of the 2 meats flavored with sage & white wine that make up "saltimbocca" (1 of) veal (or ham) |
| #1231, aired 1990-01-01 | ITALIAN COOKING $1000: This traditional dish of Northern Italy is cornmeal mush with an Italian touch polenta |
| #1231, aired 1990-01-01 | ITALIAN COOKING $1,300 (Daily Double): Italian cheesecake is made with this soft, creamy cheese, not cream cheese ricotta |
| #1227, aired 1989-12-26 | ITALIAN HISTORY $200: To complete the kingdom that is now modern Italy, Victor Emmanuel seized this city from Pope Pius IX in 1870 Rome |
| #1227, aired 1989-12-26 | ITALIAN HISTORY $400: 5 weeks after surrendering to the Allies in 1943, Italy declared war on this country Germany |
| #1227, aired 1989-12-26 | ITALIAN HISTORY $600: Machiavelli was tortured on the rack for suspicion of trying to overthrow this Florentine family The Medicis |
| #1227, aired 1989-12-26 | ITALIAN HISTORY $800: This ancient civilization once occupied present-day Tuscany, Umbria & Latium Etruscans |
| #1227, aired 1989-12-26 | ITALIAN HISTORY $1000: As he crossed the Rubicon, Julius Caesar said, "Iacta alea est", which means this "The die is cast" |
| #1213, aired 1989-12-06 | ITALIAN ART $200: Around 1481 Botticelli joined the long list of artists commissioned to paint frescoes on its walls the Sistine Chapel |
| #1213, aired 1989-12-06 | ITALIAN ART $400: At the invitation of the king, Leonardo da Vinci moved to this country where he later died France |
| #1213, aired 1989-12-06 | ITALIAN ART $1000: Son of a dyer, his goal was to combine Michelangelo's drawings with Titian's color Tintoretto |
| #1012, aired 1989-01-17 | ITALIAN FOOD $100: Risotto is a popular Italian dish that features this grain cooked in broth rice |
| #1012, aired 1989-01-17 | ITALIAN FOOD $200: A frittata is an open-face variety of this omelet |
| #866, aired 1988-05-16 | ITALIAN ART $200: Boticelli is famous for painting "The Birth of" this goddess Venus |
| #866, aired 1988-05-16 | ITALIAN ART $300: Circa 1415, Donatello carved a marble relief of this man slaying a dragon St. George |
| #866, aired 1988-05-16 | ITALIAN ART $400: He was the 1st artist to draw the fetal position of a human embryo accurately da Vinci |
| #866, aired 1988-05-16 | ITALIAN ART $500: All of the artists mentioned above created their works during the period known as this Renaissance |
| #844, aired 1988-04-14 | ITALIAN LITERATURE $200: At least 3 of these have been based on Count Carlo Gozzi's play "Turandot" operas |
| #844, aired 1988-04-14 | ITALIAN LITERATURE $300: Though he wrote sonnets, this "Renaissance man" is better known for his ceiling Michelangelo |
| #844, aired 1988-04-14 | ITALIAN LITERATURE $400: He 1st met his beloved Beatrice, the inspiration for much of his work, in 1274, when he was 9 Dante |
| #844, aired 1988-04-14 | ITALIAN LITERATURE $500: In 1883, Carlo Lorenzini used the pen name "Collodi" to write this fairy tale Pinocchio |
| #746, aired 1987-11-30 | ITALIAN IDIOMS $100: In his act, Tiny Tim would fake naivete as well as this unnaturally high-pitched voice falsetto |
| #746, aired 1987-11-30 | ITALIAN IDIOMS $200: Though he was neither Italian nor a tot at the time, Babe Ruth was called this the Bambino |
| #746, aired 1987-11-30 | ITALIAN IDIOMS $300: An Italian with a fondness for "il vino, le donne e le canzone" likes these wine, women & song |
| #746, aired 1987-11-30 | ITALIAN IDIOMS $400: Ronzoni describes its pasta products with this 2-word Italian phrase sono buoni |
