1. Which Italian word for a summer vegetable was first used in English in the 1920s?

2. Which word, likely originating from a Sicilian dialect, represents an organized criminal society?

3. Which term comes from an Italian dialect word meaning “foundry”?

4. The first use of which word in English appeared in 1718 in reference to Catholic cardinals overseeing overseas missionary programs?

5. Which Italian word was the surname of a photographer in the film La dolce vita (1960) and came to describe some members of the profession?

6. Which Italian word meaning “bad air” references a specific disease in English?

7. Which English word is derived from the Italian word meaning “little scratch”?

8. Which food item takes its name in English from the Italian word meaning “to toast” (in reference to bread) or “to roast” (in reference to coffee beans or nuts)?

9. Which word is borrowed from the Italian meaning “game resembling bingo played with cards bearing rows of numbers”?

10. In Italian, the name of which item comes from the likeness of its color to that of a Franciscan monk’s habit?

11. Which is borrowed from the Tuscan Italian word that originally referred to either pasta secca or “boiled bread”?

12. Which English word means “revenge” in Italian?

13. Which word means “level” or “floor” in Italian but recalls a musical instrument in English?

14. Which English word is derived from the Italian meaning “time” or “rate of speed” (in music)?

15. Which English word referencing a human body part can also mean “stalk” or “stem” (of a plant) in Italian?

16. Which English word derives from the Italian diminutive meaning “little book”?

17. Which word, in English meaning a type of artwork, comes from the Italian word literally translated as “cardboard” or “pasteboard”?