{"id":10056,"date":"2015-09-18T12:05:12","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T10:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=10056"},"modified":"2015-09-18T12:05:12","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T10:05:12","slug":"italian-quiz-september-2015-the-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/italian-quiz-september-2015-the-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Quiz \u2013 September 2015 \u2013 The Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #666699\">This blog is dedicated to Elaine, the only person in the whole wide world who had a go at our <span style=\"color: #333399\"><strong><a style=\"color: #333399\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/italian-quiz-september-2015-gli-animali\/\" target=\"_blank\">September quiz<\/a><\/strong><\/span>! Elaine, when you come to Pontremoli you can collect your prize: a beverage of your choice at a local bar, okay?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #666699\">As for the rest of you &#8230;. no treats for you! We would however appreciate your feedback. Was the quiz too easy, too hard, boring, irrelevant etc.? Please let us know.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">September\u2019s quiz was based on the theme of animals. Let&#8217;s see how you did, shall we Elaine?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/incidente.jpg\" aria-label=\"Incidente\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10060\"  alt=\"incidente\" width=\"324\" height=\"450\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/incidente.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/incidente.jpg 324w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/incidente-252x350.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: large;color: #3366ff\"><u>Heard of cows?<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Fit the following collective names into the unfinished sentences below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>uno sciame<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> un gregge<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> uno stormo<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> una mandria<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> un branco<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> un banco<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>un gruppo di mucche si chiama<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>una mandria<\/strong><\/span> (a group of cows is called a herd)<br \/>\n<strong>un gruppo di pesci si chiama<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>un banco<\/strong><\/span> (a group of fish is called a school)<br \/>\n<strong>un gruppo di pecore si chiama<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>un gregge<\/strong><\/span> (a group of sheep is called a flock)<br \/>\n<strong>un gruppo di lupi si chiama<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>un branco<\/strong><\/span> (a group of wolves is called a pack)<br \/>\n<strong>un gruppo di uccelli si chiama<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>uno stormo<\/strong><\/span> (a group of birds is called a flock)<br \/>\n<strong>un gruppo di api si chiama<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>uno sciame<\/strong><\/span> (a group of bees is called a swarm)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: large;color: #3366ff\"><u>Old MacDonald Had A Farm<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NELLA VECCHIA FATTORIA | Marty e i suoi amici | Canzoni per bambini\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/htS7tmXabRE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Fit the sounds verbs below to the correct animals:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>miagolare<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> cinguettare<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> abbaiare<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> ruggire<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> nitrire<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>ragliare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>cavallo = <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">nitrire<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> cane = <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">abbaiare<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> uccello = <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">cinguettare<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> gatto = <\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>miagolare<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong> asino = <\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>ragliare<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong> leone = <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">ruggire<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Now conjugate the infinitives of each sound\u00a0to complete the sentences below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>il cavallo <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">nitrisce<\/span><\/strong> (the horse whinnies)<br \/>\n<strong>i cani <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">abbaiano<\/span><\/strong> (the dogs bark)<br \/>\n<strong>l\u2019uccello <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">cinguettava<\/span> tutto il giorno<\/strong> (the bird twittered all day) N.B. this is a continuous action, so it&#8217;s best to use the imperfect tense<br \/>\n<strong>il gatto <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">ha miagolato<\/span><\/strong> <strong>due volte<\/strong> (the cat mewed twice)<br \/>\n<strong>l\u2019asino<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>raglia<\/strong><\/span> (the donkey brays)<br \/>\n<strong>i leoni <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">ruggiscono<\/span><\/strong> (the lions roar)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: large;color: #3366ff\"><u>Pavlov\u2019s Dog<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10061\" style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Illaria.jpg\" aria-label=\"Illaria\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10061\" class=\"wp-image-10061\"  alt=\"Illaria\" width=\"520\" height=\"285\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Illaria.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Illaria.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Illaria-350x192.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Illaria-768x420.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10061\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #666699\"><em>Ilaria Del Carretto<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Which animals are associated with the following people?:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>La Dama dell\u2019<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Ermellino<\/span> di Leonardo da Vinci<\/strong> <em>(my personal favourite painting by da Vinci!)<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Gli <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">elefanti<\/span> di Annibale<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Poppea, la moglie di Nerone, faceva il bagno nel latte di <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">asina<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ilaria del Carretto ha ai suoi piedi un fedele <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">cane<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Un famosa opera di Rossini si chiama\u00a0La <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Gazza<\/span> Ladra<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Romolo e Remo furono allevati da una <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">lupa<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><u><span style=\"font-size: large\">Proverbs<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Complete the following proverbs and common sayings\u00a0by inserting the correct animals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>elefante<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> piccioni<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> ghiro<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> talpa<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> buoi<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> maiale<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>mettere il carro davanti ai <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">buoi<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 (English version: put the horse before the cart)<br \/>\n<strong>muoversi come un <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">elefante<\/span> in una cristalleria<\/strong> (English version: to move like a bull in a china shop)<br \/>\n<strong>cieco come una <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">talpa<\/span><\/strong> (English version: as blind as a bat)<br \/>\n<strong>prendere due <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">piccioni<\/span><\/strong> <strong>con una fava<\/strong> (English version: kill two birds with one stone)<br \/>\n<strong>sudare come un <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">maiale<\/span><\/strong> (English version: to sweat like a pig)<br \/>\n<strong>dormire come un <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">ghiro<\/span><\/strong> (English version: to sleep like a log)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><em>Suggestions for a theme for next month&#8217;s quiz are welcome.<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Illaria-350x192.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Illaria-350x192.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Illaria-768x420.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Illaria.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>This blog is dedicated to Elaine, the only person in the whole wide world who had a go at our September quiz! Elaine, when you come to Pontremoli you can collect your prize: a beverage of your choice at a local bar, okay? As for the rest of you &#8230;. no treats for you! We&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/italian-quiz-september-2015-the-solutions\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":10061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3,619],"tags":[385909,292286],"class_list":["post-10056","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-italian-language","tag-italian-animals","tag-italian-quiz"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10056"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10059,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10056\/revisions\/10059"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}