| Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| P | Yeasty cake with candied fruit and raisins traditionally eaten on Christmas and New Year's | Panettone | 73%
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| E | Two-word phrase denoting the top grade of olive oil | Extra virgin | 72%
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| M | Fortified wine named after a Sicilian town | Marsala | 63%
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| Q | Common pizza variety divided into four "seasons" | Quattro Stagioni | 56%
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| O | Braised bone-in veal shank typically served with gremolata and polenta or risotto | Ossobuco | 53%
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| A | Piedmontese city famous for white truffles | Alba | 52%
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| G | Crystalline dessert similar to sorbet; lemon, espresso, and watermelon are common varieties | Granita | 50%
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| T | Apulian snack crackers shaped like tiny bagels; sometimes sweet but usually salty | Taralli | 47%
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| F | Mozzarella made from cow rather than buffalo milk that is the cheese typically used for Neapolitan pizza; also a common gelato flavour | Fior di Latte | 44%
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| S | Internationally successful cookbook first published in 1950: The Silver _____ | Spoon | 44%
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| N | Umbrian town known for cured pork, black truffles, and a creamy pasta dish | Norcia | 41%
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| U | Word meaning "drunken" used to denote a dish prepared with a large amount of wine, or a cheese that has been flavoured with it | Ubriaco | 36%
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| C | Teardrop-shaped southern cheese similar to Provolone | Caciocavallo | 31%
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| J | Community that Rome has to thank for dishes like Baccalà alla Trasteverina and Carciofi alla ... | Jews | 30%
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| B | Dried roe of tuna or mullet | Bottarga | 19%
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| Z | Roman pasta dish combining the ingredients of Carbonara and Amatriciana, plus sausage | Zozzona | 17%
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| I | Roulade-like dish made with meat or fish | Involtini | 16%
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| K | South-Tyrolean* dish that comes in many varieties including bread, cheese, spinach, and liver | Knödel | 16%
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| V | White wine grape cultivated especially in Sardinia, Tuscany, and Liguria | Vermentino | 16%
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| D | Simplest of the three common red grape varietals of Piedmont | Dolcetto | 14%
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| L | Florentine cow-stomach sandwich | Lampredotto | 14%
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| R | Bean variety that gives Neapolitan coffee its intense aroma | Robusta | 13%
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