Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Carlo provides the contestants with a set of four dates and they have to link important events to the dates. Carlo spends a fair bit of time making funny sounds.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Rossella, a new contestant, is presented with list of animals and she has to respond whether they're carnivores or herbivores.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Valerio is the new contestant. Carlo provides him with a list of countries and he has to reply whether they're republics or monarchies.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Carlo provides Francesco with the names of tools and Francesco has to supply the name of the profession where the tool is used. Lara gets the same question format, but has to answer whether celebrities are over or under 1.7 meters (about 5'-6").
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Carlo asks Massimiliano to name the stars for a list of films and Francesco, a new contestant, is introduced.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Carlo introduces us to his teacher assistants, and as its Christmastime, they're wearing Santa-inspired costumes. Alessandra and Massimiliano are the two contestants.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Sicilian
The people who run a seaside restaurant in the province of Marsala describe the place as a little corner of paradise with its pure, curative water and sand, and meals served directly in the water. They are used to speaking Sicilian most of the time, so speaking correct Italian is a challenge. But their love for the place, and their typically Sicilian warmth towards visitors come through.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
We're in the final phase of the game. Will Francescopaolo have written the right word?
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
There's one contestant left, but the questions keep on coming.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The narrator goes over the vanishingly small number of expressions coined during Mussolini's time that are still in use today. The song that gives the series its name is provided in full.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
After the war came TV. It changed everything, and provided a new way to unify the Italian language and teach people reading and writing.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The segment looks at the Royal Academy of Italy's dictionary of Italian, which was filled with quotes from Mussolini. By the end of World War II, the dictionary had gotten to the letter “C.”
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Famous battles, movie roles, and 60s pop songs are some of the subject that the contestants get quizzed about.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Mussolini inveighs against the middle class, saying that it is the enemy of fascism. Much of the footage in this segment features EUR, the Rome district that was built in the 30s and 40s.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
This segment opens with a sort of poem, demonstrating how kids growing up in fascist Italy were expected to behave. Minority groups had a pretty hard time, too.
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