CROSSWORD PUZZLE
By Leon J. Radomile
Italian-American Style
Down 1) Since its founding in Florence in 1583, the Accademia della Crusca has devoted itself exclusively to the study and preservation of what? 2) Inventas vitam juvat excoluisse per artes is the Latin inscription found on Nobel Prize medals, which translates to: And they who bettered life on earth by newfound mastery. This phrase was taken from a work of what great Roman poet? 3) Identify the neighboring city of Venice that, who along with Venice, is world famous for blown glass works of art. 4) With over 30 million subscribers, Italy ranks fourth in the world with the largest ratio of users. 7) With a capacity of 16,663 people, it is the largest opera theater in the world. 9) One of the most prolific composers in history composed 87 hours of music. 15) In 1904, the Marconi Company designated the letters CQD as the first international distress signal. It was replaced two years later by what quicker signal? 16) Designed by Renzo Piano, the Acquario is regarded as the greatest aquarium in Europe. In what Italian city does it reside? Across 5) Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore are five world famous townships linked by a panoramic hillside mule track. Identify the collective name for this world famous district. 6) In 2000, he earned over $28 million, placing him fifth on the list of highest earners in U.S. entertainment. 8) Over 217 million of these items arrived in Italy in 1999 from abroad, putting Italy in tenth place on the world list. What are the items? 10) Born in Villar Perosa, Piedmont, in 1866, he founded, with others, the Fiat company of Italy in 1899. This family has controlled Fiat for more than a century. 11) Andrea Bocelli has achieved remarkable success both in performance and through his internationally best-selling albums. In the U.S., three of his albums rank second, third, and seventh on the all-time best seller list for classical albums. Name the second place album. 12) Regarded as perhaps the greatest defensive specialist ever to play the game, he holds the current record established in the 2002 World Cup of completing twenty-two World Cup matches without sitting out a minute. 13) What is the Italian word, now part of the English language that means “without instrumental accompaniment”? 14) Using over 500 metric tons in 1999, Italy ranked second in the world making what type of jewelry? 17) The city of Genoa was destroyed by this invader in 935 A.D. 18) We can thank the Romans for two very traditional Latin dog names used throughout the ages. One is Rex, which is Latin for king. What is the second? 19) A West Point graduate, this army captain and Vietnam military advisor was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously, nearly 40 years after his death at the hands of the Viet Cong. 20) He won a 1998 Best Actor Tony Award for, A View From the Bridge.
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