DINING
SHOPPING
NIGHT LIFE
100
What is a mid-day food that only schoolkids would order?
What is pizza? It is unusual for an adult to order a pizza at a restaurant in the middle of the day.
100
What form of shopping isn't embraced in Italy?
What is e-commerce? Shopping is a tactile experience. Italians enjoy the entire shopping experience because it allows them to try on or touch the items they wish to buy.
100
What does the author describe as a "legal" drug?
What is the night? The night out is a moment free from the daily grind, "off the leash." It is free of the alcohol-driven inebriation induced in other countries.
200
What is the term for Italy's fixed charge for each place at a table in a restaurant?
What is the coperto? This "coperto" is a fixed charge paid in a restaurant for each place at a table. Additionally, there is no need to tip your waitress. Coperto is simply a form of taxation, and it's always added on your receipt. That is, if you even receive a receipt.
200
What label is trying to replace the "Made in Italy" tag on clothing?
What is "Made in EU"? Italian manufacturers are lobbying against this because it would diminish the essence of an item. A label is a guarantee, and the change would strip the clothing of its allure.
200
What is the age limit for drinking in Italy?
What is a trick question? THIS IS ONE. There is no age limit!
300
What has replaced butter in meals?
What is olive oil? The transition to olive oil is a result of the country's trend towards more organic, natural, and rustic choices.
300
What are Italians hoping to maintain and/or improve about themselves socially by paying full price?
What is their status symbol? Although"sales" exists, although rarely, people prefer to pay full price because it a symbol of their status and their capacity to buy high priced items.
300
Who has the duty of educating children to drink?
What is the family? Parents teach their children how to manage this pleasure-inducing habit. It is not treated like an object of desire.
400
It's one in the afternoon in Milan. Which of the three traditional meals can you expect at this time?
What is breakfast? The book does not give much reasoning behind this, but we assume that Italians tend to eat a real meal later in the day. In the early morning, they might just survive off of coffee.
400
What does the author call a "store"?
What is a showroom? The presentation within a store is meant to entice the customer. Therefore, it is not just a store you walk into to make purchases, rather, it is a whole experience.
400
Who are Italians compared to when describing their seductive qualities?
Who are Latin Americans. They are similar in some ways, but Italians tend to be less ambitious and more like a tortured soul than anything.
500
SCENE ONE - Is this scene more likely to happen in Italy or America?
ITALY!
500
SCENE 2
America!
500
SCENE 3
Basem is American. Xin is Italian.
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