An Italian Creature Feature Trivia Quiz

Answer: La vespa

"La vespa" is a wasp as well as being the name for a famous motorscooter that took Europe by storm in the late fifties. A parrot is "il pappagallo" and "la cicogna" is the stork. "L'oca" is the goose. L'uccello is the general word for bird.

Answer: L'ape

"L'ape" is a bee, "il formichiere" is of course the anteater, "il cinghiale" is the boar and "il cammello" is the camel. "Il mammifero" is mammal.

Answer: Il colibri

"Il gufo" is Asio Otus, "il barbiagianni" is the Tyto Alba or a white owl, "la civetta" is Athena Nocturna or a screech owl. "Il colibri" is the word for hummingbird.

Answer: L'ape

"L'ape" is the bee again; I think you'll remember it after this quiz. "L'orango" is the orangutan. "Il cercopiteco" is a smaller monkey of which the most common species is the Vervet monkey. By the way, in Italian, ape and monkey are both designated by 'scimmia'.

Answer: La mosca

"La mosca" is the fly of course. "Il lucherino ventre giallo" is the yellow-bellied sapsucker. "La pulcinella del mare" is a puffin. "La rondine" is a swallow.

Answer: La coccinella

La coccinella is the ladybug (ladybird), la tartaruga is the tortoise or turtle. La rana is the frog.

Answer: L'ornitorinco

The platypus is called by its Latin name in several languages including French and Italian. "l'orso" is the bear, "Il gabbiano" is the seagull, "Il castoro" is the beaver.

Answer: Il pipistrello

"Il pipistrello" is a bat, "la zanzare' is the mosquito. "La farfalla" which many of us recognize as a form of pasta is the word for butterfly. "Il fagiano" is the pheasant.

Answer: Il formichiere

"Il formichiere" is the anteater or the one who goes for ants. "La formica" is therefore ant. "La renna" is the reindeer and "la rana" is the frog.

Answer: Il barbone

Il barbone is the poodle in Italian. Il carlino is the Italian name for the pug. Il pastore tedesco is, as you may have surmised, the German shepherd. Il pechinese is the Pekinese.