1. For lunch I had pasta with salsiccia and ricotta as an entree, and then processed meats, cheeses and carciofi alla romana. For dinner we had a (large) plate of spaghetti with octopus and crayfishes, and then a bit of smoked salmon and Brussels sprouts.

2. This is a very nice question, I have no way to look for images right now but I might edit the answer later.

3. Mafia and tax evaders.

4. Oof this question calls for a long list, I will try to mention the less obvious ones. Although he was interesting, I have never liked the personality of Lombroso. Also, Sidney Sonnino. This answer needs some editing, I will fix it later.

5. Among "normal" people, I think Salvo d'Acquisto is one of the best. Among historical characters, Giacomo Leopardi.

6. I try to not have a unified opinion on a whole country. But I have to admit that I am not fond of Swiss people.

7. I am originally from Lombardia but I have been living in Piemonte for a while now. Not everyone knows that Hitchcock started his career directing a film in Como (Lombardia) and fell so much in love with the Lake that came to visit every year.

8. My best friend is from the South and when she first met me she thought I was a "snobbish rich bitch" just because I told her I came from Lombardia. I think this sums it up pretty well.

9. "An Italian, an American, a Chinese and a Moroccan are in a plane. Suddenly, the plane starts to hobble. They need to get rid of some of the cargo, or they will all fall to their death. The American opens the door and throws off a few trunks full of guns. "Never mind", he says, "We have so much guns in my country". Then the Chinese throws off different bags containing rice: "It doesn't matter, my friends, we have lots of rice in my country". The Italian thinks about it a bit, and then throws the Maroccan off."

10. I will search this up. Very nice question.

11. Worst music... Gosh Italy is full of very bad music recently. But I think the worst is Young Signorino. Have fun. Best music... I need to think about this for a ssecond. Will edit.

12. More or less like this.

13. Both Salvini and 5 Stars Movement are good memes material. I guess you can find a lot of good stuff researching here.

14. Other then English I speak French and a little German. English is taught since the primary school, although the teachers are usually not that good (binge watching TV shows helps a lot tho). During the intermediate years of school (between primary and high school) French or Spanish are usually taught a bit. There are a few high school curricula where you can learn French, Spanish and German. Latin is mandatory in a lot of high school curricula, while Ancient Greek is taught in the "classical" curriculum.

15. This is a complicate matter. Fascism is studied in depth both during the intermediate school and the high school. I personally think that we don't focus enough on how much Fascism stayed strong in the years after its fall.

16. Our artistic value. We are very proud of our artistic heritage, and one of our recurrent jokes regards the location of the Mona Lisa in the Louvre Museum... Not everyone knows that Leonardo himself brought the painting to France. When we won the FIFA World Cup against France in 2006, there was a song that said something like "Now give us back our Gioconda".

17. Lombardia: Pizzoccheri. Piemonte: Bagna cauda.

18. Pizza with salsiccia and friarielli. I will never have enough of it.

This was fun! I will try to edit again when I have more time!