The Gutenberg Bible was written in Latin.
Today's Question:
When this film was released in Italy, it was titled "ri Buono, al Brutto il Cattivo." By what title do we know this Sergio Leone "spaghetti western"?
I do not know what a spaghetti western is yet (I will in a few minutes) but considering that as Romance Languages go, "Buono" sounds like good, and "Brutto" has connotations of brutal or bad in English, I would guess that "Cattivo" means ugly. I don't know why the definite articles (the) would change so much but also don't know Italian well at all; therefore I would guess the answer is: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, December 8, 2011; http://molcat1.bl.uk/treasures/gutenberg/search.asp; http://www.freedict.com/onldict/lat.html; http://whatintheword.nlpgblogs.com/files/2011/03/gutenberg.jpg; http://www.sergioleone.com/; http://website.lineone.net/~braithwaitej/mainsite/overview/definition/definition.htm; http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/508379/Romance-languages; http://translate.google.com/#en|it|)
Compiled by Otto and Patricia Ladensack
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