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Sicily Region Quiz

How much do you know about the island and Italian region of Sicily?
Part of the Italian Regions series
Quiz by camus
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Last updated: April 18, 2021
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First submittedJuly 3, 2020
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Largest city
Palermo
Third largest city and strait that separates Sicily from the mainland
Messina
Town that gave its name to the protagonists of the "Godfather" trilogy
Corleone
City founded by Greek colonists that has a namesake in the US state of New York
Syracuse
Ancient Greek scientist known for exclaiming "Eureka!" while taking a bath
Archimedes
Three surrounding seas
Mediterranean Sea
Ionian Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
Volcanoes
Etna
Stromboli
People that ruled Sicily from 831 to 1091
Arabs
People that conquered Sicily by 1091
Normans
Poem of fourteen lines that originated in Sicily and was later used by Shakespeare
Sonnet
Fighter for Italian unification who ruled over Sicily as dictator in 1860
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Lampedusa novel and Burt Lancaster film whose original title is 'Il gattopardo'
The Leopard
Sweet pastry ("Leave the gun, take the ____")
Cannoli
Name for the Sicilian mafia
Cosa Nostra
1 Comments
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Level 78
May 1, 2021
Not surprised that few people know the novel/movie, but I am surprised that so few were able to guess what 'gattopardo' could mean in English.