sicily

     

Coorinates: 37°38′33″N, 14°11′34″E

Trivia about sicily

  • It's the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea
  • The region around Mount Etna is this island's most heavily populated
  • Thyme honey from the Iblei Mtns. on this large Mediterranean isle has been a delicacy for centuries
  • Visit the big volcano on this island & you can say, "Etna, I'm glad I met ya"
  • This Italian island's provinces include Syracuse, Messina & Palermo
  • The Strait of Messina separates this island from Italy
  • Roger II, king of this large island off Italy, was one of the 12th century's intellectual dynamos
  • Because of its triangular shape, the ancients called this island off Italy's southwestern coast Trinacria
  • After the First Punic War this island was ceded to Rome in an offer it couldn't refuse
  • Fata Morgana is a mirage that appears in the Strait of Messina between Italy & this island
  • The ancient Greek city of Syracuse is found on this Italian island
  • The "boot" of Italy looks like it's kicking this large island
  • Marsala is a fortified wine named for a seaport on this large Mediterranean island
  • In 1282 friars in Palermo on this island were killed if they couldn't say "Ciciri" correctly in the local dialect
  • In the first Punic War, Rome conquered Corsica, Sardinia & this largest island of the Mediterranean
  • The narrow Strait of Messina separates this large island from the "toe" of Italy
  • Its capital, largest city & chief port is Palermo
  • Malta lies about 60 miles south of this largest Mediterranean island
  • The allies began the invasion of Italy on July 10, 1943 by landing on this island
  • To fool the Nazis before an attack on this large island near Italy, the allies planted a dead man with false papers
  • Rome captured this largest Mediterranean island in the First Punic War & made it the first Roman province
  • Italy granted regional autonomy to this island in May 1946; the Lipari Islands are under its jurisdiction
  • In the first Punic War, Rome conquered this island to the south, making it the first Roman province
  • In 1091 under Robert I, the Normans completed their conquest of this island off Italy
  • Looking like it's going to get the boot & covering nearly 10,000 sq. miles, it's the largest island in the Mediterranean
  • In the First Punic War, Rome & Carthage fought over possession of this island at the tip of Italy's "boot"
  • This island had its own Norman conquest and Roman conquest and Vandal and Saracen
  • Victories by Garibaldi in 1860 led to this largest Mediterranean island being joined to Italy
  • The first part of Italy liberated by the Allies during World War II was this island invaded in July 1943
  • It's separated from the "toe" of Italy by the Strait of Messina
  • On the night of July 9, 1943 the Allies began their landing on this Italian island
  • Kings of this largest island in the Mediterranean included William the Bad & his son William the Good
  • The nymph Aetna arbitrated when Hephaestus & Demeter quarreled over this island
  • After winning the 1st Punic War, Rome made this island its 1st province
  • Tunisia's Cape Bon is only about 90 miles from the southwest coast of this Italian island
  • Messina, where "Much Ado About Nothing" takes place, is a port on this Italian island
  • Powerful family leader Carlo Gambino was born on this island in 1902 & died on Long Island in 1976
  • During WWII Malta controlled the sea lanes between North Africa & this Italian island 50 miles from Malta
  • In WWII Chips earned a Silver Star & a Purple Heart after landing at Licata on this European island
  • ...a boy from Syracuse, you're either from New York or this Italian island
  • "Northern Exposure" is set in this Alaskan town
  • With the capture of Messina in 1061, the Normans began their conquest of this island
  • December 13 is the feast day of Saint Lucy, a 4th century Christian martyr from this Italian island
  • Ferdinand added Italian territory to this kingdom by becoming king of Naples & of this island
  • (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map of Africa on the monitor.) Extending farther north than any other country in Africa, Tunisia is only about a hundred miles from this European island
  • The play "Much Ado About Nothing" takes place in the port city of Messina on this Italian island
  • In 1908 more than 50,000 were killed in an earthquake on this largest Mediterranean island
  • The Museo Internazionale delle Marionette in Palermo on this Italian island is the world's top puppet museum
  • This large island forms an autonomous region of Italy along with smaller islands, like Pantelleria
  • The Strait of Messina separates Italy from this "boot"able isle