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Quiz about Sardinia Halfway Europe and Africa
Quiz about Sardinia Halfway Europe and Africa

Sardinia: Halfway Europe and Africa Quiz


Sardinia is a rather enigmatic country. Its people, culture, lifestyle are markedly different from mainland Italy--yet it often had an important role in Italian politics. This quiz deals with some typical phenomena of this insufficiently known island.

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
flem-ish
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
54,852
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
8 / 15
Plays
564
Last 3 plays: Guest 109 (5/15), Guest 81 (10/15), Guest 31 (8/15).
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Question 1 of 15
1. Sardinia is famous among tourists for its 'nuraghe'. What are they? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. Another association made by people when they hear the name Sardinia is 'bandits'. Which of these villages became famous for its 'banditti' because of a film by Vittorio de Seta? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. Another successful film about life in Sardinia was based on a book by Gavino Ledda:'Padre Padrone'. It won a 'Palme d' Or' at Cannes in 1977. Who made the film? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. What's Sardinia's national emblem? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. What is the village of Pattada famous for? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. Bottarga is a local Sardinian delicacy. What is it exactly? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. Which Sardinian town was founded as recently as 1938 and originally called Mussolinia? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. A local traditional speciality made at Tonara is 'torrone' (what they call nougat at Montelimar). Which of these is NOT a basic ingredient in genuine 'torrone'? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. When the Phenicians, Carthagians and ultimately the Romans began to 'visit' the island, the original population withdrew into the (mountainous) so-called Barbagia (from Latin Barbaria). What did the Romans use the flatter areas of the island as? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. At a given moment Arabs were trying to conquer the island. Whose help did the Pope ask for to keep Sardinia out of Muslim hands? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. Sardinia never managed to really escape foreign conquerors and rulers. Which of these is the only one that never 'owned' the island? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. Sardinia was the last piece of territory that was added to the unified Italy.


Question 13 of 15
13. The Sardinians managed to stay out of the First World War?


Question 14 of 15
14. Along the Sardinian coast some 'ruins' of Phoenician settlements still can be visited. Among them: Tharros, Sulcis, Nora. Another Phoenician settlement was Karalis. What is its modern name? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Which of these politicians was the only one NOT born on Sardinia? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Sardinia is famous among tourists for its 'nuraghe'. What are they?

Answer: towerlike structures made of loosely piled stones

The 'men dressed in sheepskin' are the Mamuthones as you see them at Mamoiada. A famous nuraghe village is to be found at Tiscali, where the nuraghe were hidden in some kind of crevice.
2. Another association made by people when they hear the name Sardinia is 'bandits'. Which of these villages became famous for its 'banditti' because of a film by Vittorio de Seta?

Answer: Orgosolo

Oliena and Jerzu are famous for their Cannonau (red) wine . Santu Lussurgiu is well-known for its carnevale horserace. De Seta's film was called 'Banditti a Orgosolo'.
3. Another successful film about life in Sardinia was based on a book by Gavino Ledda:'Padre Padrone'. It won a 'Palme d' Or' at Cannes in 1977. Who made the film?

Answer: Taviani Brothers

Gramsci was not a filmmaker at all. In 1921 he founded the Italian version of a 'communist party', became a Member of Parliament and was later arrested by Mussolini's fascists. He died in prison in 1937. His 'Quaderni del Carcere' (Notes from prison) were published in 1976.
4. What's Sardinia's national emblem?

Answer: red cross with 4 Moorheads wearing some kind of bandanna

The one Moorhead might be Corsica! The four Moorheads probably derive from the Aragonese influence on especially the Sardinian Westcoast (Alghero).
5. What is the village of Pattada famous for?

Answer: long-bladed shepherd's knives

Genuine Pattada knives are hard to come by. Tourists tend to pay lots of money for cleverly faked ones.
6. Bottarga is a local Sardinian delicacy. What is it exactly?

Answer: salted and dried fishroe

7. Which Sardinian town was founded as recently as 1938 and originally called Mussolinia?

Answer: Arborea

Mussolini did a good job in laying the marshes dry in that part of Sardinia. The U.S. Army continued the job and planted large amounts of eucalyptus trees. In doing so , the malaria problem finally was solved.

Both Arborea and Carbonia were created at the time of Mussolini's Fascist rule, but it's Arborea that was called Mussolinia by them.
8. A local traditional speciality made at Tonara is 'torrone' (what they call nougat at Montelimar). Which of these is NOT a basic ingredient in genuine 'torrone'?

Answer: butter

Other nuts such as hazelnuts and walnuts can be used as well. - In industrially manufactured NOUGAT some fatstuffs may be used such as coconut oil, but even then butter is not suitable at all. Moreover in Sardinia butter is a very unlikely additive for a local traditional specialty.It certainly could never be a BASIC ingredient.
9. When the Phenicians, Carthagians and ultimately the Romans began to 'visit' the island, the original population withdrew into the (mountainous) so-called Barbagia (from Latin Barbaria). What did the Romans use the flatter areas of the island as?

Answer: deportation colony

10. At a given moment Arabs were trying to conquer the island. Whose help did the Pope ask for to keep Sardinia out of Muslim hands?

Answer: Pisa and Genoa

The Pisan influence can be seen in some fine Romanesque churches such as the fascinating Santissima Trinita di Saccargia.
11. Sardinia never managed to really escape foreign conquerors and rulers. Which of these is the only one that never 'owned' the island?

Answer: Napoleon

Apart from the above mentioned, also Frederic II of the Holy Roman Empire, Charles V, Philip II and Philip V of Spain all had the island in their grip at one moment of history or other.
12. Sardinia was the last piece of territory that was added to the unified Italy.

Answer: False

On the contrary, it even became Garibaldi's private residence.
13. The Sardinians managed to stay out of the First World War?

Answer: False

On the contrary, the Sassari Brigade was among the most valuable Italian forces.
14. Along the Sardinian coast some 'ruins' of Phoenician settlements still can be visited. Among them: Tharros, Sulcis, Nora. Another Phoenician settlement was Karalis. What is its modern name?

Answer: Cagliari

15. Which of these politicians was the only one NOT born on Sardinia?

Answer: Giuseppe Garibaldi, 'founder' of the Italian state

Garibaldi was born at what is now Nice in France
Source: Author flem-ish

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