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Stromboli
  • 1. Which two villages are located in the northeast of the island?
A) San Vincenzo and Ginostra
B) Lipari and Messina
C) San Bartolo and San Vincenzo
D) Ginostra and San Bartolo
  • 2. Where is the village of Ginostra located?
A) Northwest
B) Southwest
C) Northeast
D) Southeast
  • 3. To which municipality does the island of Stromboli belong?
A) Sicily
B) Messina
C) Lipari
D) Naples
  • 4. Approximately how many people lived on the island as of 2016?
A) 5000
B) 200
C) 1000
D) 500
  • 5. Besides Italian, what dialect is spoken on the Aeolian islands?
A) Tuscan
B) Aeolian
C) Sardinian
D) Calabrian
  • 6. Which Jules Verne novel features the island of Stromboli?
A) Journey to the Center of the Earth
B) The Mysterious Island
C) Around the World in Eighty Days
D) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
  • 7. Which fictional volcano did J. R. R. Tolkien identify with Stromboli?
A) Mount Erebor
B) Mount Doom
C) Mount Gundabad
D) Mount Caradhras
  • 8. Who directed the 1950 film 'Stromboli, Land of God'?
A) Douglas Preston
B) Billy Bragg
C) Jules Verne
D) Roberto Rossellini
  • 9. Which actress starred in the 1950 film 'Stromboli'?
A) Anna Magnani
B) Sophia Loren
C) Bára Basiková
D) Ingrid Bergman
  • 10. Which musical group released the song 'Stromboli' in 2015?
A) Stromboli (the band)
B) Rising Appalachia
C) Billy Bragg
D) Wilco
  • 11. The Woody Guthrie song 'Ingrid Bergman' was released on which album?
A) Wider Circles
B) The Book of the Dead
C) Mermaid Avenue
D) Alive
  • 12. What kind of food item is named after the island of Stromboli?
A) A type of gelato
B) A type of espresso
C) A savory pastry
D) A pasta dish
  • 13. Which authors wrote 'The Book of the Dead'?
A) Billy Bragg and Wilco
B) Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman
C) Jules Verne and J. R. R. Tolkien
D) Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
  • 14. In the film 'The Hand of God', what is the name of the protagonist?
A) Vincenzo
B) Fabietto
C) Bartolo
D) Michal
  • 15. What role does Stromboli play in Disney's 'Pinocchio'?
A) A hero
B) A mentor
C) A local villager
D) A major antagonist
  • 16. Which Czech band is named after the volcano?
A) Mordor
B) The Aeolians
C) The Rossellinis
D) Stromboli
  • 17. Who is the singer in the Czech band named Stromboli?
A) Ingrid Bergman
B) Bára Basiková
C) Michal Pavlíček
D) Woody Guthrie
  • 18. The Aeolian dialect is a derivative of which language?
A) Latin
B) Greek
C) Sicilian
D) Italian
  • 19. Where is the island of Stromboli located?
A) Adriatic Sea
B) Tyrrhenian Sea
C) Ligurian Sea
D) Ionian Sea
  • 20. From which ancient language does the name 'Stromboli' derive?
A) Ancient Greek
B) Latin
C) Etruscan
D) Phoenician
  • 21. What does the Ancient Greek word 'strongýlos' mean?
A) Round
B) Tall
C) Burning
D) Active
  • 22. What is the height of Stromboli above sea level?
A) 500 metres
B) 926 metres
C) 1,200 metres
D) 750 metres
  • 23. What is the area of the island of Stromboli?
A) 15.3 square kilometres
B) 8.4 square kilometres
C) 12.6 square kilometres
D) 20.1 square kilometres
  • 24. What is the name of the large horseshoe-shaped depression on the volcano?
A) Valle del Bove
B) Sciara del Fuoco
C) Bocca Nuova
D) Cratere Centrale
  • 25. What is Strombolicchio?
A) A secondary crater
B) A volcanic plug remnant
C) A village on the island
D) A type of lava flow
  • 26. In what year did the last serious eruption occur prior to the 21st century?
A) 1988
B) 1912
C) 1955
D) 1930
  • 27. What is the term for the incandescent volcanic bombs thrown during eruptions?
A) Basalt
B) Magma
C) Obsidian
D) Tephra
  • 28. What instrument is used to measure volcanic gas emissions on Stromboli?
A) Seismograph
B) Barometer
C) Inclinometer
D) Multi-component gas analyzer
  • 29. How many active craters were at the peak as of June 2024?
A) One
B) Four
C) Three
D) Two
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