- 1. What are the two districts of Matera known as the Sassi?
A) Sasso Caveoso and Sasso Barisano
B) Sasso Civita and Sasso Piano
C) Sasso Grande and Sasso Piccolo
D) Sasso Antico and Sasso Moderno
- 2. In what year were the Sassi named a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
A) 1980
B) 2015
C) 1993
D) 1950
- 3. The Sassi were inhabited as early as which period?
A) Iron Age
B) Neolithic period
C) Paleolithic period
D) Bronze Age
- 4. What is the local name for the calcarenitic rock used to build the Sassi?
A) Granite
B) Basalt
C) Tufo
D) Marble
- 5. What is the Latin origin of the term 'sasso'?
A) Saccus
B) Situs
C) Saxum
D) Saxa
- 6. What river created the ravine upon which the ancient town of Matera grew?
A) Arno
B) Gravina
C) Tiber
D) Po
- 7. In which decade did the Italian government forcefully relocate most of the population of the Sassi?
A) 1960s
B) 1940s
C) 1970s
D) 1950s
- 8. Which film directed by Mel Gibson was filmed in the Sassi?
A) The Passion of the Christ
B) Ben-Hur
C) The Nativity Story
D) The Gospel According to St. Matthew
- 9. The Sassi were used to represent which city in the film Wonder Woman?
A) Themyscira
B) Jerusalem
C) Rome
D) Athens
- 10. Which James Bond film featured a scene in the Sassi?
A) Spectre
B) No Time to Die
C) Casino Royale
D) Skyfall
- 11. Which band released a song titled 'I sassi di Matera' in 2016?
A) Italian Echoes
B) The Rolling Stones
C) Matera Sound
D) Corde Oblique
- 12. The Sassi are located in which Italian region?
A) Basilicata
B) Apulia
C) Calabria
D) Campania
- 13. Which, along with the Sassi, forms Matera's Old Town?
A) The modern city and the ravine
B) The Murgia Plateau
C) The Cathedral and the Castle
D) Civita and the Piano
- 14. What was a major health issue that affected the Sassi in the 1950s?
A) Malaria
B) Plague
C) Smallpox
D) Cholera
- 15. The Sassi are often visually compared to sites in which city?
A) Istanbul
B) Jerusalem
C) Bethlehem
D) Nazareth
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