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