Last night's photo was taken on the road between Modica and Ragusa.
Now to tonight's quiz:
C Second city of Sicily
A Bitter - - - - - - - , book about the making of Sicilian pastries by Mary Taylor Simeti and Maria Grammatico.
T We live in fear of one of these: un - - - - - - - - - .
A Costanza d' - - - - - - - - - , daughter of Roger 11 of Sicily, later Queen of Sicily and Empress.
N City in south-east Sicily almost totally destroyed in the 1693 earthquake.
I Ancient Himera.
A Piazza - - - - - - - - , hilltop town south of Enna famous for its Roman mosaics.
Highlight below for answers:
Catania; Almonds; terremoto; Altavilla; Noto; Imera; Armerina.
I didn't want to be so bad in class today, so I got help from Google. I managed to get 6 right ;-)
ReplyDeleteI think I would like you to show me these special places so I can be your best student.
ReplyDeleteSay hi to James.
Cherie - you did better than I did.
ReplyDelete1...Cantania
ReplyDelete2...Almonds
3... Don't know Sicilian...but it is a earthquake, earth tremor..
5..Noto
if I googled would get them all most probably..
one quick query: have you ever been to Sardinia?
ReplyDeletedid you know the work "sardonic" comes from a mythical herb supposedly that grew upon the island that made the natives laugh uproariously in comedy nonsensicalness...(??!?)...
I couldn't get any of them - for goodness sake you ought to know you live there... oh.. the pizza one is always Formaggio... Am I right?
ReplyDeleteWell done, cherrypie. Ellee, you are welcome any time. James says "Ciao" and sends good wishes.
ReplyDeleteOh, here he is - ciao, your lordship. Hi, Anne. Well done. Terremoto is the word you're looking for. Ciao, Gleds . Nice to se you. No, have not been there and I didn'tknow that. Thanks for the info. Quite right, Mutley - I should know!