SICILY QUIZ - 12

An historical theme, tonight:

S - - - - - - - - - - , the first Neolithic culture in Sicily.

T - - - - - - - , ruler of Siracusa from 343 BC. He brought stability to the whole of Sicily.

E The - - - - - - - - settled in Siracusa and Segesta, building the temple at Segesta.

N The - - - - - - - conquered Sicily in 1061.

T - - - - - - [there is an extra letter in Italian], an illegitimate grandson of Roger 11, was crowned King of Sicily in 1189.

I In World War 11, the - - - - - - - Campaign was launched by the Sicily Landings.

N - - - - - was created Duke of Bronte in 1799.

E When - - - - erupted in 1669, much of Catania was destroyed.

L - - - - - , island off Sicily first inhabited in the 5th millennium BC.

L - - - - - - , where Frederick 11 's falconer , Iacopo [to give his surname would be to give you the answer!] was born. Dante credits him with the invention of the sonnet form.

O - - - - - -, historic island of Siracusa.

Highlight below for answers:

Stentinello; Timoleon; Elymians; Normans; Tancred / Tancredi; Italian; Nelson; Etna; Lipari; Lentini [Iacopo da Lentini]; Ortigia / Ortygia.