Sicily
It lies just off the toe of the Italian Peninsula. This topic is part of Islands within Geography. This page currently draws on 12 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Sicily trivia questions
Sicily is an island belonging to which country?
Answer: Italy
Bonus fact: It lies just off the toe of the Italian Peninsula.
What active volcano dominates eastern Sicily?
Answer: Mount Etna
Bonus fact: Etna is one of Europe's most active volcanoes.
The Allied invasion of Sicily took place during which war?
Answer: World War II
Bonus fact: Operation Husky began in July 1943.
What was the code name for the Allied invasion of Sicily?
Answer: Operation Husky
Bonus fact: British, American, and Canadian forces landed on the island.
The invasion of Sicily contributed directly to the fall of which Italian leader?
Answer: Benito Mussolini
Bonus fact: Mussolini was removed from power later that month.
Which strait lies between Sicily and Tunisia?
Answer: Strait of Sicily
Bonus fact: The passage separates the western and eastern parts of the Mediterranean basin.
Ancient Agrigento on Sicily was founded as a colony by which people?
Answer: Greeks
Bonus fact: UNESCO says Agrigento became one of the leading cities of the Mediterranean world.
Which strait separates Sicily from mainland Italy?
Answer: Strait of Messina
Bonus fact: Its narrow passage lies between Sicily and Calabria.
Malta is an island country in which sea?
Answer: Mediterranean Sea
Bonus fact: Malta lies south of Sicily.
Mount Etna is located on which island?
Answer: Sicily
Bonus fact: Etna rises on eastern Sicily.
Sardinia is the second-largest island in which sea?
Answer: Mediterranean Sea
Bonus fact: Only Sicily is larger in the Mediterranean.
Malta lies directly south of which large Italian island?
Answer: Sicily
Bonus fact: The CIA describes Malta as a Mediterranean archipelago south of Sicily.