‘Unsinkable’ superyacht goes down off the coast of Sicily

Aug. 26, 2024

Q: A $40-million, 184-foot luxury sailboat - described by its builder as “virtually unsinkable” - quickly sank last week during a violent storm about a half-mile from the northern shore of Sicily. Seven people died, while 15 others were rescued. Where is Sicily, the largest and most populous island in the Mediterranean Sea?

Circle the area on this map

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Q: Prosecutors near Sicily’s capital opened a manslaughter investigation into what caused the yacht sinking and if any of the 10-person crew was criminally responsible. What is the capital city of Sicily?

A. Catania

B. Messina

C. Palermo

D. Syracuse

Q: The Sicilian cities of Catania, Messina, and Syracuse were founded by the ancient Greeks. Palermo was founded by the Phoenicians, an ancient seafaring people from the area of what modern nation on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean?

A. France

B. Lebanon

C. Morocco

D. Tunisia

Q: Before it became part of the new nation of Italy in the 1860s, a long list of conquerors including Normans and Arabs ruled Sicily over thousands of years. But, which of these empires never included the island?

A. British

B. Byzantine

C. Habsburg

D. Roman

Q: What powerful group of Sicilians did the United States enlist to help in the Allied invasion of the island during World War II?

A. Aristocracy

B. Communists

C. Fascists

D. Mafia

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