- 1. What are the two districts of Matera known as the Sassi?
A) Sasso Antico and Sasso Moderno
B) Sasso Grande and Sasso Piccolo
C) Sasso Caveoso and Sasso Barisano
D) Sasso Civita and Sasso Piano
- 2. In what year were the Sassi named a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
A) 2015
B) 1993
C) 1950
D) 1980
- 3. The Sassi were inhabited as early as which period?
A) Neolithic period
B) Paleolithic period
C) Bronze Age
D) Iron Age
- 4. What is the local name for the calcarenitic rock used to build the Sassi?
A) Granite
B) Basalt
C) Tufo
D) Marble
- 5. What is the Latin origin of the term 'sasso'?
A) Saxa
B) Saccus
C) Saxum
D) Situs
- 6. What river created the ravine upon which the ancient town of Matera grew?
A) Tiber
B) Gravina
C) Arno
D) Po
- 7. In which decade did the Italian government forcefully relocate most of the population of the Sassi?
A) 1940s
B) 1950s
C) 1970s
D) 1960s
- 8. Which film directed by Mel Gibson was filmed in the Sassi?
A) The Passion of the Christ
B) The Nativity Story
C) The Gospel According to St. Matthew
D) Ben-Hur
- 9. The Sassi were used to represent which city in the film Wonder Woman?
A) Themyscira
B) Jerusalem
C) Athens
D) Rome
- 10. Which James Bond film featured a scene in the Sassi?
A) Casino Royale
B) Spectre
C) No Time to Die
D) Skyfall
- 11. Which band released a song titled 'I sassi di Matera' in 2016?
A) Italian Echoes
B) Corde Oblique
C) Matera Sound
D) The Rolling Stones
- 12. The Sassi are located in which Italian region?
A) Calabria
B) Apulia
C) Basilicata
D) Campania
- 13. Which, along with the Sassi, forms Matera's Old Town?
A) The Cathedral and the Castle
B) The modern city and the ravine
C) Civita and the Piano
D) The Murgia Plateau
- 14. What was a major health issue that affected the Sassi in the 1950s?
A) Smallpox
B) Plague
C) Malaria
D) Cholera
- 15. The Sassi are often visually compared to sites in which city?
A) Istanbul
B) Bethlehem
C) Jerusalem
D) Nazareth
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