The Stanley Tucci series, Searching for Italy, covered six of Italy’s regions: Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Lazio, Lombardy, Sicily and Tuscany. With season II in the works, fourteen other regions will be covered: Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Latium, Liguria, Marche, Molise, Piedmont, Puglia, Sardinia, Trentino-Alto Adige, Umbria, Valle d’Aosta (Aosta Valley), Veneto.
To bring you up to speed: The culinary regions can be divided into three distinct groupings of Northern, Central, and Southern Italy. Italian food can include risotto in the north, Bistecca alla Fiorentina in central Italy, and pizza in the south. The kingdom of Italy was established in the 1860s and the Republic of Italy was founded after the Second World War resulting in the regional culinary traditions separate from greater Italy.
Global Trivia 53
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Question 1
Is Tuscany the ancestral Italian home of Familia Tucci?
A
False
B
True
Question 1 :
Answer: A. False
Tucci and his family did spend a year in Tuscany during his adolescent years, but his family’s ancestral Italian region is Calabria.
Actor and author Stanley Tucci talks to La Cucina Italiana about his CNN series dedicated to Italian travel, the regional nuances of Italy’s cuisine, and the value of restaurants. Visit A Conversation With Stanley Tucci – La Cucina Italiana
Question 2
The inclusion of this region constituted Italy’s final twentieth region.
A
Como
B
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
C
Liguria
D
Piedmont
E
Sicily
Question 2 :
Answer: B. Friuli-Venezia Giulia
The Lake Como area is part of Lombardy. I hope we didn’t get you on that one.
Visit Ed Boitano’s two-part series about Friuli-Venezia Giulia:
This bean-eating Italian region is world-famous for its production of Chianti wine.
A
Puglia
B
Latium
C
Trentino-Alto Adige
D
Tuscany
E
Umbria
Question 4 :
Answer: D. Tuscany
Chianti (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkjanti]), in Italy also referred to as Monti del Chianti ("Chianti Mountains") or Colline del Chianti ("Chianti Hills"), is a mountains area of Tuscany in the provinces of Florence, Siena and Arezzo, composed mainly of hills and mountains. It is known worldwide for the wine produced in and named for the region, Chianti.
Question 5
Name the smallest of Italy’s twenty regions.
A
Basilicata
B
Lazio
C
Liguria
D
Molise
E
Valle d'Aosta
Question 5 :
Answer: E. Valle d'Aosta
Valle d'Aosta is the smallest Italian region, situated in northwestern Italy situated along the Italian border with France and Switzerland. Lying in the Western Alps, it's known for the iconic, snow-capped peaks the Matterhorn, Mont Blanc, Monte Rosa and Gran Paradiso. Major ski resorts include Courmayeur and Cervinia. The region’s countryside is dotted with medieval castles and fortresses, such as the 14th-century Castello Fénis and Castello di Verrès.
