Although I have been in Europe for the good part of last 8 years, I speak to a close friend of mine in the US almost once a week on Skype. He is taking care of his elderly mother who is an avid watcher of Jeopardy, so, he's been watching it along lately. And each time there is a question about WHS on Jeopardy, he mentions it to me and tries to see if I know the answer, knowing I'm into WHS, although he isn't.
In fact, this past weekend he asked me about "the home country to 58 WHS." Although the answer is easy, I thought the question had an odd addition, "the sites include a volcano and a lagoon." It is correct to say, "the sites include a volcano," but the fact is Italy has 2 WHS that have to do with volcano, so, it is odd. Also, he mentioned that there was sort of confusion about the lagoon on Jeopardy. Which WHS in Italy is a lagoon, he asked me, saying it is a tricky question. I actually could not come up with the correct answer off the top of my head. When we think about Venice, we think about certain things, but not necessarily about its geological formation of lagoon. I have even been to Lido di Venice (where Venice Intl Film Fest takes place). But that's right, the name of this WHS is "Venice and its Lagoon"!
A while ago my friend also mentioned another question on Jeopardy, which went something like" "What is the city in FRANCE where Papacy was one relocated to from Rome." We all know the answer. It would be trickier if it went, "What is the city in ITALY where Papacy was once relocated to from Rome, although this city is not a WHS. |