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1. Which volcano erupted in Italy in AD79? We know many details from Pliny the Younger's eyewitness account. You can still see the devastating results for Pompeii.

You can read his letter to Tacitus, telling him all about it.

Stromboli

Etna

Ustica

Vesuvius

2. Scientists consider a volcano to be active if it has erupted within the last...

That doesn't sound particularly active to most people!

100 000 years

1000 years

10 years

10 000 years

3. American geologist Clarence Dutton (1841-1912) introduced some technical words to describe types of lava, eg 'Pāhoehoe' and ' ʻAʻā '. From which language do these derive?

Pāhoehoe is billowy and undulating. It can form lava tubes!

Greek

Malaysian

Icelandic

Hawaiian

4. What sort of volcano is the Yellowstone Caldera in Yellowstone National Park, USA?

Stratovolcano

Subglacial volcano

Submarine volcano

Supervolcano

5. Tenerife, one of Spain's Canary Islands, is home to the fourth highest volcano in the world (if you measure from the ocean floor). What is its name?

The original inhabitants of the island, the Guanches, believed that the mountain was sacred and that it held up the sky.

Santa Maria

Mauna Loa

Merapi

Teide

6. On which continent can you find Mount Erebus?

South America

Asia

Antarctica

North America

7. In which part of Africa can you find lots of active volcanoes?

In the Atlas Mountains in the north of Africa

In the Rift Valley of East Africa

In the southern tip of Africa

On the island of Madagascar

8. Where can you find Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the solar system?

Neptune

Hawaii, Earth

Venus

Mars

9. Iceland has 31 active and extinct volcanoes. 18 of them have erupted since 900AD when people began to settle the island. Which one caused some international hassle when it erupted in 2010, releasing ash clouds that halted many plane flights?

Its name means 'ice cap of the Eyjaföll', the Eyjaföll being the mountainous area here. Its friends call it E15.

Fremrinámur

Hrómundartindur

Eyjafjallajökull

Brennisteinsfjöll

10. Mount Fuji is a very famous and beautiful Japanese volcano. But when did it last erupt?

The eruption formed a new crater and a second peak halfway down its side.

1925 AD

200 AD

4000 BC

1707 AD

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2 Comments

Level 91

Apr 23, 2020

Great quiz!

Level 64

Apr 24, 2020

Thank you, it amused me anyway. I thought it would be more popular, being essentially about geography. But you can never tell with Jetpunk I have found.