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General Knowledge
100

What city was wiped out by the volcano in 79 A.D.

What is Pompei

100

What is a Volcano

What is a hill or mountain with a crater at the top which may spill out excess liquid or solids

100

What year did it erupt and destroy Pompei

What is 79 A.D.

200

What Continent is Mt.Vesuvious in

What is Europe

200

What causes a volcano to erupt?

What is dissolving gases, buoyant/free-flowing magma, or excess magma in the main chamber below the volcano

200

How tall is Mt.Vesuvius  (Within 100 ft, or 20 meters.)

What is 4203 ft or 1281 Meters. 

300

What Country is Mt.Vesuvious in

What is Italy

300

Name two of the three most common things to come from a volcano

What is gas, lava/magma, and rock/debris

300

What percentage if the population of Pompei was killed in the eruption. (Within 2% above or below.)

What is 13%

400

What city is the volcano currently located in

What is Naples

400

How many active volcanoes are there across the world? (Within 50 above or below.)

What is 1,350 active volcanoes? (1,300-1,400.)

400

Who led an expedition to try and save the citizens or Ponpei

What is Pliny the Elder

500
Mt.Vesuvius is part of the _____ Volcano Arc

What is Campanian

500

On average, how many volcanoes are estimated to erupt every year? (Within 10 above or below.)

What is 60 estimated volcanoes erupt on average every year. (50-70.)

500

What was the cause for most peoples death that were in the eruption

What is suffocation

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